I have been thinking about a nice long, eloquent post about how things are going for us. It's not going to happen right now though, so here are some rapid fire updates for y'all.
-The new house is great. The location is fantastic for us, the house is clean & well cared for, lots of space for the family. Never had we had a home that felt so "right" for us.
-No job yet. I have applied at some places, have not heard back yet. I think that I am going to take this week to look at "day" jobs, and if nothing pans out, I will hit up some restaurants next week as the fall back. Would prefer a job that allowed me evenings, and more importantly weekends off. If only...
-BC licensing is still in progress. I managed to flub up one of my practical exam calls, and because of this, I will have to redo this exam. Hoping for a quick turnaround from the EMA licensing peeps, looks like a possible July date for this exam. Until I pass that exam though, no Alberta license.
-Epinepherine Versus Salbutamol. A super fun essay I get to write, resulting from the licensing exam. Not because I did anything wrong, just because I am sure the examiner wanted me to write an essay.
-"Canada's sunniest city" so I'm told. I am still waiting to see it, it's been cloudy and rainy pretty much every day this past week.
That's it for now. Feel free to comment if you have any questions...
Monday, May 30, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
study break
I am finally taking a moment to update my blog with the happenings of the last couple weeks. It has been hectic, especially the last week or two, and although I am on the computer alot it has been mostly for studying.
We managed to get our stuff all packed up and ready for the move on April 30. We spent a good part of the two weeks leading up to that day disassembling furniture, packing less-used items, and arranging things in the house for an easy load in to the truck early Saturday morning. This caused a lot of stress for certain people in our house, namely everyone. It was chaotic for a couple weeks, and tension mounted.
Saturday came, and we picked up the truck with little fanfare. Our friend Gord offered to drive the behemouth truck for us, all the way to Medicine Hat and back! It was such a blessing to have him drive the truck out, since a fully loaded 5 ton truck is a bit more than I was comfortable with.
We drove to Golden, BC, and stayed overnight. After a quick rest, and a morning meltdown from a short but opinionated girl, we managed on to the city of Medicine Hat. By the time we passed through Calgary, we were all quite excited to see, in person, the house we were moving in to. See, we hadn't actually seen it before committing to renting it. We saw some pics of it, the property manager sent us some lovely photos to look at, but we hadn't seen it in person.
We made it to the Hat, and were well pleased with the location, size and condition of the house. It seems to be a great fit for our family.
I say "seems" to be, because early Monday morning I had to return to Surrey, with aforementioned truck, and I haven't been there to find out first hand.
I am back in Surrey now, a week later, studying like crazy and awaiting my licensing exam. It takes place next Friday, and by the grace of God I will pass, get my BC paramedic license, and return to Medicine Hat to be with my wife & kids.
From there, I will need to quickly find a job to pay the bills until I can register with the Alberta College of Paramedics, and get hired on as an EMT there. I know, it seems like a weird process to get a BC license and then move, but this is the way God has it planned for us.
As I am getting the pieces in place to work as an EMT, we will be involved in helping start up the Grasslands Church, in the Hat. No, I won't be a pastor, just one of the families involved in starting up this much needed church in a city of dying churches.
Until then, it's one more week of studying, working, and maybe a quick men's retreat with the Cedar Grove church to refresh my soul before continuing on with this epic journey our family is now taking part in.
We managed to get our stuff all packed up and ready for the move on April 30. We spent a good part of the two weeks leading up to that day disassembling furniture, packing less-used items, and arranging things in the house for an easy load in to the truck early Saturday morning. This caused a lot of stress for certain people in our house, namely everyone. It was chaotic for a couple weeks, and tension mounted.
Saturday came, and we picked up the truck with little fanfare. Our friend Gord offered to drive the behemouth truck for us, all the way to Medicine Hat and back! It was such a blessing to have him drive the truck out, since a fully loaded 5 ton truck is a bit more than I was comfortable with.
We drove to Golden, BC, and stayed overnight. After a quick rest, and a morning meltdown from a short but opinionated girl, we managed on to the city of Medicine Hat. By the time we passed through Calgary, we were all quite excited to see, in person, the house we were moving in to. See, we hadn't actually seen it before committing to renting it. We saw some pics of it, the property manager sent us some lovely photos to look at, but we hadn't seen it in person.
We made it to the Hat, and were well pleased with the location, size and condition of the house. It seems to be a great fit for our family.
I say "seems" to be, because early Monday morning I had to return to Surrey, with aforementioned truck, and I haven't been there to find out first hand.
I am back in Surrey now, a week later, studying like crazy and awaiting my licensing exam. It takes place next Friday, and by the grace of God I will pass, get my BC paramedic license, and return to Medicine Hat to be with my wife & kids.
From there, I will need to quickly find a job to pay the bills until I can register with the Alberta College of Paramedics, and get hired on as an EMT there. I know, it seems like a weird process to get a BC license and then move, but this is the way God has it planned for us.
As I am getting the pieces in place to work as an EMT, we will be involved in helping start up the Grasslands Church, in the Hat. No, I won't be a pastor, just one of the families involved in starting up this much needed church in a city of dying churches.
Until then, it's one more week of studying, working, and maybe a quick men's retreat with the Cedar Grove church to refresh my soul before continuing on with this epic journey our family is now taking part in.
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