Last week in BC

Well, its finally here. The last week in BC and its starting to hit me that we're actually leaving. Annabel is having a bit of a tough time with it but doesn't have the capacity to verbalize exactly how she's feeling. We've talked about how she feels about moving a number of times and she's always responded by saying she's ok with it. I was wondering when it would start to affect her. Last week she started acting out a bit at school. Being defiant where she normally wouldn't be and starting trouble within her regular circle of friends. Her teacher talked to me about this on Friday. She said she pulled Annabel aside and asked her if anything was wrong and did her behaviour have anything to do with us moving. Apparently she said yes and then broke down crying. I took her out for ice cream after school and we had a little chat about how we can make this move a little easier. We talked about the good things about moving and the bad things about moving and she agreed that she would use her words to express herself rather than bad behaviour. We'll see how this week goes. There are 4 days of school left. I hope its a good last week of school for her....or we're gonna be having lots of ice cream!

I'm nearly done with packing. Of course there is lots of last minute stuff to do but I'm trying to get ahead of it all by cleaning NOW instead of leaving it all for Saturday. I'm doing pretty good. Although 6 months of planning and packing is a bit much I am glad to have had the extra time to get things done. Even so it still feels hectic. Especially since I'm doing all of this alone. I'll be really glad for the help after Jeff gets home on Friday.

Cooking has been another huge challenge. I don't want to have to move a pile of groceries so I'm abstaining from buying food that won't be eaten right away. This means supper time is a bit of a pain. I have loads of breakfast and lunch stuff for the week but my freezer is all but empty. Thankfully mom has offered to cook for us this week. Iwas hoping to get more of those invites but I'll sure take what I can get. I suppose we could have just invited ourselves over--the answer always would have been yes, but I hate to impose. I guess that's why I haven't asked for much help.

So after nearly 9 weeks apart I finally get to see Jeffy again. Can you imagine!!? We never thought that part out very well. Neither of us considered how long he would actually be away. Looking back this really was the best way to get established though. i can't begin to tell you how lonely its been!! Annabel and I will pick him up at the airport at 10:30am Friday morning and then Annabel will go out for lunch with my mom so Jeff and I can "catch up" (wink, wink). I've already told him that the longest he's ever allowed to be away from this point forward is 2 weeks and only if he can come home on the weekend.

The next time I write will be from Edmonton, Alberta. i hope to take lots of pictures of the trip and even a few of our new "temporary" home. I told someone yesterday we were staying at a Transition Home for a month but after i said it I thought that might not be the term I should be using.
So bye for now and I'll see you on the other side!! Yee Haw!!!