Pond Inlet here we come!

We got the call!

On Wednesday while I was off at my job search workshop (yah I know I kinda technically already had a job, but I like to stay busy) the hiring manager called and talked to Drew to tell him that WE WERE IN. Woo hoo.

In all honesty I had some mixed emotions at first. Not that I don't want to go. But this whole thing has been a little bit surreal right from the beginning. But it's real, and it's happening, NOW. Admittedly I was a little bit nauseous on Wednesday. I tried to sit down three times to read the emails and finally gave up and instead started running through all of the stuff that has to be shuffled around in order for us to leave Ontario.

So the timeline is about 30 days. Once we get our physicals done, they will book the flight for us and Tia (the dog).

Ironically my coat also showed up on Wednesday. From a earlier post you'll know that we went out hunting for coats last Friday. The driving around London turned out to a bit of a bust. The only good point about it was that I got to try on the coat I had been eying up on the Sears website. If I had bought the coat that I thought would have worked from Sears online it would have been humungous. Drew ended up with a Kamik coat bought at Canadian Tire. Nothing more awesome then dropping $500 on two winter coats, not.

 As you know Friday was also the day of our phone chat with the store manager. Because the call was based in Winnipeg we totally got the timing wrong and were actually out at Costco when they called. So we booted it back to my dad's van and hit speaker phone. Clearly it went really well. The store manager seems like an easy going guy so that's a good sign. I also liked the fact that he has been with the company for 25 years. I think it says a lot of a company if your staff have been around for a long time.

I won't have much to say for the next few weeks as it's going to be filled with a lot of packing
Oh and in case you are wondering Tia also has a winter coat and I made her some warm booties out of an old scarf that I bought years ago but never used. She looks so sad in this picture, but she really does love them. Aww poor Tia.

And speaking of Tia, yes this is a shameless pug. If you happen to have a spare $5 laying around why not give it to this sad little girl? :)
Our new employer is paying for Drew and I to fly out but not Tia. And of course we couldn't go anywhere without out little Tia.
I started a go fund me account to help with the cost. It's a long shot but I figured it can't hurt to put it out there. Anything left over with be donated to the Nunavut humane society.
http://www.gofundme.com/gettiatonunavut

I doodled a cute little picture of me and Tia up in the north today but I forgot it in class so I will post it next week. Along with the pictures of the bomb that is now our apartment.

Hmmm now to say something witty....nope, I got nothing. I'll try to be smarter next time.

Oh and I learned from someone in one of the facebook groups that Im in that the correct word for the boots I want is not mukluks because that is the term used from peoples in the Alaska area. What I want are caribou and seal skin kamiks.  These are beautiful don't you think?

Thanks for reading.