Last Day in Ottawa

Today is my last day in Ottawa. Geeta and I will be officially packing up the cars tomorrow morning and moving to London, Ontario. It will be our first time living in another city! We are both really excited and at the same time we are a bit sad. Its tough leaving family and friends but at the same time we both know that it will do us some good to live out of our comfort zones and in a different local for some time. I keep getting the question on whether we’ll be back in Ottawa after my schooling is done; I know that in the long-term we both really want to be back in Ottawa but in the short-term I have a feeling that it will be a few years. I have an itch to live in anther country and to gain some international experience. ….I guess we’ll play it by year.

This month has been one of the most stressful of my life. In March I had about 8 days off from work, and have been off from work on a leave of absence ever since April 1st. The funny thing is that up until yesterday, I hadn’t felt that I’d had one single day of vacation. Besides moving to a city 6.5 hrs away, Geeta and I have had tons to of loose ends to tie including renting/fixing our own house, taking our crappy tenants to court to get them evicted, fixing and the selling our rental property, and getting Geeta’s approval to telework for a year from London. Luckily it appears that most of those knots have come undone and we are ready to move on with life.

Geeta and I spent the last couple of days being tourists in our own home town. We recently toured Parliament Hill and the Byward Market and tried our best to soak in as much of Ottawa as possible. I realize now more then ever how much we love living in this city. I can’t wait to be back one day, but until then….we’ll call London, Ontario home for now. Next Update: “First Taste of School and London.”