How to move to Canada

Step 1) Don’t go. Just don’t go. You married the love of your life (he’s so worth it, right?) but really no, just say no and stop the madness before it reaches the top of the rollercoaster. There’s no getting off then.

Step 2) *sigh* you did it, didn’t you? You agreed to move to Canada. Good luck, you’ll need it. And patience.  Lots and lots of it. If you did the whole ‘hurry up and wait’ thing in the military (like I did) then you’re good to go. Which means you’re probably really good at paperwork, a useful skill again for you, lucky you. 

Step 3) Find your favorite hamster and oil his wheel up good. Maybe four hamsters would better. You’ll need them to help you keep going on the paperwork. Those hamsters, they don’t stop running so keep up the momentum on that paperwork. (And when he says let him fill it all out for you, do some here and there for him, it makes crunch time a.k.a procrastination ‘I’m behind on filling these out’ go smoother.)

Step 4) Read the blogs, yahoo answers or anything you can about moving to Canada even that almighty, has-all-the-answers government website (it’s at least good for the uber generic information).

Step 5) Submit that paperwork. I’d mail it certified so you know it got there, because who wants to go through all tort- ahem, enjoyment again?!

Step 6) Celebrate with a glass of wine. You’re done!

Step 7) Thunk your head against the wall. The realization, you’ve just started (like the ice berg that the Titanic hit) has sunk in.

Step 8) Enjoy this blog :) It might actually help, or at least give some perspective on the hyphenated life.