Packing Things Up On The Scene

Thanks to the band Radio 4 for the title of this blog entry.

The last time I drove to this part of the world during the hottest part of the year, I said it was the last time. Well, here we are again. Oklahoma in August. 38C/101F. Ugh...

Sadly, this is not the actual trailer...

But I can at least draw some solace in the fact that this is definitely the last road trip to this part of the world. We've packed our remaining personal effects into a U-Haul trailer and will head north to cooler temperatures and our new life in Canada. Our old life in the States is behind us now, with an air of finality we've only started to comprehend.

For you see, while we were on the road this time, we received word that our permanent residency status in Canada has been approved. All we have to do is send in our passports for the requisite stamps and within a couple of weeks we'll all have new ID cards which will allow us to live and work in Canada without restriction. Priscilla is included in our application, and she'll be joining us later in September.

There are some things we'll miss from this neck of the woods, though. Real barbecue, Shiner Bock and Blue Bell Ice Cream come to mind. But I won't be sad to leave behind the bugs, the heat or the likelihood of death by tornado. Good riddance to those, I must say.

So at the end of it all, things are looking pretty effin' positive as we head back to work in the next week or two. But we still have one last, hot drive to remind us what we leave behind. Oy.