Done. Finished. As I am typing this little family is ensconced in a hotel for the second night, the start of another adventure. Yesterday morning, bright and early, a packing crew came to the house and started boxing up the parts of our lives that are being shipped almost all the way across the country. The rest has been put into suitcases and bags for our own drive across. I'm going to try my best to write even a few lines every day to keep people posted of the trip as well as load pictures on.
Yesterday started out raining like stink but quickly dried up and it's been sunny ever since. Warm and humid today, teasing about a thunder storm that didn't happen. All in all, a surprising end to our three year stay here in Nova Scotia.
I remember that first week here in the hotel waiting for our belongings to arrive. Seeing the incredible fog! Not even able to see the tops of the bridges as we drove across the harbour, exploring this new place we were going to call home.
Getting that first house unloaded and lived in before Hubby took off for basic training, figuring out school supplies, where to shop, incredible sticker shock. Then experiencing the incredible amounts of rain that arrives in the fall!! And starting out an evening drive, just the kids and I, and turning around because I didn't want to drive through the wall of fog I saw coming in off the shore.
Making friends in the neighbourhood, having our house house over flowing with the kids on the street, walking to and from the school every day. Getting notice that we needed to find a different home because of situations out of everyone's control, and having to pack up and clean again. Having tons and tons of snow days, Hubby's health issues, other family members' health issues, pulling through, having Poppa and Gramma visit and come with us to PEI that first full summer.
Walking with our toes in the sand at a number of beaches, visiting lakes, going to camp last summer and hanging out with the family. Peggy's Cove a couple times, out to Cape Breton to see Louisbourg and circle Bra D'Ors, and finding that amazing industry museum in Stellerton! What a fantastic stop that was!
Being able to get the service flights over the holiday season, being able to visit family then, and then returning home to the winter that only decided to start the day before we left. We've collected shells, combed the beaches for sea glass and sea life, had ice cream cones at little shops, driven the scenic route between Moncton and Halifax, and picked apples in the fall.
We've met some really nice people, made a few good friends, and are really looking forward to reconnecting with old ones again. Stay tuned...
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