A byootaful Life

Things have been pretty quiet around here lately and it’s because I’ve been crazy busy with planning that thing I couldn’t tell you about. I couldn’t tell you because I didn’t want to end up in that awkward situation when your boss finds out you’re quitting your job via your blog, before you have a chance to give notice. Unfortunately, it happened anyway. Not via the blog, because obviously I haven’t written about it, but somehow my boss found out that I was planning on resigning and summoned me to the office to question me. I said yes, I’m leaving, and gave notice the next day. Originally, I was planning on giving three week’s notice (which is what is required) but now they are getting six week’s, because we’re not leaving until early September.

So… I’ve resigned from my job and we’re leaving in September… what is going on??

I can now share with you all, our next big adventure… Phill and I are moving to Canada!

We’re going on a two-year working holiday visa, something we’ve never done before. We’ve done a fair bit of traveling but we’ve never lived and worked overseas, so we’re really excited. We are going over with a bunch of our friends (some of whom have done this before). For our friends, it was their last chance before they hit the cut-off age; for us, it was a chance to get away, try something new and experience living and working in a completely different country, and going with friends was just an added bonus.

Are you wondering about Puddy? I feel terrible leaving her behind and I am going to miss her so much, but she is going to live with our friend’s sister while we are away, so she will be well cared for. Originally, Puddy was going to stay with our friend but she owns a dog and the first meeting didn’t go too well. Well, it went okay, but all it took was for Puddy to make a sudden move and they’d be at each other. I didn’t like seeing Puddy skulking around our friend’s house, obviously nervous and stressed. The stress on Puddy, and the dog, and our friend and her husband would just be too hard, so her staying with our friend’s sister is a happy solution for everyone. Puddy was starting to get confident in our friend’s house, so I think removing the stress of another animal in the house will mean she’ll settle in nicely. When we come back, we’ll take her back – I just couldn’t imagine giving her away permanently!

I’m planning on keeping this blog going while we’re away but it will turn into a travel blog, because obviously there will be no cat to obsess over (sad face). I’m saving up to buy an awesome camera when we leave because I know how beautiful Canada is and I want to be able to take photos that does it justice. It will also be good to have a way of connecting with my family and friends while we’re away. I hope you’ll stay with me and this blog while we’re away – I promise regular posts! It’s just been so hard getting on here and not being able to talk about our plans, but now it’s all out in the open, so I can!

So… exciting? Heck yes!

Scary? YUP!

But exciting. So very exciting!