The Sale

Pretty much everyone who is likely to read this probably knows by now, but today is the day our home goes for sale. Prepping the house has been one of the most stressful and difficult tasks Carly or I has ever taken on. Carly's been doing the lion's share of the work. If we sell the house quickly or for close to our asking price, all the credit goes on her feet.

The timing is a little nerve racking. We haven't exactly been accepted to NZ yet, so selling now is a big risk. But with the state of the Ottawa real estate market and the dates we're hoping everything is done by, this was the most logical way of doing it.

The fact that we might end up homeless in Canada while waiting for our paperwork to be complete doesn't exactly fill me with happiness, but we've had a few offers for temporary housing should we encounter delays.

Selling the house is also the first tangible act that solidifies our moving plans. We've been chasing after the paper work required for our ITA in the mean time, but that's again just a fart in the wind compared to the harsh reality that we will not have anywhere to go back to if we don't make this immigration work. The whole concept of a backout plan has been tossed in favor of giving the move all of our attention and dedication. My guess is for something this big, you pretty much have to.

On the driving across Canada front, I'm sad to say I don't think it's going to happen unless one of us lines up a job in NZ before we go. It came down to cost and neither of us liking the idea of being exhausted from a 5000km trip before we even landed in NZ. If we're going to make a major trip in a jalopy, we might as well do it in NZ rather then here.

Hopefully we'll have more of an update on the actully move soon. I'd like to get the paperwork done by the end of the week, but both of our Universities haven't been the most helpful, so that might get pushed back a week.