ON THE LIGHTER SIDE: Paranoia during the "wait"

[frankinto]

What they speak in Quebec is not really french....LOL.

That is a rather old and incorrect stereotype, CJG. When I am in Paris, no one has trouble understanding me and vice versa.

 

[moochops]

Awwww, Sweden, THANKS! :-* Means more from you than from the hubby, haha, since you actually know a bit about this process. The husband has no clue what's going on (less than me, if you can believe it).

Me: "Baby! We got our CSQ today!"
Hubby: "Okay. What is that?"
Me: *sigh* "It's the Quebec thingy, babe."
Hubby: "Oh. Cool. What's that mean?"
Me: *sigh* "It means Québec approved you as a sponsor, and they're telling us and will tell CIC. Then CIC will finally look at my application."
Hubby: "Oh. Cool. What's for dinner?"
Me: *sigh* "Chicken burritos thingies."
Hubby: "Yum! Remember, no jalapenos this time."
Me: *sigh* "Yes, darling."

Bahahahahaha! He's so lucky he's cute, and that I fell too hard for him to let him go when he got posted to Québec!

OMG you are totally married to my hubby - give him back hahahahahaha.

I hoestly thought that after reading through this forum, the respective other halves (ie the sponsors) were all up on things just as much as we were. But yay - there ARE some that are clueless.

My hubby is so laid back and thinks everything always turns out so you don't need to worry, whilst i'm here all "For the love of god look at me, I have stumps where my fingers used to be cos I ate them along with my nails?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? "

He'll then go all quiet for a while and say

"The Flames games on tonight you know!"

 

[frankinto]

I told him, "Oh, my, if anyone had told me two and a half years ago that I would be HERE at this moment, with my Canadian father-in-law, learning how to use a snowblower because I had moved to a place in "French Canada" where we average around two and a half feet of snow ever winter, I would have thought that person INSANE!

As a French Canadian living in downtown Toronto who ended up with an American from rural Georgia, I know exactly what you mean!

 

[zenn]

I lived in Ohio for most of my life, four hours south of the Ontario border. It feels colder there than it does in Calgary most of the time because it was very moist/humid in Ohio.

Then I lived in Atlanta for 9 years.

Now I'm in Calgary. I want Atlanta back. It snowed three times the entire nine years I lived there....... and by snow, I mean we got 2cm max.

That's awesome! I went from hot and humid Mumbai to Sydney (Australia) and now I'm looking at Ontario... I was in Toronto last fall and I must say the temperature is similar to the winters in Sydney!!
& I've never seen snow.... looking forward to that in 2013

 

[moochops]

That's awesome! I went from hot and humid Mumbai to Sydney (Australia) and now I'm looking at Ontario... I was in Toronto last fall and I must say the temperature is similar to the winters in Sydney!!
& I've never seen snow.... looking forward to that in 2013

That will be awesome - for the first year My one tip for going outside in the snow and cold is "Always go for a pee before getting dressed up looking like a spaceman and a bank robber"

 

[zenn]

I completely feel the same way. I have a hyperactive personality and need to know everything all the time. Thanks to New Delhi I have been sitting in India jobless, husbandless and moneyless waiting for my passport and DM for the past 4 months.

And it's just horrible to see people in my social circle change jobs, get promotions, start business school, have babies, move into bigger homes when I'm sitting here staring intently at ECAS.

This has got to be the lowest period of time in my life.

True that... Unfortunately..

 

[zenn]

That will be awesome - for the first year My one tip for going outside in the snow and cold is "Always go for a pee before getting dressed up looking like a spaceman and a bank robber"

Bahahaha!! *spaceman and a bank robber* ROFL!!
Thanks for the advice!
My husband found it extremely funny that I was (to use his words) "dressed for winter" in October! especially while kids were still running around in nothing but a light hoodie
Lets hope the winters of 2013-14 is not as bad as this one!

 

[moochops]

My hubby still laughs at my copius amounts of clothing whenever we are in the yard, I tell him you can either have me outside helping you dressed like this, or i'll be inside by the fire drinking coffee and perusing the internet - the choce is yours??? ;D

 

[CanadianJeepGuy]

That is a rather old and incorrect stereotype, CJG. When I am in Paris, no one has trouble understanding me and vice versa.

And Quebecers still have no sense of humour....c'est domage.

 

[Steph C]

My hubby still laughs at my copius amounts of clothing whenever we are in the yard, I tell him you can either have me outside helping you dressed like this, or i'll be inside by the fire drinking coffee and perusing the internet - the choce is yours??? ;D

I like to play 'spot the American' while in downtown Victoria, they're always the ones walking through the hotel in down parkas. It's Spring here. The temperature is minimum 7 degrees. It's so funny. They look like space travelers, and I always wonder if they bought those expensive jackets specially for their big trip to Canada. I never even owned a jacket so nice

 

[CanadianJeepGuy]

That's awesome! I went from hot and humid Mumbai to Sydney (Australia) and now I'm looking at Ontario... I was in Toronto last fall and I must say the temperature is similar to the winters in Sydney!!
& I've never seen snow.... looking forward to that in 2013

I lived in both Sydney and Toronto and I can assure you that the climates aren't even close.

 

[parker24]

And Quebecers still have no sense of humour....c'est domage.

I'm so excited that I know what that means!!!!

 

[amikety]

I like to play 'spot the American' while in downtown Victoria, they're always the ones walking through the hotel in down parkas. It's Spring here. The temperature is minimum 7 degrees. It's so funny. They look like space travelers, and I always wonder if they bought those expensive jackets specially for their big trip to Canada. I never even owned a jacket so nice

I'm the American and spent most of the past ten years in Atlanta.

I have worn my winter coat once this year. I mostly wear my hoodies and zip up jackets. I've worn tank tops almost every single day this winter & only put on something with sleeves if I go outside.

My husband, the Canadian, wears his -15 rated thermal jacket daily, even when it's warm outside.

I make fun of him. All. The. Time.

 

[CanadianJeepGuy]

I'm so excited that I know what that means!!!!

LOL....congratulations you are a Canadian now whether you like it or not. I have lost a lot of my french unfortunately. Best I can do now is "frenglish".

 

[Steph C]

I'm the American and spent most of the past ten years in Atlanta.

I have worn my winter coat once this year. I mostly wear my hoodies and zip up jackets. I've worn tank tops almost every single day this winter & only put on something with sleeves if I go outside.

My husband, the Canadian, wears his -15 rated thermal jacket daily, even when it's warm outside.

I make fun of him. All. The. Time.

It's so funny... we don't even have winter here really. I was hoping for snow all winter, and February was our last chance. I don't know what they are thinking, maybe they think all of Canada is cold.