I am so pleased for you, Nanapush, wonderful news. Next year will be like a dream come true for you being with your family at long last.
I have booked my medical for this Friday (St Andrews Day) very appropriate me being Scottish! The chest x rays have to be done at a different location in Glasgow so I will arrange that next week too.
I have downloaded the new police checks forms version 18 and hopefully I will get them sent off next week as well. I remember last year it was at this time they wanted all the background forms completed and it was a rush to get them done before Christmas so they were not delayed in the backlog of Christmas mail and hey ho this year it will be the same panic!
It is exciting times for us but I have a few worries on how I will manage financially living in Canada as unfortunately I will have to get my own accommodation as my daughter does not have the room for my to live with with the family long term.In 2008 when
we applied,the Canadian dollar was 2 to the British pound and it has now lost a quarter of that value. I will be hard pushed to live on my pensions without getting a job of some kind but at age 62 not sure if that would even be possible. I wonder how all the other parents/grandparents of this forum will manage with housing etc. Will most of them be able to stay with their family? I have always been able to support myself and I would reluctant to ask my daughter for any financial assistance although she and her husband are technically supposed to support me for 10 years. I will try and stay positive, however.
You will have so many things to sort out now you are planning to go in the New Year. I wish you well.
Granma Nessie