Fighting Limbo

So it is all set.  After moving my life, consisting of roughly ten boxes, out of Ottawa, my journey to Korea has commenced.  Now here is where it gets tricky because I am not actually on the plane yet.  In fact I have not even received my visa to allow me to get on the plane and yet this is the next step, the next job I will have.  It is hard to be patient for my journey to begin but unfortunately I have to.

I have sent over all the documents needed for my employment to be finalized and for me to receive my visa however it only arrived in the hands of my employer yesterday.  After they sign the contract which I have already signed, they sent it in to the local Immigration office.  The processing will take up to a week from yesterday before they submit a visa number to the Embassy in Ottawa.  Then I have to go back to Ottawa, hopefully it will be around my birthday, and go through an interview with the consular to get my visa finalized.  After all of this I will then be ready to go to Korea but the delays do not stop there.

I plan to be away from Ottawa and family for at least two years so I have decided to celebrate my mother's birthday for the first time in 5 years before I go.  So the countdown is 32 days.

Also I have to put a big thank you for my friends in Ottawa especially a Mr. Murdoch, for throwing me a great farewell party.  It meant alot as this particular group of friends have become very close to my heart.