On Moving

Time flies by.  So fast.

Less than two weeks until our big move.  The logistics are still a cluster@#*%, we're now starting our journey with US Immigration, but nevertheless, we're still moving.  It's bittersweet (really, more on the sweet side for me, but I will miss our little home which we took a lot of time to make our own).

A week and a half ago, I had SO much time left to pack and organize and get all paperwork filed.  Here I am, likely a week and a half from the date of moving, and very little is packed (waiting on the moving company to tell us whether they want to pack it all or not) and a few repairs have been done to sell the house, but that's it.

Iago's paperwork is all (hopefully) filed (waiting two weeks for a confirmation call from CITES Canada, who never, ever seem to be in office).  Let me tell you, people.  Carrying a parrot that's from the threatened/endangered species list across country borders in a massive pain.  Worth it, but a pain.  He's going to remain behind until they all come through, which hopefully won't take more than another month.

At least the rest of the zoo is easy to deal with and ready to travel.

Trying to keep up exercise during this time.  It provides a nice break from overthinking and the stress--I just listen to Elliot in the Morning and zone out for 45 minutes.  And thank goodness the temperatures are starting to warm up!  It's far less miserable running at above freezing temperatures, and with, you know, less ice/snow all over the roads.

I have a bunch of recipes stock-piled, but forgive me if I'm not chronicling much right now!  I may just link directly to anything I have made, and write in my changes/add my photos at a later point.

Soon, I hope to venture into the world of gluten-free bread-baking (like...real bread, not banana bread). I have a few recipes ready to try, but you can understand if I'm not going to go out and buy a ton of different flours right now just to use a few tablespoons of each.  This'll all be far easier to delve into once we're settled, and I'll have my sister to help me out!  When she's not working on art, of course.

So, a little update on my life.  Recipe tomorrow, I promise.