Category Archives: Wednesday’s Weekly Update

These posts were written and shared during the summer of 2020 when we were meant to be in Canada but were unable to be there because of the travel restrictions in place due to the Covid-19 global Pandemic. As you will see from reading them, we had know idea if we would be able to get to Canada and these post were a way to keep people up to date with out attempts and failures. They were also an immensely cathartic exercise during the chaos.

I hope you won’t find much here to help you move to Canada, because I hope you won’t find yourself moving in similar circumstances. But you will find a unique story and one which, as it was written, we had no idea how it would end!

Wednesday’s weekly update No.1

Now I’ve written the story of how we got here (my Mum’s house when we’re meant to be, you know, in Canada). I’m going to write smaller blogs each week (published on a Wednesday, hence the name) to keep you up to date. If you haven’t read Part one: The original plan for moving to Canada. and Part two: How Coronavirus derailed our plans for moving to Canada yet, give them a read as I’m going to pick up from where I left off.

I’ll also answer a question each week supplied by my Grandma. Hopefully this question will be something that’s crossed your mind too. This feature will be called What’s Bothering Babs? (Babs is what I call my Grandma, hence the name).

So on with the update…

1. Bally’s back! I collected our greyhound Bally from Rebecca and Simon, our friends, who have been looking after him until we’re in Canada and flights for dog to Vancouver begin again. He had been there since we tried to go to Canada, but, since we’ve been missing him like crazy and R & S are hoping to adopt a dog of their own soon, we decided it was time to reunite! I now need to leave the country soon, encase Rebecca ever needs a Kidney because, I’m telling you, she has done a ridiculous amount for me over the last year and I owe her big time.

2. I’m applying for jobs! Since I can’t get into Canada because I don’t have a job, I’m polishing up the CV and attempting to convince someone to employ me! I’m a teacher, with a PGCE and five years experience, I can go anywhere right? Apparently not, as you have to have a British Colombia Teaching certificate and they can take months to obtain. Probably should have listened to Jacob when he told me, back in January, to apply for the certificate. Still, I didn’t know that my entering Canada would depend on me having a job.

3. Canada has extended it’s boarder closure. I’ve saved the worst news until last today. As we expected, Canada have extended their boarder closure until ‘at least the 30th July’. Even though we were expecting this, it’s a massive blow. The likely hood is that Jacob (my husband) will now have to go to Canada without me. This really should not be that big a deal. In fact, in our original plan we had to spend six weeks apart while I worked until the end of the school term. The difference this time is that if he goes, we don’t know when I’ll be able to join him. It could be months until I can enter Canada. And I’m not really okay with that.

What’s Bothering Babs?

Babs’ question: Will you have to give up on the house you were planning to rent from the 15th July?

In the short term, no. The thought of moving into that lovely house is definitely helping keep me sane. But in the long term, yes, of course it’s possible. Obviously, we can’t pay rent for a house were not living in, in a country that won’t let me in! But lets hope it doesn’t come to that.

So are we going to Canada or not?