First, Odette has finished her full time employment. It was very emotional for her as she has been working at the hospital for 20 years. Patients, Doctors, colleagues are all very sad to see her go.
If you knew Odette, you would understand why everyone is so sad to see her go. But we live our life moving forward... we can only look backward.
So here we are. Right on schedule with everything. Bank account opened in Canary Wharf, money (some) transferred there to get it open and so on.
Oh.. and just came back from Hawaii. Superb! Very long trip and very very hot!
Next up is Odette's UK visa. That should be straight forward and takes up to 12 weeks -- which right now is the end of the year. Excellent timing.
Seeing our names on cheques with a London address is making this very real now. And of course, with Odette leaving her job, it doesn't get much more real than that.
This is the most exciting time we will have for years. Well worth it! The future looks good; exciting, enjoyable and more than a little challenging!
We're well on track. Trust us when we say. You need an excellent plan to make this sort of move (ours has 49 separate tasks in it.) As we say at my company, "Plan your work and work your plan!".
Very true!
Some pics from Waikiki beach
