Dollars to Pounds is the Next Transition!

Today is the last full day in Canada for a while. Tomorrow Paul, his nephew and I are off to Manchester and then from there to Liverpool. I have spent a lot of time with my nephews and niece. My niece, sister and I have been staying in the same house for 2 weeks. It was nice, although noisy some mornings. It took a little to get used at first but it was also quite pleasant being able to spend some time with them.

I also spent a lot of time with my nephews, who are very energetic although not as energetic as some of the kids I have taught in the past. They are also pretty easy to control considering they understand everything I say compared to some of the students I've had.

Owen(below,top) speaks exceptionally well for a 2 year old. So can Lukas(below,bottom) for that matter even though he's a year and a half older. Great kids. Clever too. I'll miss them for sure, but this chapter of my life is ending. Next time I see them they'll be a little wiser and they'll know a lot more about life and everything else.

Today was a miserable day. The weather that is. It started snowing heavily and then after about 3 inches, it warmed up and started to rain. Then it got cold again and everything froze. It made it difficult to drive in but when the trees and everything is covered in ice, it looks nice.....

My sister left yesterday for Holland and I'll see her again in a week or so when Paul and I go there. So it's just my Mom and Dad and I left here until tomorrow. We went out for dinner and they wanted to have some Korean food or Thai or something. So we decided to go to a Thai/Vietnamese restaurant not too far from the house. It was a nice meal, some spring rolls and some Vietnamese noodles. Then we came back home and as usual, my Mom helped me pack a little. She's been to Holland about 15 times since she immigrated here so she's pretty experienced and good at packing, using every square inch of space!

So it will be sad to leave my family here, but as usual my Dad is jealous and excited for me at the same time. He'd love to do what I'm doing wouldn't you Dad! Next stop....England!!