Shots, shots, and more shots...

Yesterday was our first trip to the clinic to start our immunizations. Our nurse was really good. She was very informative and gave the least painful needles that I've ever had. We spent about an hour and a half there getting information on all the vaccinations that we need as well as getting info on malaria and the various ways you can treat/prevent it.

Today the only side effect of the tetanus and polio shots that we got are sore arms. Ryan was warned that his arm would be more sore that normal due to the fact that he had a tetanus shot recently, and it definitely was...

For the two shots for both of us it came to around $300.00. Not to bad but we still have two more appointments to go in order to finish up all our doses for Hep A, Hep B, Typhoid, etc. We are still unsure what to do about the malaria pills but we have a little bit more time to look into that before we need to make a decision.

After the vaccination trauma we decided to treat ourselves. So, we headed on over to the Taste of Edmonton to get some good food: bacon wrapped scallops, potatoes with a garlic and mayo sauce, papusa, balsamic strawberrys with a cream cheese topping, banana curry chicken and farang beef with rice. All very good!

The painter is booked for Thursday and Friday. After that we just need to get the new doors put on and the snakes out of the house and it will be ready to put on the market. Let's hope that it sells quickly!

So much work to do...

The process of packing up your entire life is not as easy as I first imagined it to be. It always seems that as soon as you start filling boxes, more stuff comes out of the woodwork. We are well on our way but there is still alot of work to be done. The storage unit is rented, boxes for non-essentials have been packed and the contacts have been made to sell our snakes. The painter is coming to the house tomorrow for an estimate so that we can have the house painted before we put it up for sale. The wheels are in motion!

Our last big hurdle is the sale of the house. I hope to have it on the market soon with a price that will have it sold soon, without sacrificing too much money that we could be spending on our trip (and saving for our return).

I'm giving my notice to work one week from today and that has me really excited. I do enjoy my job but after working at the same company for almost 7 years I think the break will be really nice. I am anticipating a reasonable reaction from my boss so hopefully I can get my job back afterwards if I still want it.

For now we have researched the trip to death and I am currently trying to take it easy and just hang out for a bit until the house sells. Then we can get to the really exciting part of heading off to MEC to buy packs, clothes, gear.... I can't wait!