September 10, 2007: The Day of the Visas
This was the culmination of several months of filling our
forms (the Bedford Medical Practice did most of the forms for the work permit),
verifying that we are who we say we are, and waiting for the processing wheels
to grind out our visas.
Next step: one-way tickets to England!
September 21, 2007: Evening with Friends
The good-byes have begun. This is the hard part – leaving
good friends. Of course, they all promise to come visit.
September 28: Den Retires!
Somehow this happened without our really realizing it – Den
had his last day at Group Health, as they no longer do leave of absences that
are longer than 3 months, so Den was “retired” the last day of September; well,
it will be sometime in November as he has vacation days. I thought I should
have a party, but realized that almost everyone we’d invite had already been to
an Aloha party for us, and some people had been to several, so it seemed a bit
silly to invite them to yet another party – how many times can you say good
bye??
So, we went to the new restaurant next to our building, The
Artemis. Lovely quiet evening.
September 29-October 9: Packing, Sorting, Storing, Donating,
Selling
What a week – it wasn’t hectic, but certainly difficult to
move everything in our storage units. We leave tomorrow. How did this happen???
Are we really leaving???