It's only after I've been able to sit on a few beaches, meet some calming people, eat some delicious food, that I can see the humour in the process.
For those involved in any way in the process of getting me here, and perhaps were around the stressed Hayley during that time, consider this an official apology. I owe you dinner when you come and visit (and I don't only mean pops and Edgar, mostly because I in fact owe you two a whole restaurant named after you, I'm working on it!).
Below is a list of what was accomplished within two weeks (again, with a lot of help):
• Speak to Canada Revenue about all things tax and government
• Speak to Canada Revenue again, about all things tax and government
• Ask my father to speak to Canada Revenue about all things tax and government, with much success
• Get a chest x-ray, on film, but not have it happen, because that doesn't exist in Toronto anymore
• Get a chest x-ray, but not know that you need official forms (that don't exist) from your doctor
• Get a chest x-ray, but not know that you need a passport photo to have the chest doctor sign off on it
• Get a full doctor work-up, and a signed note from the doctor
• Acquire a police check, but not know that it takes two weeks, when you have one week, pay for one
anyway, with fingers crossed
• Acquire a back-up police report in York Region that will only take ten minutes, and then learn that
the computers are down in York Region when you drive there on a Saturday, forcing your lovely,
patient father to go again the next day
• Get your eyes checked, subsequently get new glasses and contacts, in a total of four appointments
• Get a proof of graduation and degree from OCAD, without the knowledge that it takes two weeks
• Check with OCAD six times (they loved me) throughout the ten days, and receive it just in time
• Take the OCAD certificate, police check, passport and birth certificate to the notary public, not know
that the day that you show up, their printer will be broken... the place that makes copies of originals,
had a broken copier
• Get employment and personal references (easiest part, thank you to all of you wonderful Hayley
supporters out there!)
• Fill out immigration paperwork, three times on a rough version so as to not mess up the actual copy
shipped all the way from Bermuda
• Get six passport photos, not knowing which size though, get twelve, six of each size
• Find a place in Bermuda, and then find out that perhaps 350 square feet for $1800 is not ideal, so
don't take the place, two days before I land in Bermuda
• Cancel hydro, Rogers (pay the $450 cancellation fee, yeah), a credit card, insurance
• Redirect mail
• Call Apple to make sure that all Apple products work in Bermuda
• Get luggage
• Get more luggage
• Call airline to see if I can take that much luggage
• Pay the $215 for a second extra piece of luggage
• Work
• Get on a plane
• Thank people every five seconds for getting me here safely and without to much wear and tear
With that, here is a reminder to myself as to why that is all now a funny memory.
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