In case you were unclear on this:

[arethinn]

Yes, I really moved to Canada.

Yes, this has already happened (over three weeks ago, in fact).

Yes, my stuff is here and everything (except my car, which hopefully I am picking up on Tuesday the 30th).

No, I am not coming back to California any time soon, Thanksgiving (November) at the earliest (insert angst about whether people even give a shit about this).

No, I don't have my own apartment/house yet where I could be contacted. I still don't have a Social Insurance number (= SSN) so I can't legally work yet. Hopefully I should have that no later than June 12th, but until then I am an unproductive lump. Even when I have that, I doubt I am going to immediately convince a renter to rent to me, since I won't have any work history or a cosigner, so I'm guessing September, maybe. And stuff. Good vibes appreciated, since living here is not only cramped, but annoying.

Comments

[digitalsidhe.livejournal.com]

Just to soothe your ego, here's at least one Californian who knew all of that except the last point. I kind of assumed you were living with enotsola. Heck, I still suspect that's the case, but maybe you mean that you eventually intend to move back out into your own place?

And I'm assuming that you have enough money to live on for a few months? (Maybe not "assuming", maybe more like "I deduce from the lack of panic about money issues in your recent posts"...)

And, BTW, congrats on making this huge move. Having done one from Washington DC to SF nearly 11 years ago, I know how big an undertaking like that is... and I was staying in the same country! You had to deal with immigration hassles, too. My hat's off to you.

[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

Yay, someone was paying attention. *chuckles* just seemed that for a while there I was getting "Huh? I thought you had gone to Canada" before I had left, and "whoa! When did you go to Canada?" after I was here.

I kind of assumed you were living with [info]enotsola. Heck, I still suspect that's the case, but maybe you mean that you eventually intend to move back out into your own place?

I mean that he and I intend to move into our own place. Living with enotsola is living with his parents and brother, you see. But first we both need incomes that can support rent. He's been working part-time at Best Buy for the past six months which doesn't cut it, but despite a college diploma (read: basically an AA degree) apparently he can't qualify for very much in IT around here. Me, as mentioned I don't have an SIN yet so can't legally work at the moment.

And I'm assuming that you have enough money to live on for a few months?

Well, if I drained my savings totally dry I could probably live for a year, but obviously I want to preserve as much of that as possible for things like future house down payment, retirement investment, etc.