Nerves and Excitement
 

Morning/Evening everyone!

Wondered if anyone else felt the same as I do now.

Leaving UK for Canada as PR in 8 weeks time! I have butterflies every day and a mixture of nerves and excitement. I can't wait to start our new life, but feel nervous about saying goodbye to parents and family. I guess this is all a natural part of such a huge move.

Any tips

Thanks:)

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Hi

Just wanted to wish you all the best for the move!! we are moving out in August!! :) and I totally get the nerves and excitement !!
Good luck... J

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All the best for the move......it is a weird feeling knowing you are moving to another country. I found especially as we were bumping into friends who did not know and it was great to finally talk about it. We had waited years for the PR visa and had not mentoned it.

Where are you moving to? What sort of work are you going to be looking for?

Cheers

JB

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when I left, I started a diary of events, things like when the movers came, what we did the last few weeks before we left,weather wot was the last TV show I watched etc... described my feelings when we left the UK and how we felt when landing in Canada, even wrote down my panic attacks, very strange, never suffered from them before....but had a few when we came...I updated it every night, I continued it for about 6 months once we got here to Canada....I love to read it now and again, to see how far I have come!!!

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We are booked to go end of June, I swing from excited, nervous, stressed then excited everyday, its wearing me out and I haven't even got there yet!!

Try not to think about family stuff to much!! Diary seems a good idea, I'll porpbaly post a bit on-line also to keep everyone updated

Good luck

Juliet C

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Thanks for the advice everyone. Just waiting for completion date for house (should be in about 6 weeks) but need to book flight and removal company asap too.

We are going to Vancouver. Was a close 2nd for a job in BC Cancer Foundation that would have started last Monday! But my contact there has some other contacts too...so not too worried about getting charity work. Moving with my hubby, so just the two of us to think about.

A diary sounds like a good idea. I might try that! I've been seeing a lot of family recently and had a lovely day out today with my Mum and Dad. Maybe that's why I feel up and down sometimes.

Juliet C...maybe when you get to Vancouver we could meet up. We have nowhere to live yet. Going to book into a B & B or something for a week or so and start looking for rented apartments. Where will you be living? :D

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my advice is to get as many friends and family as fully versed with Skype as possible

good luck :-)

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We are also leaving for Vancouver at the end of June. I know what you mean, you can go from excited to worried to sad all in the same day, (but glad to say more excited than anything). It feels a bit like Christmas Eve when I was a kid and couldn't sleep because I felt sick:rofl:

Starting to get a few "last times" now which seems weird. Last ice hockey match this weekend which is a biggy as we have so many friends there!

See you all in Vancouver!

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We use Skype.......it is great. You can get a Skype PC-free phone which connects to broadband via Wifi or LAN. This enables you to have an "always on" skype phone in the house which means family can contact whenever without international call charges.

We also have a UK skype phone number which non-computer relatives can call for the cost of a UK local call.

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You're in the first two stages of the Kübler-Ross model of emigration. Congratulations and good luck.

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Hi Claire,

Yes meeting up would be great! And you'll be there before Juliet or me, so you'll have lots of advice for us too. Let me know how your weekend goes. I'm not looking forward to the hardest goodbyes...we leave sometime in May, but they are not forever. It's just until you see them again and I'm going to be on Skype lots too!

I'll private message you too. Who are you flying with? We haven't found anywhere to live yet. We are looking at Burnaby at the moment, but going to stay in hotel or B & B for a week or so when we arrive, and then enjoy finding somewhere to live. You will find something.

Take care and see you in Vancouver

Niki :)

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Hi feeling the same as you, we are going out middle of august to vancouver.
feeling nerves and excitement. upset about saying goodbye to my parents ,
feel im letting them down as they are in their 70s and im closest to them.
trying to not think of it all the time as i end up getting too emotional
got people saying how much they will be miss me etc and i am a bit worried about making new friends at my age of 48 but gotta give a try

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My parents dont have a computer and wont have one in their house and im
off to canada in august and they are elderly so what is this always on
skype phone you refer to . any advice would be great .
thank you

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we pay $8 a month for unlimited calls to UK land lines on skype - problem solved

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You can call UK landline from Skype and use either a subscription based payment or Skype credit (which is one off top up). This is known as "Skype Out".

You can also pay for a UK Phone Number linked to your Skype account. So you parents can call a UK phone number and it will route to your Skype account. If your Skype account is not logged in then you can have voicemail (free if you have subscriptions). This is known as "Skype In"

So for example, using Skype In, you have a 0121 XXX XXXX number (there are a few dialing code options). Your parents ring the 0121 number and either your Skype account rings on your PC or it goes to voice mail. The cost of the call to them is the same as ringing any 0121 (Birmingham number). Again there is a limited choice on dialing codes that you choose from when you set this up.

Using Skype Out, you can call phone numbers based on your subscription or credit (depending on what you have set up.........subscription is cheaper). If you have a Skype In number then that is the number that appears on Caller ID of the phone you are ringing.

If you want an always on Skype phone in your accomodation, then you can either leave your PC on or buy a Skype PC-free phone which connects either by Wifi or Ethernet cable to your broadband router/modem. They are not readily available in shops so you have to use the internet to buy one (Ebay is best). They take about 1 Gbps of data per month so that has to be factored into any usage on internet contracts. If you want more details let me know.

JB

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thank you so much for that information. years ago that bought a phone out that you could ring abroad and see the person you were speaking to but they phased that out.
thanks again

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Hi Claire,

Thanks for the link and info. I'll have a look later today. Good luck with your family goodbyes. Let me know how you get on.

Take care and see you soon :D

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thanks very much for this info. much appreciated

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Hi Claire

Sorry I've not replied earlier, I ave a two year old that decided she won't sleep this week,so as well as excited/stressed etc I am exhausted, would be nice to meet up at some point (we fly end of June) I'll PM you tomorrow to say more, having an early night tonight,

Juliet C

P.S My husband is the same, he wants a garage and my son wants somewhere to practice his music......alll on a budget!! Men!:)

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Hi

The Skype PC-Free phone aka always-on phone is something like this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RTX-Dualphone-...item4aa8f349ba

It connects to the internet/broadband router. We have on in the house and relatives without a computer use our Skype In number


Note - Any Skype phone which connects via USB is a PC dependant phone.....and needs a PC to be on to work.

I did forgot to mention call forwarding feature of Skype which BubblebeeUK mentioned.

Cheers

JB

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Excuse my ignorance but what on earth is Kübler-Ross model of immigration ?

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Kübler-Ross model is also known as The Five Stages Of Grief