relief cancelled

 on wednesday night we felt relieved, thinking that our package had been found, but we were wrong. there is no record of the package ever being picked up, so we're back to square one on gd's first marriage certificate which will take months to sort out. and we have to reapply for her police clearance certificate - it's a very good thing i paid that extra $50 so the third-party fingerprinting company keeps her documents on file for a year.

last night i posted the summary post on social media, after lots of talks and planning yesterday we've given notice to the school and mr smear's swimming lessons, and at the end of the month we'll give notice to our landlord, and we're going to start making all the arrangements so that we can be out of her by mid-december.

gd's nerve block went without a hitch - or, at least, she was drugged well enough to not remember it properly. i got home on thursday to find her enthusiastically sewing again, which is exciting.

work-wise, we finally got the release out the door yesterday morning, and i'm immensely relieved that it's off my plate so that i can focus on (pretty much) one job. my team's retrospective yesterday afternoon left me feeling good about how things are going. another money chat with my local coworker also left me feeling positive.

i have a long list of things to do that are nagging me from the back of my brain, but it's shabbat and i need some balance.

i must remember to breathe.