Yay Freedom!

Well.....I did it! I am back in civilization....
Had bittersweet feelings as I packed up and left my northern experience behind. Although I was glad to be moving on to bigger and better things I was sad to say good-bye to certain of my fellow in-mates. Saying good-bye to Lonnie was especially difficult...but he seemed quite excited to move over to my side of the trailer and is probably sitting in the jacuzzi tub as I write this. I have already made plans to meet up with a few of the gang this summer and to visit the Slave Lake branch again.

The 9 hour drive down to Calgary was pretty uneventful until I hit fog, snow and bad roads about an hour north of the city. Its good to be hanging with Chris, Kerri and the girls. Emily is the youngest (turning 4) and she is full of energy. Kaitlyn is 7 and is my little pal. She went with Chris and I to look at potential homes...and was little Miss Home shopper. I had to follow her advice and choose the very first one out of all of the properties we saw. Aside from it being Kaitlyn's favorite...it is also near a good school and down the street from Korean markets and restaurants. Plus there are 4 Korean families living in the area and since the new ward we're moving into doesn't have any Korean members - that's something that the Bennett's will have to remedy.

I am so thankful that things are going so smoothly...I sometimes think to myself "I am so blessed" and "I don't deserve all of this". But I'm just trying my best and guess this is the reward I get.

Tickets are all bought and I leave this Wednesday arriving in Korea on Thursday. I will only be there for a week which time will be spent packing and having everything shipped here...then we will fly back on the 6th.
Once back I will be starting a new blog about our new adventures out here in the west.....should be some good reading there.

So thus ends my blog about life up in the oil patch. I have a great friend who was able to provide me with the chance to come to Alberta, which started all of this in motion. As I mentioned in a previous posting -there are definitely some new challenges and trials ahead but freedom usually comes at a price.

Thanks to everyone who visited, read and especially those who commented on my postings. I tried to make them funny, interesting and uplifting....hope you liked them....and hope you check out my new blog once it's up.

Also wanted to show some love to all of you who have kept me company via Facebook. The chats, messages and comments on my stati have really meant a lot. I was also able to make some new long distance friendships....I am so thankful for the miracle of technology.

Thanks everyone!