Decision made!

I got an e-mail from my father today. Good news! London has already approved me for permanent residency!!!! It took one month and three weeks.. I would never have thought it would go so fast! Imagine.. If I hadn't been told to send the application to the wrong address, it might already have been done two weeks ago. But this timing is just perfect! I can go home in peace, send my passport to the UK, pack up, and enjoy my time with my family, knowing I will be back with Chris soon.

We went out for a bit of a walk yesterday, but soon realized it was hopeless.. It was -18 and extremely windy, and we could only be outside for about five minutes before it felt like our faces were going to fall off. It's a bit nicer today, but the wind is a killer. I really won't miss winter here.

We have now sold: couch, guitar, bass, dresser, cd-tower, bedside table and bike. It was quite funny: the girl who ended up buying my bike was Finnish! We spent 15 minutes chatting about Toronto and Finland, and she was very nice. Funny how the only person who actually kept their word about wanting the bike was from my home country.. I have also been contacting antique stores today that might be interested in my dresser, so I hope they will get back to me tomorrow and come pick it up. We have five large boxes in the apartment, which we will be sending off via Greyhound this week, and I promised an Irish guy our glasses and plates for free if he picks them up on Friday. Phew! Almost done. The place looks deserted, and there is nowhere to sit.

Four days left in Toronto.