It has occurred to me that I haven't explained to everyone where I am and what I'm doing. When Lori and I finished our visit to Calgary, she flew west to Papua New Guinea and I flew east to Newfoundland. I will go back to PNG from time to time for a visit, but from now on, I will be based in Canada and Lori will be listed as a Geographic Single with the company. There are some perks with this new status, she now gets 5 trips home a year. We will see one another about every 8 weeks for the next 2 years when Lori will retire and move back home too. It's not ideal, but we will make it work. We certainly have experience with living apart.
While I will miss seeing Lori everyday, I am very happy to be back home. Being away from Canada this long has made me appreciate and love it even more. I've enjoyed exploring the world and discovering new things, but it's so nice to walk down the street and not look over your shoulder or be able to turn on the tap to get a drink of water. It may not be the most exciting place in the world or the prettiest, but this is the one place that the physical landscape matches my inner landscape (if that makes sense). I've started volunteering a few times a week at the SPCA and I'm going to take some classes to keep myself busy. I'm also going to start curling this winter. How Canadian is that eh?
Anyway, with life slowly returning to normal for us, I figured this is a good time to wrap up this blog. I was only supposed to write it for 6 months and here it is 4 1/2 years later. I'll leave it up because it's a cool way for Lori and I to look back on our adventure, but I won't be adding to it from now on. Maybe something exciting will happen in the future and I'll post another entry, but I doubt it. Thanks for reading and following along. Take care.
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