Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Quick Update

TLDR:  my last cancer test, for which I got the results this morning, shows no cancer in my system!  PTL!!!

I’m really sorry I’ve let this slide so long, but I really haven’t felt very inspired to write for a while.  Unlike my lovely wife, writing doesn’t come all that naturally to me.  So, this won’t be eloquent, but hopefully it will bring you up to date.  After all, it’s been over a year since I sent my last update, and much has happened in that time.

Just over a year ago, Susan got accepted into grad school at Trinity Western University in Langley, BC.  (In case you don’t know, she’s pursuing her Master’s in Counselling Psychology, but that’s her story – feel free to chat with her about it.)  So, last July we packed up and headed west, leaving our kids behind in Calgary to take care of our house.  For the first month we stayed in residence, but grad students aren’t allowed to stay in residence during the school year.  So we found and rented a lovely carriage house (yes, it’s an apartment above a garage) on an acreage.  I worked remotely, with monthly trips back to Calgary, for my Calgary client.  Then, at the end of January of this year, the company scaled back and I began looking for work here in BC.  The market turned out to be difficult at best, and whereas I had a number of good interviews, an offer was not forthcoming.

I had a cancer test (CT scan) in Calgary on May 21, so, since I was still unemployed and Susan’s schooling could be done remotely, we returned to Calgary a bit earlier than planned.  While in Calgary, I finally got a job offer, but needed to start on May 25.  However, Susan wasn’t quite ready to leave, so I returned to Vancouver alone with a tentative plan of returning to pick up Susan next weekend.  I started the new job yesterday, and today we got the results of the CT scan:  all’s well!

You may be wondering about our plans after Susan is done school (mid-2021).  Will we stay in Vancouver?  Return to Calgary?  Other?  Well, quite honestly we don’t know.  Our plan all along has been to return to Calgary, but we submit that to God and look forward to His leading.

There ya go – all caught up!

God bless!
Brad.