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@greggoestospace can stay!!! 🇪🇪So many hours on the computer pulling out my hair hour trying to organize his visa application! But we did it! #worthit #eesti #temporarycitizen #youthmobilityvisa #whetherhelikesitornot #estonianwinter #shit #eu #schengen #wanderlust #forevertraveling (at Kristiine)

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Giving thanks.

What a week! I’m just coming to the end of my sickness. I lost 8 pounds in one day from being so sick. I’m pretty sure from always working and hardly time to eat like Laura said.

I’m giving thanks for losing weight (even in an unconventional way)

I’m giving thanks for my Gramma Heather, who’s allowed me to move in until I go to England to help save money and I’m giving thanks for her preparing every meal for me.

I’m not quite as far as Laura with saving because I had last month rent to pay before I moved out of my friends, and car insurance sneak up on me at the same.

I’m giving thanks for having a good paying job.

I’m giving thanks to my friend Judy who helped me out when I needed it most. And has always been there when I needed to talk and is a person who has already heard the song I’m listening too. Allowing me to always know I have advice when I needed it.

My next paycheque is 80% savings and the others will be some groceries and giving my Gramma some rent money regardless if she wants it or not. It so happens that in November I’ll have three paycheques so by the end of November I will have England money! WOOO! Then from then on after I will save up spending money and paying bills on time ;)

I’m giving thanks for being able to be presented with this opportunity.

My Gramma is always baking. ALWAYS. BAKING. She woke up last night from “heading to bed” two hours before because “she wanted to bake”. Now don’t think I’m complaining because I’m not. This house always smells like what I imagine heaven to smell like. Cookies. Heaven smells like cookies I’m sure of it. Well, cookies puppies and kitties and all baby animals.

I’m giving thanks for cookies and baby animals.

This weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving. I’m so excited, turkey. Delicious food. Pumpernickel bread. Pumpernickel bread dip. Turkey gravy.

I’m giving thanks for My Gramma and Mom because these two beautiful women, my rocks. Will be cooking this food.

One of the biggest downfalls to all this working is I don’t get to see any of my best friends Laura, Shonna and Katie, anywhere near as much as I used to. But I know it will work out and this will be one of the greatest experiences of my life with Laura.

I’m giving thanks for all of my friends and especially Laura because without her I wouldn’t think this even possible.

Happy thanksgiving everyone and count your blessings.

-Brandon ooxo

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Work Hardening is Over.

I just started a general labour position recently where I work a mandatory 45-48 hours a week and overtime is offered often. I'm rarely working under 55 hours a week. In my health and safety training I learned about "work hardening" Essentially your body is adjusting to all the muscles you're using often now, or how you're using often used muscles in different ways. I'm happy to say that I'm basically done with it and my body has pretty well adjusted. Thank. Goodness. Because I was tired. Thinking about all the upcoming opportunities we have really helps me get through. It helps that my team at work is mostly my age and super fun and have even invited me out to their weekly fish bowl Fridays. Heck yes I'm going! But not next week because it's LAURAS BIRTHDAY!!!! Super fun :D Time is going by so fast already but not fast enough!!!! Goodnight! -Brandon ooxo

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Reality Sinking In.

So up until today Laura and I have been reveling in the thought of this upcoming journey; staying up late sending each other pictures of England sights, discussing how we will both be 25 when we come back home, how we will “LITERALLY BE AWAY FROM EVERYTHING WE KNOW FOR A WHOLE YEAR!!!” -Laura.

Today while at the mall we took the opportunity to speak to a travel agency about some basic questions; when should we get our Youth Mobility Visas (formerly workers holiday visa). The best time to buy plane tickets etc…

He shot back with answers almost immediately convinced us he really knew what he was talking about!! Awesome right? No.

He had us convinced we were too late to do this journey. He cruelly had us convinced that we were maybe a little stupid for not knowing this stuff and leaving it “so late”.

Laura: Do a lot of people do this? Traveling Expert: ….. Well are you teachers? Laura: No. This is where it gets to the point we were overly stressed with him and believed all of the garbage flying out of his mouth Traveling Expert: Oh well uh… Here let me print this off for you…. Just because you’re asking questions I’m not really aloud to answer. Confused we took the piece of paper he wrote two websites on. And got in the car and drove home while Laura theorized how we’ve lost our chance.

Our advice to you is never ever go to a travel agency and just go to some websites we will list for you.

Www.endlesslychanginghorizon.com A blog from people who have done this whole thing before, very helpful.

Www.international.gc.ca Www.visafirst.com

All info you need is on those websites

So we came home and attempted to go on the websites give not to us from the Travel Expert and they all would not load. Dead ends. So we vowed to never talk to them again. We scoured the Internet until we found those websites and found that everything was there for us, we had not lost our opportunity, we have plenty of time still!! We are going to England!

Hope you all were snuggled up for that novel! But now you are up to date with Laura and I! Feel free to ask questions if you have them!

-Brandon ooxo