The Move Back To Edmonton

The move back could be summed up as "the worst move ever". And I don't think I'm exaggerating on this one either. This is basically what happened:

We couldn't fit all of our stuff into the u-haul we had rented. Had to leave my scooter behind (which I never even had the opportunity to ride while we were in Toronto). It's still sitting in Emma's parent's garage. For the record, 3 people's stuff in one small u-haul trailer is too much stuff, which we learned the hard way in Kenora, Ontario when the hitch tore from the underside of my Honda CR-V, effectively rendering my vehicle worthless - it can't tow anything ever again. Which meant we had to rent a massive and expensive u-haul truck and tow my car the rest of the way. We stopped just outside Winnipeg at a campsite and had to sleep in the back of the u-haul. We would have slept in the car but the battery was dead from towing it and it smelt like gasoline. We were afraid that with the u-haul door completely shut we might run out of air or not be able to get out in the morning, but with the door slightly ajar we were nervous for our safety AND it was FREEZING! Like 2 degrees (Celsius) outside. However, we still slept better than the previous night in our motel in Thunder Bay, where a bunch of cretins stayed up all night partying right next door to us. By 4am, I had had enough and we hit the road...which lead to Kenora and all the excitement (sarcasm) that followed. At this point we were about half way there, at least, distance-wise. The rest of the trip was significantly slower, as one thing about massive u-haul trucks is that you tend to have to drive them slowly and fuel them up often. And, as we had "splurged" in Kenora on the truck, we were tight on monies and opted to park and sleep in a Safeway parking lot in Saskatchewan.

All in all the move back was: expensive, stressful, vehicle-destroying, tear-inducing, freezing, uncomfortable, exhausting and something I never want to do again. So I guess this means we're staying put - and since we both have jobs we actually enjoy and potentially a condo downtown (still waiting on the deal to go through), I suppose this means we're setting down "roots" here now.

And that doesn't seem as bad as it did nearly 2 years ago. In fact, it doesn't seem bad at all.