We are back from our little trip to Oregon... A very long drive, a very sick kid, and we almost ran out of gas! Exciting I guess, but more stressful then anything.
We started out on a very nice Saturday morning, quickly realized we had no oil in our car, so we waited for Walmart to open, bought our oil and off we went. Half way to my Mom's house Mika started to cry and when I got him out of his car seat I was shocked to how warm he was and wet from sweat. He wouldn't eat and was a very unhappy camper. We rushed to the a Safeway and got him some Tylenol and off we went. Mika slept most of the time, but every 45 min waking up crying because we was so sick. We would give him more Tylenol and then off again we would go. Because we were so focused on Mika being sick and just wanting to get to our destination we didn't realized we were running low on gas. We had turned off from the I-5, and quickly realized that there were no gas stations open after 11:00 in the morning along the Oregon Coast. We prayed like crazy and rolled into North Bend (where my mom lives) at 12:30 in the morning with only enough gas to probably make it another 5 miles - talk about a God thing. We left Kelowna at 6:30am, but due to our oil issue, didn't really leave until 7:30am, and then got to our destination 17 hours later..... We were happy to be there lets just say that!
Mika was miserable for 3-4 days while we were there, which was really hard for us, because we wanted to have a relaxing time and for my mom to enjoy Mika. But after that pasted we did have a good time and mom had some quality time with Mika. I don't think Mika was himself really the whole time we were there, but at least he did get better towards the end. We pretty much figured he had Roseola ( a infant Measles type of virus ). He had a rash and a high fever for 3 days.
Anyways, the reason we went down to Oregon was to figure out if we were to move there or not after Magnus Graduates in the Spring. We had felt that doors were opened up down there and that was were God was leading. We really weren't excited about it, but due to my mom's situation and everything we felt it was right. But, when we were down there we realized that Magnus would have to do practically another year of schooling to qualify for the CA program, and the firm didn't really guarantee us a job. I am sure they would hire Magnus, but because of the economy they couldn't give us a guaranteed answer, which we really wanted. We also looked to see if we qualified for a mortgage and again they didn't really give us an answer or know what to do with us. So we went down to Oregon for more clarity and came away even more confused. So we are back to square one. Where to put our roots???? It is a very hard decision because so many things are involved. It isn't like whatever we can just move later if we want too, because it is two different countries. We lose residency in one, and have to gain residency in another, which makes it very difficult. Maybe we will just go and pitch a tent right on the border that should solve it. Anyways.. Do we do another year of school and pay a lot of money for it, live with my mom and work part time in Oregon? Or do we give up our US residency, gain Canadian residency, and start the CPA program in the Fall with KPMG? uhhmm .... not too sure, but I am just hoping that something becomes more clearer in the next couple of weeks.
