Friday, January 27, 2006

Well I am still here in The Hague. We have recieved the paperwork from the Islands and called our "Huisarts". Thats the Family practitioner here. He was closing his office, as we were chatting, for his vacation. No problem he said just call one of my colleagues on this list and they will be able to complete the last details. All Repeat All of the doctors on his list were unwilling to complete this last stage of the paperwork without making us pay for all of the tests and vaccinations again with them so they could verify the accuracy of the results. So we are waiting for our regular guy to return.
In the meantime our phone has been turned off and we are arranging the pickup of our shipment of household goods. Thank you mister cell phone. We are shipping our stuff with a company called Worldwide Baggage Services. They specialize in the shipping of household goods as freight. they can do air freight or sea freight. we are sending our stuff over the high seas. Not only is it cheaper but we can have it shipped directly to Tortola without having to change hands on another island before reaching the final destination. Golfers and sportsmen should check them out as they can have your stuff waiting for you at the gate upon arrival. I just think thats snazzy.
On Sunday we are vacating our apartment to go and stay with Marike's parents until we actually fly out. It might be nice to stay with them a little before we go. They have an apartment with a large forest across the street. The dogs absolutely love it. Thank goodness we didn't have a car here and would have to just now get used to mass transport.
Just as a side bar its cold here. Damn cold. Real cold. My feet feel like blast frozen steaks. I cant wait for the sun. Tonight the temp will drop below 0 and tomorrow they say it won't get any warmer during the day then it will hit 6 BELOW during the night.
Well that's enough for now.

Saturday, January 21, 2006

Hello world. This is kc's blog kicking off. I am still not sure what this blog will be about other than me. Something big, something grand, something for the people, something that will change the conciousness of the world not just the nation. ...Maybe my dogs.
That would not be very interesting though would it. I think I will just stick with what's interesting in my life.
Right now I am living in Rijswijk, a suburb of The Hague, in the Netherlands. However we are packing and moving to the British Virgin Islands. We will live on Tortola and work for a resort on a nearby Island. We were very fortunate to get the jobs and work permits, and are looking forward to taking advantage of this awesome opportunity.
Don't get me wrong Holland wasn't bad. I have loved everyday I have spent here, however a series of unfortunate events have led to a complete reduction of my reserve funds, and the Jobbie Job front here doesn't look as good right now as the Islands do. So off to see the lizard as the song goes.
I will try to post again when we get to Tortola. Tot ziens.