Plans

Well things are progressing nicely and my flight is booked for April 15. I have a seven hour flight to London UK, three hour layover, and then another 7 hour flight to Doha Qatar. If one looks on a globe it is almost a straight line from Toronto through London and on to Qatar. Should be interesting. It is supposed to be very hot there in May and June, so I hope that I'll be able to cope after the Arctic!
Some other personal news: Carolyn and I are going to be married on July 5 in Goderich ON. We have decided that there is no point in waiting. After the wedding we will take a trip west to see our kids. Carolyn has two sons in Calgary, and I have my son Peter there, as well as Kristi (and husband Dave, and kids Kaelyn and Wesley) in Chilliwack BC, and my son Kevin in Prince George BC. It will be a quick trip, but we think it is really important for the two groups of kids to meet us. I am attaching a pic of Carolyn. She's a beautiful wonderful lady.

getting ready

Hi all. Well, finally the glitches have been worked out and I'm on my way to Qatar, about mid April. I was supposed to go in January, but there were some problems about my teaching credentials. You see, the College of the North Atlantic requres a B.Ed. for their instructional staff, but at the time I took my teacher training, they weren't granting B.Eds. guess that dates me!! After lots of phone calls and e-mails we finally got it sorted out, although at one point they said that they were withdrawing the offer of the job.
I haven't minded too much however, as I was able to spend most of my time with Carolyn, a woman that I had been corresponding with on line before I got back from the North. To make a long story short, she is a wonderful woman, good looking, talented, she can cook, and she laughs at my jokes. What more could I ask for? Our relationship has grown quite serious, and actually we are making plans to be together for the summer, and Carolyn will probably join me in Qatar next December.
I plan to post messages and pictures on this site about once a week so that I can keep in touch with my friends. I would welcome any commments or e-mails that you send me once I'm overseas. It could be a bit lonely. Ciao!