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It’s been a while since I updated. I’ve been incredibly busy, arranging the move. It looks likely that we are going to land on our feet in Calgary in a big way. Our twin concerns of work and accommodation have probably been solved simultaneously. I have a variety of oil-industry skills – both hands-on and in design, planning,production and analysis. The good news is that I’ve found an employer in Canada who seems to be crying out for someone with almost precisely my skills. I’ve had several telephone interviews this week – including a video one – and it looks like this company and myself were made for one another. The guys on the ground are so keen to grab me before anyone else does (are my skills so much in demand?) that they’re speaking to their HR people and are going to have a job-offer made to me before I get there. The pay is excellent, they’ve agreed that I can have 4 weeks annual leave – very unusual in Canada apparently – and, they have an apartment that they’re happy to let me have for 3 months while I get something sorted out for myself. It all seems too good to be true at the moment. I’m hoping I’m not going to wake up and find it was all a dream.