With only 24 days left until the big interview in Montreal, life is becoming a bit of a nail biter. Today I had my immigration medical to which I was instructed to bring $260 cash. I felt concerned about how legite this was going to be, however considering the location (Signal Hill, Calgary) and the posh-ness of the office, I think it was okay. Anyways, I don’t have any choice really since this guy is the only Doc in Alberta that is “qualified” to do this exam, which by the way reminded me a lot of my last physical. Oh except for the part when I was told I had to get the HPV vaccination or else my petition would surely be denied. And may I say that after forking out $189 for that first of 3 vaccinations, I’m all for girls getting it for free in school. It sure hurts like a (fill in the blank). Following that I went and had some blood drawn to be tested for HIV and syphilis. After the kind lady at the lab wrote “TIT” in a red marker on my requisition form I felt a little like I shouldn’t be sitting in the waiting room near any living, breathing body because I was quite possibly the whore of all the earth. No worries people, these are standard issues tests which I’m sure will be returned to me negative as I am a blood donor amongst other reasons. Following the blood test, it was time for a good ol’ chest x-ray. If you’ve ever had one and your female, I’m sure you can relate to my awkwardness and inability to place my finger on whether I felt like the paper bag princess or some sort of armoured super hero in that crazy blue paper wrap top they put me in. I love the question, “is there any possibility you might be pregnant?”

Let’s do a quick visual re-cap of why I’m doing this….

Got it! I’m doing all of this in the name of love and for the sake of being able to touch and hold all of my belongings again! Oh and because I really like Denver, Co.