I got it! It’s shiny, with great pictures, awesome codes and the big ‘United States of America’ on it. It’s there, in my 2 months old biometric passport.
The departure date is 22nd of September. 3 weeks to get rid of my finnishness :-( and this includes:
- Send a letter to the registration office, to tell them i’m leaving the country
- Tell the social security I’m out
- Tell the tax office, and pray for not getting terrible news, like I owe them thousands of euros
- Cancel electricity, internet connection, home insurance
- Redirect my subscriptions to French magasines to the US (and surely pay something)
- Cancel credit cards, but I keep my bank account (hopefully)
- Sort and pack at home and at the office
- Contact this agency that helps for the relocation (via the company)
- Get flight tickets, rental car, some accomodation
- Help and find a new good roommate for my dearest Ännchen
- Find out how much of my finnish wardrobe will be needed in CA
- Backup and burn stuff
- Maybe visit the must-see things that I did not see in Helsinki
- Offer several rounds of beer and dinners
- Unlearn Finnish. Oh wait 2 seconds… Done!
ac says:
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 30, 2007, 12:32ac says:
where do you get the cool anti-spam words from?
August 30, 2007, 12:33dave says:
I’m very happy for you, but very sad for us. Like one of those greek theatre statues laughing on one side and crying on the other. The date is good – everything isn’t in a rush!
August 30, 2007, 14:55Agathe says:
Consider that I’ll be alllll alooooone!! All sad inside and outside… snif
the anti-spam? it’s this plugin for wordpress: http://www.theblog.ca/?p=21
August 31, 2007, 9:59