We have had a complete taste of life in Bermuda over the past little while. Our furniture and belongings finally arrived and we have spent hours finding places for what we brought as well as wondering why we made some of the decisions to leave certain items behind (how much space does an iron really take up?). It has been like Christmas all over again for Morgan and Quinn who have set up huge train tracks throughout the house, made farms, zoos and a variety of structures with all the toys that they missed having over the month of our transition.
We have also spent hours trying to deal with the many boxes our stuff came in. While the movers said, “Darlin’, just give us a call and we’ll be back to pick up the trash”, it took over a week of calling each day for them to finally make it all the way back to our part of the island. Our next challenge is to get our phone and internet installed. Though we went to their office the day after we arrived at the end of December, their visit to our house was scheduled for last Thursday. Unfortunately it was raining when they came and..., “We can’t work in the rain, sweetheart” was their response. They are set to come next Wednesday – let’s hope for sun.
Everything just seems to take a much longer process than we have been used to in Toronto. Jim’s new barbeque took 45 minutes to buy, not because I asked so many questions but because the sales woman knew so many people that she needed to chat with while she was helping me. We have spent a week trying to open a bank account because they seem to need everything except a blood sample and I am still working on getting my driver’s license (it doesn’t seem to matter that I have driven in Canada for almost 20 years!). We knew that the pace in Bermuda would be different when we made the decision to come...and we are being proven right every day.
