so far.  Monday we took off; Tuesday we had a pretty normal day, with reading, playing, building, etc.  N was home a bit late from work and insisted on stopping to get a treat on the way.  He did and to my great surprise, suggested we have Family Home Evening that night (we usually try to have it on Mondays, but N is often home so late from work that the kids are getting ready for bed and we're all to tired to deal).  I don't know why I didn't suspect that anything was up.  So we had a hymn, a prayer, and went over our calendar.  Then N announces that we're having a family council (and explains the term to D).  He said he had been offered a job.  Now, I knew that the had applied for a job in Toronto, and they had called him basically to say that he met the criteria and they would call him when a spot became available (it is a gov't job, with the Revenue Agency).  So, apparently, they contacted him.  We went over the details, and I gave my concerns.  Turned out he had already prayed about what to do, and had decided to take the job.  He did want to hear any concerns I had before I knew that he was taking the job so I would be honest.  :P  So he'll be commuting for now -- it's 4 to 5 hours round trip.  :S  He starts in a couple of weeks, and it is 5 weeks of training at 30 hours a week, and then he starts full time.  I can't imagine what the gas costs will be.  We thought a bit about somehow short-term leasing or even buying a cheap, fuel-efficient vehicle (we have a mini van).  We'll see what happens.  While he's in training, I will be packing up and purging as much as I can, and then likely the kids and I will stay at my parents.  N will work on the house and put it on the market and look for a place for us to live while we're away.  I'm really hoping it will all go smoothly.  I've already packed up a few bags and boxes of trash and stuff for Value Village.  I'm pretty excited -- I was getting really sick of being here, not in the country and not really in the city.  I felt so stuck.  And this is at least a bit closer to the grandparents. 

I'm just hoping the tiredness I've been feeling isn't pregnancy-induced... I can't imagine packing up a house and moving while pg.

Today we took it a bit easier for school.  The boys were doing really well at playing together, having a fun time, so we just read a bit and then I let them do their thing.  I did the packing and tossing and searching around for info about Toronto and places to live.