The bits that be falling into place...

On Friday I got home to receive an evelope that informed me that my social work registration application has been accepted, and that I am now a registered social worker in the UK! It was such a relief and will mean that I may have an easier shot at getting the work permit that is necessary to my staying beyond the end of May!

And then this morning I had my practical driving test and passed! Now I am a full-fledged British driver as opposed to one who had been skirting through on the tails of her Canadian license for probably a little longer than she should have been! Ohhhh...the streets of London will never be the same!

Ahhhhh...these had been the two things waking me up at night for so long and now they won't! I feel like things are really starting to come together, and that I'm starting to build a bit of a life for me and am the way to becoming a proper grown-up!

Actually, along those lines I had another "I'm becoming a grown-up" moment this weekend. I'm having people around on Christmas Day for dinner, and all of a sudden it occured to me that I'm hosting Christmas, and what an adult thing that is to be doing. I hadn't fully thought through what all of this means, and that for the first time, my mother won't be a) doing the turkey or b) in the kitchen on hand if I have any questions! I realized how fully unprepared I am - I need to get stuffing recipes and a meat thermometer and...Oh! A turkey. I have to think about what to feed people for breakfast should they crash over and bedding (or, more to the point, lack of) and how to entertain people! All of this is very exciting, but, it's a bit sad in a way too...I don't know if I want to be a grownup yet! Well, just wait until I get a gravy boat and matching dishes...then I'll know that I'm pretty much there, and I'll tell you how I'm feeling then...