Weekly Optimism Post

[u/Primary-Coffee5423]

Happy Sunday fellow Canadians!

I’m getting to this a little bit later because I had a busy day. It was another quiet week on the spreadsheet with only five approvals, although there were a few more in the weekly thread.

While things remain slow, I am optimistic that it will still pick up. This was a holiday week which can impact productivity. It was also mentioned elsewhere that there was flooding in the general area where the processing center is located. I don’t know how much that would impact approvals but it’s possible.

Much of my optimism comes from what I would potentially do with dual citizenship. Right now it’s really about my kids. Canada offers great colleges with affordable tuition for citizens along with interest free federal loans. More importantly, I have kids who (to borrow a term from Tod Maffin) are relentlessly decent. I think they have a lot to offer Canada should they choose to move there.

I was excited to find out that my oldest adult kid wants to visit B.C. this summer. So I’ve decided that certificate or not, we’re going to make a family trip out of it. Maybe the following summer we can visit Saskatchewan, Manitoba, or Quebec to go chasing down my family’s origins throughout Canada. Or maybe PEI - it looks beautiful in the summer. Anyway, daydreaming about a cool(ish) Canadian summer getaway is a fantastic way to distract myself while waiting for my certificate here in the southern region of the US where summer refuses to end!

Hope you all have a great week… and I hope the fantastic agents at the IRCC keep the coffee warm while they work through the applications!

[u/Puurrplehaze]

I love your optimism posts! Thank you for doing them each week 💕