I’ve spent the past two days making lots of phone calls to arrange to have services like phone, cable, internet & newspapers cut off when we leave the country.  I also called Canada Customs about how to register things like the computer and the digital camera that we’re taking with us so that they don’t think we bought them in Japan and charge us import duties when we return.  Another call was made to Revenue Canada to find out about how our foreign income will be taxed.  Of course, all this involved lots of time on hold listening to boring music and even more boring recorded messages but I want to get all this kind of stuff taken care of early so I don’t get stressed out later.   Now we’re in the process of trying to figure out what kind of health care coverage we need.  Those of you who know me well can probably imagine all the lists that I have going these days but every time I cross something off, we’re one step closer to being ready to go!