Feeling a little Uptight
For those of you who haven't moved across the country:
1. It's FRIGGN' EXPENSIVE.
2. It's also SCARY AS HELL.
3. Expect periods of time when your heart feels like a big sack of RAIN. The tears come easily, for things you can't quite name, and for others, you don't want to.
4. Even if you have the sweetest, smartest, most handsome boyfriend on the planet, who cooks you eggs and bacon, and buys you coffee, you still are prone to moments of frustration that HE DOESN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH ANY OF THIS CRAP.
I'm 6 days away from moving, and now the financial part of THE MOVE is kicking in. My car hasn't sold. I saw that my guitar looked a little sick in the neck, and so I was brave and took it to the guitar doctor this morning, who promptly told me there was nothing to be done for less than $700. It's my dad's Martin that he has owned since 1964. He has written all of his songs on it, been married twice, had 3 children during its ownership. It has paint splatters on it from some of his paintings. He gave it to me when my old guitar ate it last year. I don't care how much it is worth monitarily, it is PRICELESS to me. Yet, where the heck am I going to come up with SEVEN HUNDRED SMACKERS?
Then there's the shipping company. It's gone up almost $200, and I don't know about you, but I feel a little scared by giving my credit card number to individuals I don't know, and won't see. I have a vague image of goblins shrieking with the info, and cackling into the night.
Well, in times like these I must seek out a pleasure. Mary Poppins was right about that spoon full of sugar theory, because all I can see right now are spoon after spoon of the worst medicine there is.
Must. Think. Good. Thoughts. Always. On. Your. Way. To. A. Miracle. Right? Please say a prayer for me. I think I need it.
1. It's FRIGGN' EXPENSIVE.
2. It's also SCARY AS HELL.
3. Expect periods of time when your heart feels like a big sack of RAIN. The tears come easily, for things you can't quite name, and for others, you don't want to.
4. Even if you have the sweetest, smartest, most handsome boyfriend on the planet, who cooks you eggs and bacon, and buys you coffee, you still are prone to moments of frustration that HE DOESN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH ANY OF THIS CRAP.
I'm 6 days away from moving, and now the financial part of THE MOVE is kicking in. My car hasn't sold. I saw that my guitar looked a little sick in the neck, and so I was brave and took it to the guitar doctor this morning, who promptly told me there was nothing to be done for less than $700. It's my dad's Martin that he has owned since 1964. He has written all of his songs on it, been married twice, had 3 children during its ownership. It has paint splatters on it from some of his paintings. He gave it to me when my old guitar ate it last year. I don't care how much it is worth monitarily, it is PRICELESS to me. Yet, where the heck am I going to come up with SEVEN HUNDRED SMACKERS?
Then there's the shipping company. It's gone up almost $200, and I don't know about you, but I feel a little scared by giving my credit card number to individuals I don't know, and won't see. I have a vague image of goblins shrieking with the info, and cackling into the night.
Well, in times like these I must seek out a pleasure. Mary Poppins was right about that spoon full of sugar theory, because all I can see right now are spoon after spoon of the worst medicine there is.
Must. Think. Good. Thoughts. Always. On. Your. Way. To. A. Miracle. Right? Please say a prayer for me. I think I need it.
posted by Summer Pierre at
5:31 PM
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There seem to be a lot of people moving across the country or ocean at the moment! Now I consider myself a bit of an expert, having lived in four countries and moved at least 15 times within these countries over the last four decades. I am moving again, from England where I've lived for the last 14 years to the US. Does it console you reading about other people's commisery? I don't know but try this:
a) After six months of corpororate political hell my husband STILL doesn't know when and where we are being relocated to and there are good reasons (weather, where his son lives, where we have friends already, career prospects etc) why every one of our three possibles (SoCal, New England, Seattle) have as many pros as cons. It would be nice to know which cons and pros we have to deal with. It would be nice to get a date seeing that the original timeline of Feb'05 has clearly been exceeded!
b) In anticipation of a move in July (last date we were given) I quit my job at the end of June. Well, it ain't going to be July, nor August. So now I am free but also penniless, see also c) and d)
c) I have a property to sell which has been on the market since February. I am now so desperate to get this done that I succumbed to a much lower offer which will not leave me with any profits whatsover. But sell I have to because of the move and also because I am in such a financial mess that I have to ...
d) Go bankrupt. Years of overspending have finally caught up with me and there is no way in hell that I can pay off my debts once we live in the US. I have considered doing a runner but what with international computer networks and US immigration to deal with I reconsidered. I have not yet initiated the BR because I have to get my timing just right because of e). This is giving me so many knots in my stomach that even daily doses of my favourite red wine no longer help.
e) The US embassy in London is totally dragging their heals over my interview. Normally, from approval of your papers, it takes 4-6 weeks to get a date for the interview. I have been waiting 14 weeks!! I have visions of being left behind in the UK, penniless and on income support, crashing on friend's sofas and seperated from my loved one.
My dream vision is to get my visa before the end of August so I can go to my cousin's wedding in San Francisco in September and move to Seattle afterwards, debt free!
Sorry about the long comment, it may not help you feel better at all but I honestly hope that your move goes well and don't worry about giving your credit card number to strangers; your bank will always refund any unauthorised transactions, trust me, I know about these things! :)
Good luck and take care, Kerstin
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