#moving chronicles

[the-cardinal-gentleman]

Hi all it's the-new-england-gentleman here again.

I GOT NUKED 😭. Please help me find my old moots.

Also!

Blank, untitled, ageless, underaged aka MINORS, AND OBVIOUSLY FAKE/SPAM BLOGS

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I'm 38 years young, single and currently living in North Carolina, East Coast United States, but I'm originally from New England, North Eastern United States.

[noahs-kayak]

Clean the old apartment and unpack. But both of those can wait 😴

[dezlet]

It’s coming together~

[dream-fighter]

I'm looking for places to move to next year and I'm hating more than ever that the cities with high walkability and/or public transit are so fucking expensive. I want to be able to get by without a car. 😭😭😭

[tragantia]

Feeling cute, may commit arson later

[talldecafcappuccino]

What is your favorite small item in your house (kitchen, bathroom, etc) that you would recommend someone get because it brings you joy and/or the thrill of organization when you use it?

[magic-multicolored-miracle]

I woke up this morning with my wrist swollen to almost twice it’s normal size and its just waves of stabbing pain and that get worse when I move. And I can only sorta feel the tips of my fingers. So that's fun.

Perhaps ignoring any of my normal self-care and also a lot of internal warning signs because I was busy was a bad plan...

Guess I’m not doing anything physical/productive today 😞

[xokona]

it’s been one month and one week since we moved to America and it’s been... okay.

yeah, okay, the transition has been hard. neither of us having jobs has been hard. applying for jobs fucking suuuucks. living with my parents has been hard (struggling so much with food). learning how to be an adult (healthcare/credit card/etc) in America has been hard. visa shit has been hard. wedding shit has been... annoying. getting sick with the flu for 2+ weeks fucking sucked. being homesick for our life in Melbourne has been annoying. moving to WA in the middle of winter when it’s so fucking dark all of the time has been hard. feeling guilty for dragging B across the world for all of this shit has been hard.

B and i both have been feeling it, man. but trying to realize that this is a low point in our lives / this shit just takes time / to appreciate the good shit that happens when it does, like:

our direct flight to san fran was cancelled (that suuuuuucked to deal with) but luckily we were able to a) get a refund (after like a month) and b) rebook with Delta (with 3 stops) and make it to SFO safely to get Kona on time

the roadtrip from San Fran to Washington with Key (sister) was fun

my sister’s friend group sorta adopting us as one of their own (roaring 20s themed NYE was real fun)

getting a new phone for a good deal (B + I both got iphone 11s with verizon for the price of one, basically - such an upgrade from my shitty iphone 6 with a cracked screen lol)

going to a Seahawks game

cooking dinners for my parents (we made this shakshuka a few nights ago and it was delishhhh)

Saturday morning coffee runs

daily NYT crossword puzzles

Kona and Sherlock (parents’ dog) getting along

snowy mornings (especially when the snow didn’t stick around too long)

catching up with old friends who i haven’t seen in years

getting into Stardew Valley again (with B + Key + A (Key’s roommate))

figuring out how to somewhat seamlessly transfer our oz $ into my bank account

i’ve worked out a handful of times

Amazon Prime/2 day delivery

the SAD lamp i bought from amazon

hearing about how excited people are for our wedding

and so it goes.