I think it's probably natural that your feelings are growing stronger now that you know you're leaving. You always want what you think you're not going to have. Grass is always greener kinda thing.
If one ferret is Coup D'Etat...how about Mutiny for the other.
And don't worry about my gift. I know you'll get it to me when you can.
Sounds like your family is like mine. One side are a buncha stuck up socialite snobs, and the other are a buncha bickering retards. Much like yours, Christmas went off without a hitch this year due to the complete lack of either gaggle of fools. Instead, my friend Iain came in from Scotland.
You'll always find a reason to stay at the last moment, even if it isn't a person. I think it is just kinda human nature. We all do it. It seems to be kinda an ingrained resistance mechanism to change. Especially with people and places we may not get to see much anymore, the tenancy is to spend as much time there as possible, and make as many fond memories to carry with us when we're gone.
Where ya moving to? Tempe not to your liking? Or were you home for the holidays? I've enjoyed AZ a lot the past few years, but it isn't for everyone. Compared to back home, there aren't as many places to go, but the summers here certainly beat the winters in Chicago. I grew up with it, but I don't think I could take another year of it.
What kinda van, and what was wrong? If you need the # of a good mechanic in AZ, let me know... he is one of the very few people I trust to handle repairs to my car.
I completely agree, the new Incubus CD is wonderful. I've been listening to em since Fungus Amongus, and 'A Crow Left Of The Murder' kinda had me worried. Faith is restored. Err... sorry, that has got to be one of the longest freakin' blog responces in history... but everyone is asleep around here and I'm wide awake. Enjoy your Thursday also!
I think it all makes perfect sense. You can love someone and still realize that things can't work out. And you can't "unlove" them, either. Or at least that's what I believe.
Oh I hear ya, I miss fall, and rain a lot. I just don't miss the endless grey of winter in Chicago. That did get to me after a while. The holidays just don't seem like the holidays when it is bright and sunny out 360 days a year, and no yellow leafs. What is Halloween without the crunch of dead leafs underfoot ya know? I'm stuck here about another year, then I can go wherever the decent jobs are. I make it more tolerable by taking at least one nice trip per year. I'll probably go back to Chicago some time in the summer, but in the spring I'm going to head over to London and stay with some friends, then we're all going to go to Italy, Prague, and Greece. Once you're there, the plane tickets are SO cheap. You can hop a plane from London to Italy for around $40 USD. If I have the funds, I may attempt to head to Germany for Oktoberfest as well, but I doubt I'll even have time. That may be a 2008 deal.
You're making me miss my old van. The entire engine went kaput like a year ago, and there was nothing I could do about it. It was a 1990 Mitsubishi Eurovan. So quite a bit smaller than what you have. It was the "compromise" with my parents when I was 16, I wanted to buy a 1968 VW van. My father thought they were "unsafe" after his experience with a roll-over in one in the 70s. I definitely do miss riding a bit above the traffic so I can see what is coming.
I'd agree, this new Incubus CD isn't their best work ever, but it's a ton better than their last one. I was not a fan of a crow left of the murder.
Anyway, have a great New Year, and good luck in portland! You'll have to tell me how lovely the seasons are.
I think it's probably natural that your feelings are growing stronger now that you know you're leaving. You always want what you think you're not going to have. Grass is always greener kinda thing.
If one ferret is Coup D'Etat...how about Mutiny for the other.
And don't worry about my gift. I know you'll get it to me when you can.