Moving in 25 days and never felt so alone....

I am holding up OK, thank you so much for asking... It is really, really hard, this moving to a foreign country thing. Perhaps the most perplexing thing for me is my lack of being able to talk about it. I don't know if that makes sense, but I feel like if I tell my mom or dad that I am feeling stress they will try and talk me into staying or waiting a bit longer. So I have been bottled up, which is no way to go through life.

My boyfriend has been really good lately and is coming over before I take off (in a mere 14 days!!!) to help me get things sorted out.

I can't believe that it is going to happen. 2 1/2 years of long distance, I know people have done it for longer periods, but I am so proud that we have been able to make it work.

I can't believe that it is going to happen. 2 1/2 years of long distance, I know people have done it for longer periods, but I am so proud that we have been able to make it work.

I've been doing it for almost ten! The older you get, the more complicated it is to pull up stakes -- we've got to take two houses stuffed full of junk and reduce them to one house stuffed full of junk. Three thousand miles away.

This is my year, though. Just think, by the time I'm finally counting the last days until my flight, you will have been there for months and be all settled and blasé about it and know where the good kebab shops are and what night your favorite TV program is on and everything. You can roll your eyes like an old hand and tell me sternly to calm down at once, it'll be okay. Won't that be fun? 

Me? The calming force? The thought made me laugh out loud. But it is a nice dream to have.