Who is counting down to September with me.

I have 58 wakeups until I leave.  Congrats on making it to 100 Candice!  It seems like time is moving faster now.

I'm starting to panic about my visa application and our financial situation.  But Gavin did just move into our new apartment today.  I hope to get photos tomorrow morning. 

Andrea - Have fun moving back home for a couple of weeks.  I can't believe it's almost time for us to go!

Zeusy - Good luck to you and Roy making it through Wednesday.  I'm sure that everything will go well and it will all be over before you know it.

Well an update from me is in order,

Roy has surgery on Wednesday, he is really terrified and I am as well but I know he should pull through just fine.  It is pretty serious surgery and it is really crazy that I can't be there, but I just can't and it is better that he gets this all done before I get there and before our wedding.

I started packing on Saturday and am 95% packed, I have left one box open because I am afriad I have forgotten something.  I keep finding little things and throwing them in the box.  I have 4 large u-haul boxes.  It is pretty crazy knowing my whole like outside of my own body and Dillinger (my dog) is in those boxes, and the two suitcases I will be living out of for the next month.  I have starting to get everything in order although my car still hasn't sold and that is becoming the source of some of the friction between Roy and I. Well to be truthful it is causing fricition with me, I have done everything I can do to get rid of this car, I think I am just going to have to turn it in and take a hit to my credit.  But if any of you pray if you could keep me in your prayers I would appreciate it.

Carrie good luck and I know Gavin has that job, thank you for your support you are truly my moving buddy!

Candice congrats, it has been going pretty fast for me I am sure your 50 days will be here before you know it.

Andrea sounds like you have a lot ahead of you GOOD LUCK!!!

Thanks for checking in everyone keep the updates coming

Ohhh yes I have 1 month and 1 day until I am back in the arms of my fiancee.  Roy and I have made it through so much in the last 8 months and to look back on it now  makes me incredibly tired.

These are a couple of the struggles we had to face;
-I went through the visa process meaning I gathered things, whined to Roy that we weren't going to be granted the visa for one reason or another, had a couple freak outs and in true form received the visa in 5 days, no sweat.
- I worked 3 jobs for most of the 9 months only in the last 2 months have I only worked 2 jobs
-I sold, gave away, promised and binned most of my belongings and I am now living out of 2 suitcases (I sent all my stuff yesterday)
-I had a crisis in trying to get my dog over, a major slip up by the vet that is now costing us a 6 month separation (boo hoo, I still cry about this at night)
-I still haven't sold my car but some opportunities have opened up and I am now sleeping better at night
-I have had countless fights with family and friends about why I am doing this to them,why I am hurting them intentionally by leaving them behind.
-I have resigned from both of my jobs meaning for the first time since I was 13 I will be jobless.
-I have spent many sleepless nights missing Roy.
-I have grown so much in my faith and commitment to God.
-I have made many great new friends and have found the support I so desperately needed through this site.
-I have found out that my father wants absolutely nothing to do with me except in the case that I give him money, other than that I am just another mistake from his past.
-I have found out that I am a strong woman and doing things the "normal way" isn't always doing things the best way.
-We made it through another surgery with Roy and have been 95% assured that this is the last one he should face (he is recovering nicely for anyone who is interested).

So with only 1 month and 1 day left I am wowed by my emotions, I haven't cried and I don't even feel like I want to, I haven't really gotten any twinges to miss things.   The only thing that will be truly hard is to leave imy dog and kiss my mother goodbye at the airport but then again I will see her  28 days later (was that a movie?)


So I know some others are getting ready to move how is everyone doing???

but then again I will see her  28 days later (was that a movie?)

Wasn't that a movie set in the UK about flesh eating zombies?  Maybe you shouldn't draw any parallels there!   

Ha Ha I guess not, I do remember that flick, that was the summer of zombies when that came out.

I got my visa yesterday! Woohoo!  I've rented out my house, reserved a storage space for my stuff, I'm in the process of selling my car, my cats are set to go, I NEED to start packing (Zeusy, I'm THOROUGHLY impressed by you!)...if only I had a place to live when I got there....

Ohhh yes I have 1 month and 1 day until I am back in the arms of my fiancee.  Roy and I have made it through so much in the last 8 months and to look back on it now  makes me incredibly tired.

These are a couple of the struggles we had to face;
-I went through the visa process meaning I gathered things, whined to Roy that we weren't going to be granted the visa for one reason or another, had a couple freak outs and in true form received the visa in 5 days, no sweat.
- I worked 3 jobs for most of the 9 months only in the last 2 months have I only worked 2 jobs
-I sold, gave away, promised and binned most of my belongings and I am now living out of 2 suitcases (I sent all my stuff yesterday)
-I had a crisis in trying to get my dog over, a major slip up by the vet that is now costing us a 6 month separation (boo hoo, I still cry about this at night)
-I still haven't sold my car but some opportunities have opened up and I am now sleeping better at night
-I have had countless fights with family and friends about why I am doing this to them,why I am hurting them intentionally by leaving them behind.
-I have resigned from both of my jobs meaning for the first time since I was 13 I will be jobless.
-I have spent many sleepless nights missing Roy.
-I have grown so much in my faith and commitment to God.
-I have made many great new friends and have found the support I so desperately needed through this site.
-I have found out that my father wants absolutely nothing to do with me except in the case that I give him money, other than that I am just another mistake from his past.
-I have found out that I am a strong woman and doing things the "normal way" isn't always doing things the best way.
-We made it through another surgery with Roy and have been 95% assured that this is the last one he should face (he is recovering nicely for anyone who is interested).

So with only 1 month and 1 day left I am wowed by my emotions, I haven't cried and I don't even feel like I want to, I haven't really gotten any twinges to miss things.   The only thing that will be truly hard is to leave imy dog and kiss my mother goodbye at the airport but then again I will see her  28 days later (was that a movie?)


So I know some others are getting ready to move how is everyone doing???

OMG... I mean, moving alone plus some of the natural guilt you get from families is enough!  You truly amaze me with how much you've been doing.  I looked at your list and checked what I did... I don't think I had nearly as many yeses as nos!  Good luck with your last month!  And good luck to everyone who only has a month or so to go! 

I've had enough of this moving stuff.  And I'm not even trying to plan a wedding like a lot of you are.  I have about 6 weeks until I leave and just 3 weeks until I get kicked out of my apartment, have to ship all of my belongs and move to my parents' house with suitcases and the pets.  I need to finish my thesis, which I just started this week.  I need to get my visa still!  And Gavin is still job hunting. 

The elaborate plan I came up with to move to the UK is the last elaborate plan I will ever make in my life.  Plans just don't work.  Maybe I'll still do rough sketch-type plans, but no more detailed plans.  From here on out I am just going to practice enjoying life and accepting what it throws at me.  Starting now.  (deep breath and smile...)

Congrats to all the people who are under one month now.  Chara is leaving on August 16th and getting married in September!  Yikes!  (Our original list is on page 4 or so).

I'm counting down to September as well!  At first, we'd planned to shoot for September 1st, as that was when my lease was to end, then we were late getting started on the PETS scheme for my two kitties, so we pushed it back to "a few days after October 1st" just to be safe - but now we're planning to ask for a Sept 16th-dated visa so that I can fly in on the 17th with a load of stuff and get things set up for the cats, etc. then fly back on the 22nd to tie up loose ends, finish moving out of my apartment, and say goodbye to my family before flying BACK to the UK with cats in tow on or around October 3rd.  I have so many dates to count down to, it's not even funny!

I can't believe you all have a month left.  So jealous...I'm just waiting on a date to when we'll see each other again. 

zuesy - holy cow!  That list is incredible.  Looking at it, you have made a lot of closures and are looking to the positives.  Good for you!

Carrie- BREATHE!!!!  You are gonna get through it, (remember we are moving buddies)  everything will fall into place I promise.  I wish you relaxation and a clear mind for all of the thesis writing.

Mekaw- I think everyone has gone through probably just as much as I have even more when children are involved, but thanks it makes me feel really great when I have that kind of support behind me.  I leave in 29 DAYS!!!!!

To Everyone Else- I know I haven't been all that dilligent in answering my emails and PM but I want you to know I appreciate every one of them I get and I will answer them when life settles down a little.

I am no experiencing the severe feeling of missing Roy, the closer I get the more I miss him.  Anyone else going through this??

I am no experiencing the severe feeling of missing Roy, the closer I get the more I miss him.  Anyone else going through this??

Oh yeah, definitely.  Before it seemed like it was something I just got used to and tried to not think about most of the time.  Now that it's getting closer...I can't help but think about it!

I am down to 77 days.  Eeeee!  I have a lot of things to look forward to recently.  This weekend I'm going with my sister to visit our other sister...and then next weekend we're having a yard sale (and hopefully unloading a lot of my stuff).  After that, there's the flea market in a local ghost town on Labor Day weekend...then at the end of September my sister (the one who I'm visiting this weekend) and I are going on a road trip to our hometown (which I haven't seen since I was 16) and the coast and such.  Then my best friend (who I haven't seen in nearly 4 years) is coming to visit sometime around the beginning of October and I get to meet her baby boy.

I'm hoping that if I just continually fill up my schedule with things that time will pass more quickly. 

Me, me!  I fly over for 6 months on the 1st.

I got my visa!  I got my visa!  And I'm down to 36 wakeups!  Woohoo!  I'm so excited.  This weekend I'm shipping all of our stuff and I'm having a garage sale to get rid of the rest of our stuff.  I'll be living in a sparsely furnished house for one week, cleaning it for my move out.  And then next weekend I head over to my parents' house.  After that it's just all sittin' and waitin' (and finishing up that darn thesis).  I think I'm definitely on a downhill run now.     Gavin has an interview tomorrow, he's had quite a few since moving to Bristol 3 weeks ago, hopefully something will work out for him soon.  And now that I've got the visa I have to start applying for jobs too!     Yikes.  I'm so excited about it all.

Oh, and welcome to our September club bookgrl.  Are you going over to see someone, or just for an extended vacation?  (sorry if I should know this, just don't recognize the name)

Candice - After my move out of my apartment, I've got my schedule packed.  I think I'm going to see my family over Labor Day weekend, then my best friend and I are driving out to MI to visit my college roomate (best friend's SIL).  Good luck keeping busy - and I must say, your last post was 100 days - time is flying now.

Congrats Carrie!  That's SO exciting.  Good luck on the job search and the thesis.

I finally have a new "Countdown to Sept"....BF is coming to visit, finally, on Sept. 1st!  Dates have changed all summer, but I'm hoping this one is going to stick!  Fingers crossed!

I'm really excited for all of you getting ready for your big moves~!