A Geek Apart

I miss my own computer! I've got a Dell laptop from work, and even though it's a very expensive machine, it's really, really sucky. I miss the elegance and sexy curves of my Mac. I also miss having my own server, and my own e-mail, and my own blog. And the free wireless Internet I've been mooching disappeared yesterday. Our stuff got delayed for 2 days, because apparently you Ontarians are experiencing some snowy weather. Fortunately, Nic's here now, to enjoy our empty apartment with me.

That's not the only thing that's gone wrong lately either. In fact, pretty much everything that could go wrong has, or is threatening too. It was pretty scary seeing doom on the horizon, but my parents helped us out, and gave me some perspective. And of course, everything seems better now that I have my wife with me again. So I'm sure now that it'll all work out eventually. We'll just be in purgatory a little bit longer.

I did manage to get a fair bit accomplished last week, when I wasn't crippled with fear or loneliness. We had to leave my very nice desk (actually, it's my brothers) behind, due to it's incredible weight and the amount it would have costs us to move it. So I've been trolling Craigslist for deals. I found a decent desk for $75 and managed to talk the guy into helping me move it. I also found a complete bedroom set for the guest room for $75 -- although we're using the dresser in our room until we can afford to furnish it. I moved all of that stuff in myself, including getting the dresser up the stairs into the room.

We still have a 13" Walmart TV, and probably will for a while longer, but we're expecting some income tax back in a couple weeks, so hopefully we can use some of that for a TV. We watched the Super Bowl last night (well, I mostly just watched the commercials) on our tiny TV, on our little wooden couch. But Nic made me a nice meal, so that made it a better evening than most.

This has been a really hard month for both of us. And February isn't going to be a stellar one either. Our old friend Sandra came online the other day and told us that we were "an inspiration." Which was really sweet, but really wrong. We're pretty much discovering that we're nothing, and totally incapable of surviving things like this. My dad assures me that we've taken on a lot... moving to a new country and a new apartment, figuring out a new banking system, figuring out insurance, and buying two cars in there as well... and that we should expect some rough spots. But I seriously didn't think it would be this tough. I don't know how people do this kind of stuff without faith. I'm pretty sure I'd have gone crazy by now if I wasn't sure that God was guiding us and providing for us. And we sure do appreciate the friends and family He's put in our lives to help us and encourage us along the way... you know who you are!