Temporary Blog
Well I tried, but I really can't go without blogging this long! I have opinions! They must be heard!!
So I'm back to Blogger until I get the site up and running. Which will still likely be another week or so. The movers picked our stuff up on schedule on Monday, but said the earliest it will arrive at our new home is next Monday. So I'll still have to find and unpack the server, set it up, find out our new IP address (and hope it's static) and re-point the website. And ya, I can't wait until then to blog -- that's just way too long.
I said, in my last post before the server got unplugged, that our purgatory was coming to an end. While that's true, I don't think we were quite prepared for how tough this last week would be. Not having regular access to e-mail makes communicating harder, and of course the Internet went down at home when the equipment got packed up. Luckily Nic learned a trick or two from me about finding an open access point and getting free wireless, so we still have MSN to keep in touch. But now, of course, Nic is homeless. Yesterday was the last day of our lease on our apartment. It was mostly empty by then anyway, save for the single bed Nic was sleeping. She and her parents finished painting and cleaning and wrapping stuff up there, and then they took her bed away and she "moved out." Last night she went down one floor and stayed with her sister. Tonite I think she'll be going to stay with some good friends in St. Thomas until the day before our stuff arrives in New York -- there really isn't enough here (enough food, furniture or money) for both of us to live here until then.
And for me, having Nic back in Canada in our apartment meant I wasn't really here. I still had a home, and I was just visiting. Now that our stuff is on a truck somewhere between Ontario and New York, what little I have here really is... all I have. There aren't even any friends I can go hang out with when the oppressive emptiness gets too overwhelming. I've taken to going to Walmart just to be around people.
That's not a permanent condition though. In fact, Monday I got to try out a bit of what our social life might be like once we're settled when I went to a small group meeting. There were 3 other couples there, around our age, and they were very friendly and welcoming. We had some good discussion on the material, and best of all, the pastor from our church made his own videos to go along with the book so that we didn't have to watch the cheesy ones that usually come with it. Our church here has a hard core multimedia team, and they put together these incredible video clips that look really professional. They make my iMovie experiments look like the doodlings of a toddler.
Plus we've still got friends at home! Dennis and Steph are coming down at the end of February to hang out with us. We're going to hit New York City and do all the tourist stuff, and find our way around with them, because two weeks after that Brian and Melissa are coming to do the same thing! My social skills might have completely deteriorated by then, but I'll be practicing up at Walmart! If anyone else wants to plan a trip, just drop us a line.
Speaking of which, we have a home phone now, as well as cable. We got digital phone service through the cable company, which is like a hybrid between VoIP and analog service, and the end result is free long distance anywhere in North America. So if you want to chat, drop me (or us) a line and I'll call you back so it doesn't cost you anything! The number is 280-5765, and the area code is one number less than our old one.
So I'm back to Blogger until I get the site up and running. Which will still likely be another week or so. The movers picked our stuff up on schedule on Monday, but said the earliest it will arrive at our new home is next Monday. So I'll still have to find and unpack the server, set it up, find out our new IP address (and hope it's static) and re-point the website. And ya, I can't wait until then to blog -- that's just way too long.
I said, in my last post before the server got unplugged, that our purgatory was coming to an end. While that's true, I don't think we were quite prepared for how tough this last week would be. Not having regular access to e-mail makes communicating harder, and of course the Internet went down at home when the equipment got packed up. Luckily Nic learned a trick or two from me about finding an open access point and getting free wireless, so we still have MSN to keep in touch. But now, of course, Nic is homeless. Yesterday was the last day of our lease on our apartment. It was mostly empty by then anyway, save for the single bed Nic was sleeping. She and her parents finished painting and cleaning and wrapping stuff up there, and then they took her bed away and she "moved out." Last night she went down one floor and stayed with her sister. Tonite I think she'll be going to stay with some good friends in St. Thomas until the day before our stuff arrives in New York -- there really isn't enough here (enough food, furniture or money) for both of us to live here until then.
And for me, having Nic back in Canada in our apartment meant I wasn't really here. I still had a home, and I was just visiting. Now that our stuff is on a truck somewhere between Ontario and New York, what little I have here really is... all I have. There aren't even any friends I can go hang out with when the oppressive emptiness gets too overwhelming. I've taken to going to Walmart just to be around people.
That's not a permanent condition though. In fact, Monday I got to try out a bit of what our social life might be like once we're settled when I went to a small group meeting. There were 3 other couples there, around our age, and they were very friendly and welcoming. We had some good discussion on the material, and best of all, the pastor from our church made his own videos to go along with the book so that we didn't have to watch the cheesy ones that usually come with it. Our church here has a hard core multimedia team, and they put together these incredible video clips that look really professional. They make my iMovie experiments look like the doodlings of a toddler.
Plus we've still got friends at home! Dennis and Steph are coming down at the end of February to hang out with us. We're going to hit New York City and do all the tourist stuff, and find our way around with them, because two weeks after that Brian and Melissa are coming to do the same thing! My social skills might have completely deteriorated by then, but I'll be practicing up at Walmart! If anyone else wants to plan a trip, just drop us a line.
Speaking of which, we have a home phone now, as well as cable. We got digital phone service through the cable company, which is like a hybrid between VoIP and analog service, and the end result is free long distance anywhere in North America. So if you want to chat, drop me (or us) a line and I'll call you back so it doesn't cost you anything! The number is 280-5765, and the area code is one number less than our old one.
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