Trying to keep up here...
Dec. 7th, 2002 11:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
maristuI've been off-line for a while, stupid cable modem isn't working, but I WON'T WHINE ABOUT TECHNOLOGY! I won't. I'm tired of doing that on my LJ, and I'm sure y'all are too. So this is all I'm saying on this topic. But because I've been off-line, I have a lot of catching up to do, and a lot of stuff to say here, so bear with me, this might be quite long :)
First off, specifically to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bonibaru: I'm so sorry! I've been a lousy beta... I'll make it up to you! Promise! Also, I haven't been able to download the finished version of Hallellujah, the dial-up connection is too slow to download 12MB. But I watched the draft version you sent and it looked really good, so I'm guessing that the finished version will be just brilliant :) I'll download it as soon as my mom's stupid provider discovers what's wrong with my connection :P
What else... Oh, I have a bunch of new friends! Hi! I lost that link that tells us who's friended us when (does anyone have that? Boni?), so I don't really know who's new and who's old... But thanks! And welcome! :)
~*~
Real life has been fun and interesting lately, although extremely hectic and tiring. Work is terrific, the people at the new job are lots of fun. Most are men (only 4 women in a group of 42 new public servers), in their late 30s/early 40s (apparently I'm the youngest server in the whole center), and most are recently divorced. Also funny as hell. Lots of fun chatting with these guys :)
Today we started unpacking the boxes over at our new apartment. I love doing this... I love organizing stuff and discovering all these cool things that I'd totally forgotten I had. I just wish it weren't so damn tiring! I'm sore all over, and we're not even half through.
We have an extra room and we don't know what to do with it. Right now, it's empty, and I believe that we're unconsciously holding out for The Baby(tm). I wonder exactly how healthy that is... And am thinking of moving the TV and couch in there, just to lessen the pressure. Don't know yet...
Oh, and we managed to sell our old apartment! It's not a done deal yet, but hubby's flying up to São Paulo this week to hopefully sign all the papers and get the check. Yay! We can start looking for a place to build our future house now!
~*~
On to the holiday blues... I've been doing some thinking and I've realized that what y'all have in the US is the best holiday scheme ever. See, you have three end-of-the-year holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas (or Hanukkah) and New Year. So, you can spend Thanksgiving with one spouse's family, Christmas with the other spouse's family, and New Year's together. Which is just perfect.
I, on the other hand, have a few problems with the end-of-the-year holidays:
Problem #1: We have one less holiday than you guys have (Thanksgiving). Which means that basically that I don't have a holiday to spend alone with my hubby. There are still two, though, which means that people don't usually have a problem with dividing their time between parents and in-laws. That is, if I didn't have...
Problem #2: Too Many Parents. My parents are divorced, and remarried, so I have two sets of parents to deal with. Add hubby's parents to the mix (who thankfully has only the traditional one set of parents), and we end up short one holiday.
This is what makes me almost hate the end-of-the-year holidays. It's always a dilemma, who to leave out of the mix. It would be okay if I managed to join a few parents in one place, but my dad lives in a whole other state (and besides, I doubt he'd feel very comfortable spending the holidays with my mom), and my mom and my mother-in-law don't exactly get along. So...
This year, the problem is in New Year. My in-laws want us to stay here. My dad wants us to go to Rio, and is willing to pay our air fare to get us there. My sister's going to be in Rio, so that's a big plus (she lives in NYC and I hardly ever get to see her). But my husband doesn't feel comfortable around my father and stepmother. Plus, there's my in-laws to think about... I'd already invited them to spend the New Year at my place (my mom and step-dad are traveling to Europe). And now I don't know what to do!
I hate having options. Hate hate hate. I can never choose, and when I do choose I always end up hurting someone. It always astounds me how I can be so selfish and at the same time so worried about everybody else's feelings.
Kind of dampens my holiday spirits...
~*~
Last of all, I got an email from Omar today! I'd sent him an email ages and ages ago, about one of his journal entries. I've been reading his journal from before I learned about TWoP. In fact, I think I got to TWoP through his journal. He's a great guy... Made my day :)
So, I guess that's about it... I have no idea when I'll be online again. We're already looking into an ADSL connection for the new apartment, but that'll take a while, since we still have to get a phone line (plus we have to unpack the computer and get a new desk).
Play nice while I'm away, you hear? :)
First off, specifically to
bonibaru: I'm so sorry! I've been a lousy beta... I'll make it up to you! Promise! Also, I haven't been able to download the finished version of Hallellujah, the dial-up connection is too slow to download 12MB. But I watched the draft version you sent and it looked really good, so I'm guessing that the finished version will be just brilliant :) I'll download it as soon as my mom's stupid provider discovers what's wrong with my connection :PWhat else... Oh, I have a bunch of new friends! Hi! I lost that link that tells us who's friended us when (does anyone have that? Boni?), so I don't really know who's new and who's old... But thanks! And welcome! :)
Real life has been fun and interesting lately, although extremely hectic and tiring. Work is terrific, the people at the new job are lots of fun. Most are men (only 4 women in a group of 42 new public servers), in their late 30s/early 40s (apparently I'm the youngest server in the whole center), and most are recently divorced. Also funny as hell. Lots of fun chatting with these guys :)
Today we started unpacking the boxes over at our new apartment. I love doing this... I love organizing stuff and discovering all these cool things that I'd totally forgotten I had. I just wish it weren't so damn tiring! I'm sore all over, and we're not even half through.
We have an extra room and we don't know what to do with it. Right now, it's empty, and I believe that we're unconsciously holding out for The Baby(tm). I wonder exactly how healthy that is... And am thinking of moving the TV and couch in there, just to lessen the pressure. Don't know yet...
Oh, and we managed to sell our old apartment! It's not a done deal yet, but hubby's flying up to São Paulo this week to hopefully sign all the papers and get the check. Yay! We can start looking for a place to build our future house now!
On to the holiday blues... I've been doing some thinking and I've realized that what y'all have in the US is the best holiday scheme ever. See, you have three end-of-the-year holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas (or Hanukkah) and New Year. So, you can spend Thanksgiving with one spouse's family, Christmas with the other spouse's family, and New Year's together. Which is just perfect.
I, on the other hand, have a few problems with the end-of-the-year holidays:
Problem #1: We have one less holiday than you guys have (Thanksgiving). Which means that basically that I don't have a holiday to spend alone with my hubby. There are still two, though, which means that people don't usually have a problem with dividing their time between parents and in-laws. That is, if I didn't have...
Problem #2: Too Many Parents. My parents are divorced, and remarried, so I have two sets of parents to deal with. Add hubby's parents to the mix (who thankfully has only the traditional one set of parents), and we end up short one holiday.
This is what makes me almost hate the end-of-the-year holidays. It's always a dilemma, who to leave out of the mix. It would be okay if I managed to join a few parents in one place, but my dad lives in a whole other state (and besides, I doubt he'd feel very comfortable spending the holidays with my mom), and my mom and my mother-in-law don't exactly get along. So...
This year, the problem is in New Year. My in-laws want us to stay here. My dad wants us to go to Rio, and is willing to pay our air fare to get us there. My sister's going to be in Rio, so that's a big plus (she lives in NYC and I hardly ever get to see her). But my husband doesn't feel comfortable around my father and stepmother. Plus, there's my in-laws to think about... I'd already invited them to spend the New Year at my place (my mom and step-dad are traveling to Europe). And now I don't know what to do!
I hate having options. Hate hate hate. I can never choose, and when I do choose I always end up hurting someone. It always astounds me how I can be so selfish and at the same time so worried about everybody else's feelings.
Kind of dampens my holiday spirits...
Last of all, I got an email from Omar today! I'd sent him an email ages and ages ago, about one of his journal entries. I've been reading his journal from before I learned about TWoP. In fact, I think I got to TWoP through his journal. He's a great guy... Made my day :)
So, I guess that's about it... I have no idea when I'll be online again. We're already looking into an ADSL connection for the new apartment, but that'll take a while, since we still have to get a phone line (plus we have to unpack the computer and get a new desk).
Play nice while I'm away, you hear? :)
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on 2002-12-07 06:25 pm (UTC)http://marnanel.org/joule?user=bonibaru&mode=chart
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on 2002-12-11 09:00 am (UTC)