...but not quite!

[wayfaringwordhack]

The net connection at Lionel's house is as infernal and unstable as I thought it would be (I've been disconnected four times just trying to get this page open), so I'm not going to take the time to respond individually to all who wished us well. Here is your collective thank you: Thanks for thinking of us! *g*

Two days after emptying our house, we are still in the middle of sorting our affairs. I weighed our baggage and cats today, and we are 40+ kilos over our limit. That means we have 120 kilos of stuff to haul with us!!! Needless to say, the post is cheaper than air fret, so we are in the middle of weeding out some of the heavier stuff and putting it into boxes to mail ourselves. Why oh why did we not do a better job when we packed for our shipping container?

No idea (well, aside from the rush and tiredness), but done is done. We have to live with the mess we still have. Luckily, Lionel flew back to continental France on Monday, so he has not seen the bombsite that is now his house. Our fellow house squatters arrive on Saturday, but for our own sanity, I would like to wrap it all up today.

We have yet to take advantage of our last days here because we are so worn out and busy taking care of last minute details, not to mention because the weather has been horrid with too much wind (our night dive was cancelled! *wails* And there won't be another before we leave) and even hissing, spitting, unseasonal rainshowers. I haven't written since Monday; I'm so exhausted every night that I can't sleep; the mattress we have here sucks so bad that I wake up several times per night with cramps in my neck, back, and thighs. We have had no water since 8 a.m. today... All in all, I'm just ready for this stage to be over.

Enough whinging. Think happy thoughts. Happy. Happy.

Back to work.

Comments

[mindseas.livejournal.com]

Sorry about your night dive and your other miseries. But soon you'll be off about the world and these things will be behind you. I'm looking forward to seeing you in a couple months!

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

So true. "This too shall pass," as they say.

The end of September is not too far off now! Do you have any idea about a day and place we could meet up?

[mindseas.livejournal.com]

My favorite NYC place is the American Museum of Natural History. Other places to see, I think, would be the Cloisters and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I've climbed the Statue of Liberty, but I've never been up to the observation deck of the Empire State Bldg. Any of these places (except the Cloisters and Statue of Liberty) would be easy for me to reach by subway after arriving at Penn Station. The others would be longer trips, and I'd rather meet up beforehand. Do you have any other NYC places on your list of to-do's?
As for days--how about Friday, September 25? But I'm flexible.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

OK, we'll look into those places and let you know. :)

I'll have to ask Julien what he's put on the program. He's the one taking care of NYC.

The 25th sounds good to me. I'll check with J and let you know. How soon in advance would you like to plan this? In any case, we'll block in a day, and that'll be that. :D

[mindseas.livejournal.com]

A few days' notice will be fine.

[renakuzar.livejournal.com]

Wow, missed the disaster, glad to hear you're surviving. Keep at it!

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

*lol* If you can call moving from Mayotte back to France a disaster, then yeah, I'm living it. :P I'll know by next Tuesday, well, Wednesday rather since that's the day we land, if I survived it or not. :D

[pjthompson]

Wishing you lightweight flights of angels!

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I need them. :D

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

No matter how prepared one thinks they are, it never quite works out that way does it?

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

No, it certainly doesn't. There is always something!

[rabiagale.livejournal.com]

aw *hugs*

This stage will be over soon. Once you're actually on your way, you'll be having lots of fun!

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

I'm holding firmly to that belief. In the meantime, I shall make banana cake!