So it turns out that I am indeed a material girl in a material world.
Trying to organize this whole “moving to the other side of the world” debacle is turning into a huge headache, an expensive headache and mostly making me want to break things, throw things at travel agents or cry. Or maybe all three at once.
It’s so far taken me 2 website visits, 6 phone calls and 2 visits to work out what my baggage allowance is. Sad but true, it’s only 30 kgs! So my whole little New Zealand life is going to be summed up in one and a half bags (not two bags of equal weight, apparently one must be large and the other small) and the maximum weight allowed is 30 kgs. And call me a material girl if you like, but moving my whole me to Canada in 30 kgs of luggage? Yipes.
I suppose this will make me really strict with myself on the limits of crap I am allowed to bring, as well as very appreciative of every ounce that I do bring, that makes the cut. Sigh
I know I shouldn’t let stuff bug me, but I guess if I am not even able to begin coping with the big stuff, I might as well let the little things drive me crazy in the interim.
Church have planned a going away lunch for me after church next weekend, and this weekend I am roadtripping to Hamilton to pick up my friend Amy and her bf Luuk, so we can hang out for a bit before I go.
I can’t believe how busy this last 3 weeks is getting, and the emotional crusty roller coaster it is becoming. I watch my life happen at a barge pole distance today, shake my head, and weigh up the options of moving to Antarctica. Penguins are good company right Krista?
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I suppose one ice-covered place is just like another, and it really wouldn't matter whether you moved to icy Antarctica or icy Vancouver. BUT IT DOES! It's not like the penguins care. But there are people in and around and coming to Vancouver who do.
Looking forward to your shoe (or boot, or whatever you are wearing these days). Hope you've kept track of how many times it must collide with my head, 'cause I haven't.
I've never once said the boots would collide with your head!
But speaking of boots, I have an amazing awesome pair of leather sheepskin lined boots that are older than me! sooooo beautiful!
well, the good news is you are moving to a place that is quite the paradise on earth. mostly because i'm there but there's the beauty and the people and the ocean, all that jazz too. enjoy your last weeks in nz, don't stress, you'll be here and you'll have what you have and you'll live. i lived for a year on what i could take on an airplane, so i can tell you, you will survive, no matter what =)
see ya soon!
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