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I know the feeling. Stuff like that drives me batty. It's always a battle between good and evil whenever I see something like that and am tempted to comment. Click to view attachment

I try very hard not to say something directly to the person, hence the need for such mini rants in this thread!

Krikit, I love your little emoticons!

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I feel your pain, STP.

aww *hugs* StP

It will get better, moving and changing everything is tough, but it will get better! Not easier, but you will adjust. In fact, I have a feeling that you will single-handedly revolutionize Texas!!!

can I start by just revolutionising Houston? I promise I'll get to the rest of the state when I can


thanks for sympathy... I'm just SO tired of doing everything on my own

which is the point of the process, I know; don't worry, I don't miss the irony...

We're having all you can eat mussels & frites tonight at a local French joint & I AM SO EXCITED.

Awww StP, it's probably hardest now cos the end is so near. Seeing your family and having Dave in Aus, and finally landing in Houston.

If you need any help with the packing, I'm free for the weekend

Houston.. not a bad place.. still prefer it here in Austin though

I'll revolutionise Austin as soon as I get all done with Houston
gimme... eight months


thanks Poiteen, I know you're probably right... it's just SO draining, trying to do all this on your own; I'm just so tired and down about everything... even though almost everything's ready to go, I'm still worried about the truck getting a spot outside the house; my street is TERRIBLE for parking and it's a bus route so double-parking is out of the question... plus I have to virtually pack my suitcases now, and then live out of them until Monday, because I need to know how much I can take with me, and then the rest just has to go in shipping
it's that - the organisation and sorting - that is so difficult, not the actual packing, which is relatively easy

when I finally move outta this tiny flat, I'm going to Ireland for a while to see my family, then to Miami for a while to see my OH's mum, and finally on to LA, where we will surely live in a motel for a week while we look for somewhere to live. I feel exhausted just thinking about it.

But... it's hard to do it alone. My advice is put some great music on, and remind yourself that even though your doing this alone and you don't want to be, you CAN do it alone. You've been doing everything alone all this time. When you're finally in Houston and you get used to having Dave around, you will still know that if you HAD to do everything yourself, you could, it's just a blessing you don't have to.

Yum! How was it, Dev?

i'm sure nessa knows it. she plays that all the time.

g'morning eveyrone.

Yes - motherlode is correct; I used to use it all the time!

Good afternoon Charles and everyone else. I was up far too late working on another Sims house; silly me.

Afternoon all

Just popping in to say that I probably won't be able to get on the internet as of tomorrow until I get to America on Wednesday.

My Nan died earlier today (She was 98... We were kind of prepared for it.. But it's still come as a bit of a shock) So. We now have to travel down to Luton tomorrow and sort the funeral out and look after my other Nan who is devestated.

Just wanted to say, thank you very much for all of your help! And I will talk to you all again when I join the other side!

Might try and pop on later when I have finished packing... I can't fit everything in!

Sorry to hear that Tash.

I hope everything goes smoothly for you and come Wednesday I'll be able to give you a big 'WELCOME TO AMERICA'.

Gillian

My condolences Tash. Even when its expected, as it was for my Nan last summer, its still sad.

Good luck in getting everything sorted out. I look forward to hearing from you once you are staside! Take care.

Awwwww. So sorry to hear that, Tasha. My uncle's funeral is today too.

Have a safe trip home.

soooooo good!



Very true! I would have to say moving across country as newlyweds & finding an apt & jobs was way more stressful than J moving over to America.




Sorry about your Nan.

Tash -- very sorry to hear about your nan. It doesn't make it any less painful when it's expected. Best of luck for your flight to America.

Hmmm - ok so Debz isn't around, I've been pretty absent due to lack of net at work... and so it has come down to StP to take over the stressing?!

Actually I have been freaking out already - I am sooo annoyed by that. I figured I could hold it together until maybe a couple weeks before I left. But no. Jeremy still hasn't got us a place. We still have no money to even afford to get a place. His aunt keeps screwing things up and he keeps having to bail her out or she'll kick him out. And I just feel like I am trying to keep my head above water - I have spent over £2000 in less than two months - more than I have earned... and I just. I am just so fed up. I wish it were all over now...

Sorry about the rant


Oh Tash - sorry to hear about your gran *hugs*

Hope you have a safe journey over - I know you've been nervous but hopefully now you are actually doing something and getting on with it it will all seem a bit easier *hugs*

So sorry to hear about your Nan Tash

- it may seem a little cold to say, but better this week than next when you wouldn't be able to be at the funeral.

DEBZ I SEE YOU LURKING!!!!

Oh goodness. (((((((((((Hugs Jeraly))))))))))))

It seems today is a day for stressing amongst quite a number of our members.

Oh I don't know - I think it has been building up since my visa arrived - once the initial excitement wore off and I realised we went to all that work for a sticky label It's buried under a pile of paperwork right now

I just can't wait to get a place - I think once we have somewhere to live I *might* relax a bit more...

Thanks for all your kind wishes, it's much appreciated.

Poiteen, I agree... I am glad in a way that it has happened while I am still in England. At least now I will get the chance to say goodbye

For Krits uncle

*Hugs* to Jeraly. Hopefully things will get better soon. I'm sure they will

so sorry to hear about your nan, Tash

I'm glad you were able to be with family and say goodbye together

my grandad died not long after I moved here, and I wasn't able to be at his funeral, and I'm still sorry about that

g'morning everyone. condolences for tosh. we just had a co-worker lose her great aunt and the funeral is today.

I am an awful person. Why? I have had 2 months to start working on a policy paper but have I done any substantive work on it? No, no and thrice no. Now it is due in draft form in 2 weeks and I haven't written a word. It needs to be around 8-9,000 words long. Have I completed my research? No!

I feel dyspeptic.

Ouch.. what is it about? For me the research would be the biggest obstical... writing.. not so much but i tend to knock out 2-3k in an hour when i'm working on one of my books.

The topic is on how institutional investors and proxy voting advisory services come up with their voting decisions, how they handle conflicts of interest, how proxy voting is used as part of an overall engagement strategy and how the system can be improved. Not much, really! I've already compiled a lot of research, but now I need to go over it all this weekend and start thinking about writing. When I wrote my Masters thesis, I had a strict regimen of 500 words every weekday (except Friday, which was a free day), plus 1,000 words on Saturday and Sunday -- it was all I could do with a full-time job. I work about 30 hours a week now so I think 1,000/day is totally doable.

I just emailed my boss my outline and it seems totally doable -- I broke it down into 5 main topics. I can see doing a topic a day, then another half day for the executive summary. So if I'm not around much on VJ for the next couple of weeks, you'll know why! And if I am around, will someone tell me to go back to writing?!?!?!

Good Lord. Well, no wonder you have been putting it off! You have probably fallen asleep every time you've thought about it.

yeah man; I fell asleep reading the post about it and have only just woken up again

you too eh?

Definately.. least when I write its more.. um.. entertaining??? I work 40hrs or more per week but if i don't write I go insane.

Hehe - We can be the Maven Writing Police

g'afternoon all.

I'd just like to note, here in Off Topic, how hilarious I find it every time someone typos their fiancé as their 'finance'

it happens pretty regularly... why don't people re-read posts before submitting, for Og's sake?

My university dissertation was 8,000-9,000 words long. I wrote it in two days, three days after it was due in... Turned out to be one of my highest marks in the final year, even with the 10% automatic reduction for handing it in late.

Good luck with writing it, maven! And I strongly recommend not doing what I did.

What i'm looking forward to is when my boys have to write a paper and complain about how many words they have to do. They know better when mom is used to writing 80k or more

I find that funny too - but I must say I can't be bothered to re-read my posts... I just figure most people here are clever enough to figure out what I mean and they can get a giggle from it Those that can't figure it out, I can get a good laugh from


Wow - if we submitted ours late I am pretty certain you could only get a pass which was 40% - mine were blissfully on time and I did great on both of them I enjoyed writing them though (in that kinda love-hate thing).

Mornin!!

Happy Sunday to you all!

g'morning all

Hummm... I'm beginning to think this country isn't going to get Spring weather at all.

Rain is back, supposed to rain all week pretty much.

Roll on June....I need sun so bad!

Oh - if we handed in the rest of our coursework late then that was an automatic fail, but as my degree was in architecture the dissertation was considered one of the least important parts of our final year.

I'm hoping for some sunshine, too! It's looking fairly bright though at the moment.

g'morning uk peeps.

morning/afternoon to all! heh damn mondays.

We just got the preapproval for the mortgage form the bank so we will be making a bid on the house we have been eyeing! I am soooo excited!!!

Well, I guess that's why we need the affadavit of support!!!

Hurrah! Ooh, I hope you get it!