I'm not one to often complain but the distance is fucking killing me tonight.

And Keane is on my mp3 player and it's depressing as hell but I'm still listening to it.

I don't want a lot of 'i'm sorry's in here, cos I know you all empathize, and I'm not doing this for sympathy, so ya don't have to. I just had to get this out of my head before I explode and I just was sick of acting like everyhting's just effin peachy right now.

I wanna be miserable and I want everyone to know it, I suppose. Hah!

Here's to miserable.

Cheers!

Thank you Becs that's perfect

Cheers to miserable!

YAY!!! Someone else! I was pretty good up till this week. I have beer, lets start drinking!!!

yep, I've got my wine. bottoms up!

I'm just blowin off steam...no one's shootin at us!!! But it's just so fcuking frustrating being so far and the fcuking time differenc and (*)&^(*&^)(&*^*&(*P*&()*^(^%(^%(&*



So funny, I started a thread talking about 'counting your blessings' and not lettin the temp/little stuff get ya down, and lookit me tonight.

I teh irony.

I'm with you. I find that lately I am so angry going through all this.

I'm angry at the US Government and all their policies.

I'm angry at US Customs for denying me a visit to the US. They made me feel like some kind of criminal.

I'm angry that most people don't seem to care what you are going through. (Outside of VJ anyway)

I'm angry that this process has taken away most of my sanity.

I'm really angry I'm missing Mardi Gras.

whooo to being depressed and getting tipsy! I sometimes find it very liberating to be drink by myself - that doesn't sound very good at all does it!

Lisa, you go girl! Take my hat off to you for being honest!

I have been like that today too just really shirty for no specific reason and sick of Visas, immigration, forms, evidence, packing, blah, blah, blah.....and then you miss them as well, I hate the distance, time zones, phones, internet

Alcohol is good for you. Wine and beer are covered in the 5 food groups so not only is it good for the soul but good nutrition!

CHEERS!

Lyndel

Lisa,

I'm with you too, this visa BS sux soooo bad. And there's absoloutely NO booze in my house. Now that's depressing!

Yep, well. Misery loves company and all that, but I'm not saying I'm sorry you're all feeling miserable too...but I tell ya what...if you wanna know a witchy woman tonight look no further.....I'm feelin' it at the moment. and no drinks in the house either. M.

damn thing edited me, so I'll just go with the Eagles instead...it rhymes at least.

Lisa. I am miserable too. I have cried every day this last week cos I miss my man so much. I hate this process. I don't care if I sound like a baby here - this whole USCIS stuff is so unfair. It stinks!!

Sadlyt I just found this thread this morning, so I can't drink with ya

Here's to hopin we can make it through quickly and sanely!

Sorry you had such a bad night, Lisa. Any better now that the sun is up?

Jen

Man if you searched for my posts around here before Stewart got here...you'd find the same thing.

I'm with Becs

Hey guys....feel much better but have a raging stomachache, lol

Poor Lisa.

My wait is almost over, Inshxenu. Back when it was extra bad because I didn't know when it would end, and when it was extra extra bad because that's just how I felt, I thought about a couple in a book I read about Chinese labor migration. This guy in Shandong married a woman, then went to Manchuria to work. He was gone for 30 years or something like that, and she stayed his wife and never got knocked up by anyone else and eventually they got back together and like got old and died or something right after that. It was probably an arranged marriage, she probably never really knew him that well before he left, and for all I know he was a real jerk. So I would think on this and decide it was awful and not a good story and then go bang my head on the wall for a while. Um. Cheers.

I think most of us agree that:

Drinking good.
Immigration bad.

Well, drinking good until the next morning.... ...bellyache bad!

Glad you're feeling better Lisa. Now, pull on those battlebritches and get on with the day!

Hang in there
I just thought I'd post this poem that was sent to me while me and my spouse were apart, which helped every time I was feeling like you did...

Close Your Eyes
by Judy Burnette

I can't be with you today
but if you close your eyes and think;
I'll be beside you in the kitchen
wearing your shirt - standing by the sink.

I'll be with you in the bedroom
waiting quietly on your bed;
Just close your eyes and think of me,
relive those memories in your head.

I'll stand by you in the bathroom,
an unlikely place to meet;
I'll smile at you so playfully
as I let you brush my teeth.

I'll be your light in the darkness,
shining steady through and through;
You only have to watch it glow
to know I think of you.

I'll be the music that you listen to,
I'll be there in every song:
I'll laugh with you and sing with you,
and comfort you when your day's gone wrong.

I'll be the wind that ruffles your hair,
I'll be that warm embrace;
I'll be the hand on your shoulder,
I'll be the tender touch on your face.

I'll be the clock gently ticking,
reminding you of the times;
We've shut the rest of the world outside
we're in our own world - yours and mine.

I'll be the moon as it dances
on the water cold and still;
For I have loved you always
and I know I always will.

Though you may not see me physically
as you live your life today;
Just close your eyes and think of me
I will not be far away.

back to my usual ball busting self

Churipu...that poem or song is lovely...I read it and actually thought of my beloved grandmother who passed away. She was like a mother to me, and I know she's with me every second of the day.

That poem was lovely it gave me goosebumps!

Glad to see you've recovered Lisa. I have been cranky today but at least I am not upset and sooky so that's the main thing!

Darn! I'm too young to drink in the US! That's a bit on the unfair side! I can't even get drunk to drown away my sorrows.

Oh well. I just keep telling myself *ONLY* 8 months to go until I see him again, but the good thing is.... it will be for GOOD and we will never be apart again! Thank god for that. At least I have something to look forward to.

Then I think about it more and get upset because I realize we've not been apart that long in about 3 years. *sigh*

I feel so schizophrenic cos I'm in a rotten mood tonite, lol.

I'm gonna go put the top down and drive to the beach. The beach always calms me. It's Daytona 500 week, so I really hope the beachside is filled with azzholes, but I'm sure it will be, hahaha.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr