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Crazy times!
Posted July 26th 2014 at 09:23 PM by LlamaLlamaDuck
It's been a crazy few weeks!
The plan a few weeks back was for Naomi's dad and partner to move up north, sign the house over to Naomi and I, and we'd live together in their old house. We were all pretty excited about it. Her dad and partner were looking forward to getting away and having an adventure and a fresh start, and we were looking forward to starting our life together.
The Monday before I came home from England, Naomi called me to say that the council won't sign the house over to us. They said that there are people waiting for a home so we can't stay there, when her dad moves, she basically gets kicked out. So her only option was to move north with them. We had some issues because I said I'd move with her because I felt I had to. She told me no because I was doing it for the wrong reasons and she wouldn't be responsible for me moving far away and being miserable. So yesterday I helped them to move all their stuff up, and today they moved.
We're officially long distance.
I hate it already.
She won't have internet until Tuesday and there's no phone signal so we can't talk. They're going to try and find which box the phone is in and I'll call tomorrow night.
I'm going to visit in three weeks.
I saw the place yesterday and while it is beautiful (rustic cottage with a fireplace in our room and a river going through the back garden) it really is remote. Just to get to a job in the nearest city I'd have to drive, cycle, or walk 9 miles to the nearest village to a bus stop (or the train station there), and get on an hour+ long bus to the city. It's beautiful, but being that far out is basically my idea of hell. It's too remote. It'd terrify me at night because there are no lights at all outside, I'd get insanely paranoid about how quiet it is, and being so far from.. well anything, would drive me insane. I do plan to move up there, but only very short term until we can find somewhere else. The plan was that we'd find somewhere relatively equidistant to both our parents' places, but I can see her wanting to stay in that area. Which I'm okay with I suppose as long as I can drive and as long as it's in (or within a few miles of) the city. I do not want to live in the middle of nowhere.
The cool part was that on the way back there were some clouds. It had been about 25C all day so the sky was clear. But we were so high up and so far north that the clouds were coming over the hills like a waterfall, it was beautiful. We had to drive through the clouds which was incredible. We had the windows down with our arms hanging out. It was freezing cold, and almost moist, and kind of stormy. So amazing. It was like driving through thick fog, but much cooler.
In other news, I passed my first year exams with distinction, my mum has officially finished her job in Glasgow to work full time as this area's director of an organisation she's been volunteering with for.... about 25 years? She's really excited.
I'm also sick. I have a cold, but yesterday it developed into a really chesty cough. My chest really hurts when I cough and it makes it difficult to breathe for a few seconds afterwards.
I went into work today feeling awful. About 2 hours into my 4 1/2 hour shift my manager came up and said hi, asked how I was doing, as she usually does. I told her I felt terrible and explained why. She barely looked at me, said "awww dear" and walked away. Charming! The heat in there was ridiculous so I spent most of the shift with my head spinning.
I can honestly say that I cannot WAIT to give them my notice. I used to enjoy working there but lately it just makes me miserable and the fact I'm actually scared of and try to avoid my manager is just making it all the more stressful. My doctor thinks that all the stress I've been dealing with the past few months is the reason why I've not been sleeping well. I can get to sleep easily enough, but I wake up constantly so it's impossible for me to get a restful night's sleep and feel refreshed when I get up. He gave me a half dose of mild sleeping pills. And he only gave me 7 to use over time. They don't actually do anything and I'm still not sleeping.
I'll see if I can get an appointment in the next couple of weeks to ask about it again and see if anyone has any other suggestions.
Also, we did a photography session while we were on holiday. How awesome is the edit on this photo?
(ignore the watermark, we haven't bought the photos yet)
The plan a few weeks back was for Naomi's dad and partner to move up north, sign the house over to Naomi and I, and we'd live together in their old house. We were all pretty excited about it. Her dad and partner were looking forward to getting away and having an adventure and a fresh start, and we were looking forward to starting our life together.
The Monday before I came home from England, Naomi called me to say that the council won't sign the house over to us. They said that there are people waiting for a home so we can't stay there, when her dad moves, she basically gets kicked out. So her only option was to move north with them. We had some issues because I said I'd move with her because I felt I had to. She told me no because I was doing it for the wrong reasons and she wouldn't be responsible for me moving far away and being miserable. So yesterday I helped them to move all their stuff up, and today they moved.
We're officially long distance.
I hate it already.
She won't have internet until Tuesday and there's no phone signal so we can't talk. They're going to try and find which box the phone is in and I'll call tomorrow night.
I'm going to visit in three weeks.
I saw the place yesterday and while it is beautiful (rustic cottage with a fireplace in our room and a river going through the back garden) it really is remote. Just to get to a job in the nearest city I'd have to drive, cycle, or walk 9 miles to the nearest village to a bus stop (or the train station there), and get on an hour+ long bus to the city. It's beautiful, but being that far out is basically my idea of hell. It's too remote. It'd terrify me at night because there are no lights at all outside, I'd get insanely paranoid about how quiet it is, and being so far from.. well anything, would drive me insane. I do plan to move up there, but only very short term until we can find somewhere else. The plan was that we'd find somewhere relatively equidistant to both our parents' places, but I can see her wanting to stay in that area. Which I'm okay with I suppose as long as I can drive and as long as it's in (or within a few miles of) the city. I do not want to live in the middle of nowhere.
The cool part was that on the way back there were some clouds. It had been about 25C all day so the sky was clear. But we were so high up and so far north that the clouds were coming over the hills like a waterfall, it was beautiful. We had to drive through the clouds which was incredible. We had the windows down with our arms hanging out. It was freezing cold, and almost moist, and kind of stormy. So amazing. It was like driving through thick fog, but much cooler.
In other news, I passed my first year exams with distinction, my mum has officially finished her job in Glasgow to work full time as this area's director of an organisation she's been volunteering with for.... about 25 years? She's really excited.
I'm also sick. I have a cold, but yesterday it developed into a really chesty cough. My chest really hurts when I cough and it makes it difficult to breathe for a few seconds afterwards.
I went into work today feeling awful. About 2 hours into my 4 1/2 hour shift my manager came up and said hi, asked how I was doing, as she usually does. I told her I felt terrible and explained why. She barely looked at me, said "awww dear" and walked away. Charming! The heat in there was ridiculous so I spent most of the shift with my head spinning.
I can honestly say that I cannot WAIT to give them my notice. I used to enjoy working there but lately it just makes me miserable and the fact I'm actually scared of and try to avoid my manager is just making it all the more stressful. My doctor thinks that all the stress I've been dealing with the past few months is the reason why I've not been sleeping well. I can get to sleep easily enough, but I wake up constantly so it's impossible for me to get a restful night's sleep and feel refreshed when I get up. He gave me a half dose of mild sleeping pills. And he only gave me 7 to use over time. They don't actually do anything and I'm still not sleeping.
I'll see if I can get an appointment in the next couple of weeks to ask about it again and see if anyone has any other suggestions.
Also, we did a photography session while we were on holiday. How awesome is the edit on this photo?
(ignore the watermark, we haven't bought the photos yet)
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I'm sorry you and Naomi have to be long distance. I've been in a couple LDRs and they're rough. Love knows no distance. You'll be able to overcome it, I just know it.
Also the picture is gorgeous!Posted July 29th 2014 at 03:53 PM by DemonQueen
