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[Krikit 1,164]

Good luck with the move julez - it sounds very exciting

Can one develop late-onset dyslexia?

Oh.... and good luck on your movie, Julez!

[*julez* 124]

Good luck with the move julez - it sounds very exciting

Can one develop late-onset dyslexia?

Oh.... and good luck on your movie, Julez!

My movie? No time for a career change at the moment! I'll leave the showbiz stuff to all my fellow UK VJers out in LA!

But seriously, thanks Krikit and Robin! I am so excited to move!

[no name 1]

Good luck Julez.

I had 11 vials of blood drawn today - how is that legal? And has THREE sticks to find a vein.

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

uggghh that sucks. 11 vials?

Glad to hear the house move is going smoothly. Hard work, but it sounds like it's paying off!

Can't wait to hear how Maven's getting on, on the road.

[no name 1]

uggghh that sucks. 11 vials?

Can't wait to hear how Maven's getting on, on the road.

Yeah. Tell me about it.

Maven was good about the play by plays....wonder where they are now? They should be here Monday I think!

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

i think they were staying for a couple of nights with relatives in the south, so I suppose we'll hear some more when they start moving west again

[NickyMcMillan 0]

Good luck Julez.

I had 11 vials of blood drawn today - how is that legal? And has THREE sticks to find a vein.

Do you get to keep one to give to your OH like Angelina Jolie? :-p

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

We're still not quite ready to put our house on the weekend, but since we've a long weekend upon us,

You are just thinking about all the weekends, eh?

I had 11 vials of blood drawn today - how is that legal? And has THREE sticks to find a vein.

That´s a lot! They took 8 vials out of me and I thought thaaat was a lot

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

OMG, I just noticed!!! I have a heart!!! Wow. I should do more work, and spend less time on VJ lol!

[Ban Hammer 13,206]

good morning uk peeps.

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

Aly!!, I see you there, post!!!!

how've you been?

[Jeraly 4]

I'M HEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Omigod - it's been such a nightmare!! We were expecting the net set up the day after we got here (so like the 1st July) between 7.30 and 9.30am - by 10.30am no-one had shown so Jeremy called and found out that they couldn't set up new accounts online (thanks for telling us ) and also because the last people who lived here hadn't cancelled their account, we needed to fax them proof that we lived here

Of course, by the time all this was sorted out, the earliest we could get someone out was Thursday between 12 and 6pm and they turned up at 5.30. At that point I had so much to catch up on I figured I just couldn't settle into being online so left it til today...

Thing is we don't have wireless set up yet and the puter is in the room with no furniture so this is really uncomfortable to type on right now

Ok - I haven't done my POE review yet - I will add it to my profile in due course - anyone who wants to find out how my cat got on though can read the sticky pet thread in the UK forum She's here and fine now

I freaked out totally the last couple of days in the UK. The plane journey I was kinda up and down - sometimes I would be excited and others I would be really sad and cry a lot - I am soooo glad Jeremy was there

I'm still finding my feet - we bought our bedroom furniture (check out my photos to see ) which has helped a lot as it feels like at least one room is homey. The heat is... interesting... it gets up to about 120 in the day to the point that we were out in 104 one evening and I thought it was just pleasantly "warm" I've been trying to keep my fluids up but that meant that going out last night I ballooned through water retention..., nice The aircon is good enough that I am feeling cold (at 80 degrees or so) but when the heat of the day comes then it gets a little too warm inside.

I am the cleanest I have ever been - I have to take at least two showers a day just to stay sane because it is so hot And in the mornings at about 7am I have to clean my teeth with warm water. Better than waiting til later on though because then the cold water tap runs hotter than the hot water tap - go figure

But yeah - I'm here, I'm coping, I'm not being too hard on myself when I have my freak-out moments and Jeremy is being very patient with me (although I still don't have my own keys ) I'm not expecting miracles right away but it is going well so far. The hardest was talking to mum a couple of days ago because she is finding it really really hard and that makes me feel terrible. She isnt trying to make me feel bad but it has hit her a lot harder than she expected - she doesn't know what to buy when she gets her groceries, she gets home and it is quiet and there is noone to talk to - it's difficult knowing that she is having a hard time - for her it is just like there is a big gap - for me, my whole life has changed to be with the person I love so it is kinda like a swap - I give up things I love but I gain some as well. For mum, she just had something taken away from her and she gets to try and live with that - I know she will be fine, she is a very strong woman but it does make me feel bad

[Jeraly 4]

Hmmm - piccies too big and can't be bothered to resize yet... lemme find it online if I can...

We got lamps from Walmart as well so they are slightly different...

Oh - and a PS3 80gb :dance:

[snowfrostedlashes 0]

Good to hear from you Aly! Try not to worry too much about your Mum, it's not like you were likely to live at home for the rest of your life anyway, so she would have had to make the adjustment to you not being there at some point... give it a week or two and she'll start filling the gap. Saying that, I know I will feel just the same about leaving my Mum when it comes down to it.

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

hmmm, I'm at work, but I'm the only one here, was taken out for lovely lunch with glass of wine, and now feeling pretty lazy.

Is it bad that I don't really feel like going home? I've got my work done, and I'm just messing on the internet, and feeling a bit buzzed. I love the summer.