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soleia_

plans!

Jun 19, 2006 22:06

My plans have changed, but things are pretty much on track. Apparently because July is the busiest moving month of the year, and the first weekend of July is probably the busiest moving weekend of the year, moving companies have taken it upon themselves to jack up their prices to the stratosphere. Since there is no way in hell I can pay upwards of ( Read more... )

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mellybean71 June 20 2006, 04:04:41 UTC

Ouch. Makes me think *much* more kindly of my younger sis.

Are you here for July 1st? 'cause if you are I know an awesome place to see the Canada Day fireworks from.

As for the French thing, you can get by just fine without any French at all especially in your part of town.

soleia_ June 20 2006, 21:45:30 UTC

Ooooh yes, I should be there for that evening, if all goes well. I'm assuming they don't start until after 9:00 or so? I'm hoping we'll get up there by 7:00, although that depends on everything going right haha. I'd love to hear any recommendations you might have for places to see them. :)

I knew I'd be fine moving there being an English speaker. I know of a lot of people at the university who have lived in Montreal for years without knowing any French, and they love living there. What's funny is that my sister doesn't apparently know that I took 3 semesters of French in college (and got A's, too!), so I'm not completely clueless about the language. And I really don't think I'm doomed lol. She seems to think I'm moving to some foreign country where nobody speaks English at all haha.

playful_d June 20 2006, 14:25:06 UTC

I forgot that everyone in Montreal moves on the same day once a year... totally insane. I'm glad you have a good plan ( ... )

playful_d June 20 2006, 14:25:59 UTC

sheesh, i should really reread these before I hit post... hopefully you can make sense of it all!

soleia_ June 20 2006, 21:59:14 UTC

I had to call in a couple of people to help translate, buuuut...kidding!

No worries. I'm constantly mistyping. ;)

soleia_ June 20 2006, 21:57:16 UTC

I'm really excited about it. I've heard nothing but wonderful things about the Montreal and living there. And I know I'll be fine with my own minimal French skills. I actually took 3 semesters of French in college, so I have some basics locked away in my brain somewhere.

As far as my sister goes, I wish I could believe it was only a stage. Unfortunately, she's always been like this, and I think a lot of it are personality traits because she's a carbon copy of her father (my stepdad). He's cynical, paranoid, and distrustful of people like she is, and he also thinks he knows more than everybody about every subject on the planet, as she's starting to project. He's also never held a job more than a year or two his entire life. In fact, he was mostly unemployed and leeching off of my mom's hard work (as he is right now). Sometimes the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. I suppose there's hope she'll see some of these issues in herself and want to change things, but not while they're enabling and reinforcing her like this, that's for ( ... )

gonoph June 20 2006, 15:34:10 UTC

I haven't talked to my older sister in two months :)

sometimes sisters do and say the damnests of things.

My younger sister and I still talk, and she talks to the older one, so for the past two months, she's been the messenger. heh

soleia_ June 20 2006, 22:03:57 UTC

What is it about siblings anyway? This definitely makes me not want to talk to her! The thing is, she would never say something like this to my face. It really upsets her when I'm mad at her haha. If I were really mean, I could casually mention what she wrote in conversation when they're here helping me move. ;)

gonoph June 21 2006, 13:56:12 UTC

I tell my dad when my sister gets all crazy on me :)

Basically, my sis wanted me to come to come to Atlanta for july4th, so I could watch her kids while she ran in a race. I told her that (1) the divorce wasn't final so I didn't know when I could take Ant out of state, and (2) that's in the middle of the week and I don't know if I have that much vacation time.

She proceeds to tell me how I'm selfish and only think of myself, that I should take UNPAID time off work to come up there. We had a fight, and she then texts me and says "don't bother to call me with your NEXT divorce and your heart is broken." BTW, she's been married three times. Like she could EVEN tell me advice in that front.

So I told my dad, and of course he's always trying to be the neutral party. I figure I'll give her another two weeks and then call her.

So, yeah.. I'd mention it to your folks. they should know :)

soleia_ June 23 2006, 00:44:16 UTC

Ack...it sounds like she's the one being selfish!

I might just mention it to them. Unfortunately, they'll just sigh and write it off as just being who she is. She and I have never had a real fight because we have limited interaction, but I'm sure it will only be a matter of time before it happens. And I know it will upset her a lot more than it will me.

aellwynde June 20 2006, 17:17:26 UTC

Sounds like you have everything covered!

You make me remember why I try to have no *family* to speak of outside of these walls. Yick.

soleia_ June 20 2006, 22:10:22 UTC

I have the big stuff covered, at least! I still have a list about a mile long of stuff I need to do. Mostly it's canceling utilities, changing mailing addresses, closing accounts, that sort of thing. Oh, and packing!

I can take my mom/stepdad/sister for about a week before I need to get out, sometimes 2 weeks if I'm lucky. My tolerance for my dad/stepmom is much lower. And I talk to any of them on the phone only once every 3-4 months usually. It's muuuuch better this way. I find that I actually like seeing my family when I've had so little contact with them for so long. And then it goes away and I wonder why I came in the first place hahaha.