so our house is in escrow :| as in we need moving boxes because someone else will be moving into it (that nice smiling family) and we will be moving out of it :| and my dumb tummy hurts so bad, i might die from anxiety and stress and acid reflux. maybe i should double up on the prilosec for a while :|
suddenly i have a million doubts:
- what if we really really miss our Mexican restaurant and they don't have good slimy Mexican food there...? what if they just have that weird East Coast hybrid with chocolate sauce....
- will the snow get old? i bet it's going to get old, right....? after the first snowfall and making of snowmen...?
- what if there only being one Trader Joe's means it's always sold out of everything like that scary one in Manhattan that had Space Mountain-esque lines at the checkout...?
- what if the Walmarts aren't the nice clean ones with big aisles and unsticky floors...?
- will we still be able to come 'home' every new year to go on our Hollywood sign hike...?
- gasp, will this still be home....? as in, homesick for TWO places?
- do they have British grocery stores? like the African Hut?
- i'm going to miss the Science Center in L.A.... and Griffith Park Observatory.... and the beach house...
- and being able to go and peek through George Clooney's fence on a Sunday when he's playing basketball....
- is it even possible to drive 50 hours nonstop...? with 2 dogs and 5 cats and 2 rats and an elderly little mouse who is like 5 years old now who refuses to die....?
wow!!! wow!!!!! oh my gosh....wow!!!!
ReplyDeleteit's going to be wonderful and amazing, and so perfect and lovely and magical. and sometimes it will be frustrating and odd, and you will take a vacation to the west (let's fly to the beach house!), but when you come back to your new england home, it will fill you up and make you happy. and your kids will love their friends, and maybe i can even talk them into joining marching band in high school (because i love marching bands, and i'm selfish, and i'm going to visit often - i'm going to get to see you and the boys!!!).
i'm feeling overwhelmed and happy and awe-struck for you. let me know how to help.
and by the way, there are now two trader joe's in manhattan, and if you go late in the evening, the one on the upper west side ain't as bad ;-)
xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
wow!!! wow!!!!! oh my gosh....wow!!!!
ReplyDeleteit's going to be wonderful and amazing, and so perfect and lovely and magical. and sometimes it will be frustrating and odd, and you will take a vacation to the west (let's fly to the beach house!), but when you come back to your new england home, it will fill you up and make you happy. and your kids will love their friends, and maybe i can even talk them into joining marching band in high school (because i love marching bands, and i'm selfish, and i'm going to visit often - i'm going to get to see you and the boys!!!).
i'm feeling overwhelmed and happy and awe-struck for you. let me know how to help.
and by the way, there are now two trader joe's in manhattan, and if you go late in the evening, the one on the upper west side ain't as bad ;-)
xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
- we have mexican...and it does not have chocolate in it...gross.
ReplyDelete- it won't. i mean it gets old towards the end of winter, but every winter when that first snow falls, MAGIC. every. single. time.
- i'm not a big trader joe's so i can't really help you on this one but can you buy online??
- walmarts are always gross and sticky no matter where you are. ALWAYS.
- you will....why wouldn't you? you'll just go there instead of here.
- ???? probably...but that's normal.
-we have british stuff somewhere, i'm sure.
- we have science stuff, observatories and beach houses...just sayin'.
- steven tyler lives in marshfield...lol.
- it is. take turns and make sure no one accidently takes slepping pills cause then there's no turn taking...long story.
YAY FOR NAIL POLISH!!!!!!!!!!!!
awww you guys are the best xoxoxoxo
ReplyDeletethank you so much for making it all seem less daunting and hopelessly impossible... i am so lucky to have you both in my life and soon to have you close enough to hang out and take pictures with and buy nail polish with and eat pizza with :) (Melissa, i am dying for NYC to my go-to place on the weekends, that alone is a dream come true!)
thank you both for being my friends through thick and thin - i feel the love from 3000 miles away xoxoxo
ps Angela, Steve Tyler does not compare to George Clooney: NO!! NEVER IN A MILLION!!!!!
oh i totally know. george is sophisticated. steven is weird. but we have other celebs too. steve carrell lives nearby and shops in lisa's old store all the time. :)
ReplyDeleteohhh which is her old store? see, i'm already moving into stalker mode :)
ReplyDeleteshe used to work in hanover. :)
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