a life on hold

[kitanzi]

Well, the insanity is officially done at work, at least for me. As of today I am back to working one job, for one manager, and the cleanup on the cluster... er, special project for the other department proceeds completely without me, including accounting for a large (and indeterminate) number of missing files. I like it that way. I got out of work after only working EIGHT HOURS today! On a Monday! I even took a lunch break! How decadent and slothful. ****pppppbbbbbbbbt**** I even ran out of things to do at work today, it's amazing.

Back at home we have just under two weeks until the move, however, and I'm at the point where I'm ready to start simplifying my life with a flamethrower. The apartment is overrun with full boxes, empty boxes, piles of stuff, and half packed clutter which drives me nuts. There's very little left to pack that won't actually be used before we go, though, so blitzing through that doesn't make much sense either.

The upshot is that ACat and I are sitting at home in the middle of a halfpacked yard sale, and our lives feel like we're marking time - mostly because we are. We both seem to be a little down, a little unsettled, a little too quiet. I finally have the energy to realize that I feel like every thing is on hold, and I miss people. Me, the introvert. (A cynical corner of my mind wonders if this is because nearly all the books are packed. Shut up, you.)

Still, I do miss folks and while it's not quite the same I should finally have at least time to catch up on LJ. I'm looking forward to the July filk, too! (And I'm still planning some kind of housewarming thingie once we're unpacked. Yeeeeah, how long do you suppose *that* will take?)

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Re: "Thank you for holding..."

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

All the books are packed, there's nothing to read
All the boxes stacked means no room to clean
I wish the next two weeks would hurry by
Cause there's nothing left to do now but wait
Standing still's a thing I've learned how to hate
Already, I'm so restless I could fly

So sort out the last of this
Tell me there's nothing we've missed
And promise we won't ever move again

Not moving 'till next weekend
Don't know how I'll stay sane 'till then
Oh God, it's such a pain

Re: "Thank you for holding..."

[bardling.livejournal.com]

Heeee... *amused at the filk*
*hugs* to you both

Re: "Thank you for holding..."

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

That's fabulous; I need to point the Monster denizens at it...

I feel for you guys... we're a little ahead of you, awash in boxes in the new place, and still One More Load from the old, *plus* the storage unit...

*hugs offered all around*

Re: "Thank you for holding..."

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

Ohhhhh I love it! (And I love you. :) )

Re: "Thank you for holding..."

[annonynous.livejournal.com]

OK, I'm assuming you figured out what songs I parodied? If not, then perhaps we both could do with a rereading of the lyrics to thnidu's "To The Tune Of... What?", since *I* can't figure out what you parodied. At first I thought it was "Heartbreak Hotel", but now I don't think so. Oh well.

Um, you guys *aren't* moving into a Heartbreak Hotel, are you?

Ann O. [g & d]

Re: "Thank you for holding..."

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

No, nor a Roach Motel neither! (I hope!)

Re: "Thank you for holding..."

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

Sorry, mine's to John Denver's "Leaving On A Jet Plane".

Yours were:

1) Don't Know
2) "Bin There, Dun That" by Echo's Children
3) "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" (Trad? Pete Seeger?)
4) Don't Know, unless it's just a standard army marching call and response song. (The best of which ever was Bill Murray's rendition of "Do Wah Ditty" in Stripes *grin*)

Re: "Thank you for holding..."

[annonynous.livejournal.com]

Dear Anglophile,

1) Eight Days A Week - Lennon / McCartney.
2) Yup.
3) Pete Seeger (Some sources say Seeger and Joe Hickerson).
4) All Together Now - Lennon / McCartney.

Ann O.