Movin' On

[bitterbee]

...which I guess I happen to be listening to. Do I hear Nino exhibiting breath control

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[bunny_d_kate]

Good luck with your move!! I know how annoying all that stuff can be but I hope you'll be able to settle in soon.
And boooo~ to being cut off from the internet. It took my provider over a month to get me back online after I moved and I thought I'd die. But then again I'm a serious internet junkie so hopefully it won't be as bad for you XDD

[bitterbee]

I'm not worried that I'll die without internet -- but there will be a lot to wade through once I get back, because certain boy bands are really way overexposed. And for actual day-today-living things, like finding a grocery store or a laundromat, I will miss the internet (unless my landlord is able to supply me with a phone directory).

I am, unfortunately, a creature of habit, so I always feel really disrupted by big changes. Plus, I've lived in this town eleven years, longer than I have ever lived anywhere else (though in several apartments/houses in this town). So it's making me feel like the settling-in process will take a long time -- just because B-town is home and C-town is not going to have that home feeling anytime soon.

And I'm also kind of a pessimist. >_< Can you tell?

[bunny_d_kate]

I kinda know that feeling I guess. Getting settled in a new place doesn't take me as long because I've been moving around quite a bit over the last few years but I guess that's mostly just superficial. I've lived in my new place for about over a month now and I really like it and my new work isn't too bad either but it's not like I've made any real connections there yet. My colleagues are nice but I usually only see them at work and I don't really know anyone else yet. But I guess that's because I kinda suck at making new friends. It always takes me ages~ if people don't make an effort to come up to *me*.

lol yeah.. and the pessimist is pretty strong in me, too, so I can definitely relate ;)

[bitterbee]

I also have a hard time making new friends -- especially those who aren't work colleagues. And given that I like to gripe about work even when I like my job a lot, I will need to find some people with whom I can do that (since I won't want to give the new colleagues the impression that I hate the job and/or that they should boot me).

I'll have to see if I can find a Stitch and Bitch group or something, and then suborn one of them into watching Japanese boyband antics with me while we knit/crochet. Masterplan.

[bunny_d_kate]

Oh God, so true! I just NEED people I can whine about my job with! Which is why I've made some great friendships during internships because sucky jobs just bring people closer together and with fellow interns you can bitch around as much as you like without having to be afraid that anybody's gonna tell on you.

[bitterbee]

Work politics = blergh.

Yeah, limited-engagement jobs or jobs where no one really is looking for promotions are good for staff bonding. But I'm terrified of the tenure system, and I don't want to give even another pre-tenure prof the idea that I'm overwhelmed or frustrated by the students, just in case it gets around.

Unfortunately, it requires effort to meet people that you don't automatically see all the time.

[bunny_d_kate]

I hear you there. I'm so bad at the effort thing. I'm just too anti-social to constantly go out and actually meet people. New people as well as friends I already have. I always feel bad about it and after too much time alone I actually get lonely really easily but it still hasn't gotten to the point where I actually *really* think of changing that.. XD;;