Moving Plans v43.23.56
Ok, new plans. Statement of facts:
- Must be out of city by end of month, because I'll be unemployed and homeless.
- Car will cost over $1000 to make legal.
- I can take 7 packages and a bike on Amtrak for about $180.
Spoke with my dad, we agreed my car is probably not worth salvaging. I can take Amtrak one way to Omaha for $144, and then pay an addition $35 and then I could take 2 carry ons and check-in 5 bags (up to 36"3) and take my bike. 'Cause if I won't have my car, I'll need my bike. It'll be a 33 hour trip across the boring parts of the US, but atleast this time (I've done it before from Denver because I had a pit stop in Ohio for an ex's wedding) I'll have an iPod and a DS. :D I'll just need to put some movies on my CF card for my GBA MP, and definitely pick up a new DS game or two. Nintendogs, what!
And everything else ... some things I'll ship out to Omaha ... others I'll try to sell ... and then the rest will get tossed. DVDs are all going with me ... though I could get a good amount of money if I sold them. But like I told my dad, "my love for movies slightly out weighs my desire for money" ... and perhaps that explains part of my issue with finances. My computer will have to be shipped, and I'll probably have to get rid of my CRT monitors (21" and 17"). Will have to get rid of the TV, but the DVD player is going with me. Sell my desk, computer chair, and dresser.
Then, I can just get a new cheap car, possibly a 4x4, in Omaha. My dad explicitely said regarding me staying there and me chipping in, that it's more important that I get a reliable car and save up for a place. I think this situation is going to be very healthy. I'm hoping he'll also be able to shed some guidance on how I should get myself out of my financial mess, or atleast give some emotional support.
My dad even said that he's looking forward to me coming. He's excited to have me living there. I can't help but hope this is true. My dad has never been the best father figure. He's tried, but just not very hard. But, I've always held on to the hope that one day I could get that fatherly bond with him, 'cause I never had it growing up. I used to dream of living with him, and once even wrote a letter to him after my mom and I had a fight asking if I could move to Colorado to live with him. My mom saw it, and it broke her heart (she erased that line, and I never sent the letter anyway). But it's not that I didn't love my mom ... I just also wanted my dad.
I've always used my dad as my escape route. I applied to go to Richmond Community High School in Richmond, which is a public college prep high school. If I didn't get in to that school, I was going to ask to move in with my dad to avoid going to my zone high school in Richmond. Because if I had gone to my zone high school, I would have gotten the shit kicked out of me on a regular basis. 1. for being geeky, and 2. for being white. And now, I'm sinking in Boston, and I'm finally calling in that safety net.
But, I feel good about it. Because the situation out there looks good, and I think spending time with my dad & Jenny and Allie & Faith is going to be a positive experience. I just hope my dad continues to maintain respect for my non-Christian views.
And then, hopefully, it will make the transition to not having Katie to turn to a little easier. It's going to hurt ... a lot ... to be without her.
- Must be out of city by end of month, because I'll be unemployed and homeless.
- Car will cost over $1000 to make legal.
- I can take 7 packages and a bike on Amtrak for about $180.
Spoke with my dad, we agreed my car is probably not worth salvaging. I can take Amtrak one way to Omaha for $144, and then pay an addition $35 and then I could take 2 carry ons and check-in 5 bags (up to 36"3) and take my bike. 'Cause if I won't have my car, I'll need my bike. It'll be a 33 hour trip across the boring parts of the US, but atleast this time (I've done it before from Denver because I had a pit stop in Ohio for an ex's wedding) I'll have an iPod and a DS. :D I'll just need to put some movies on my CF card for my GBA MP, and definitely pick up a new DS game or two. Nintendogs, what!
And everything else ... some things I'll ship out to Omaha ... others I'll try to sell ... and then the rest will get tossed. DVDs are all going with me ... though I could get a good amount of money if I sold them. But like I told my dad, "my love for movies slightly out weighs my desire for money" ... and perhaps that explains part of my issue with finances. My computer will have to be shipped, and I'll probably have to get rid of my CRT monitors (21" and 17"). Will have to get rid of the TV, but the DVD player is going with me. Sell my desk, computer chair, and dresser.
Then, I can just get a new cheap car, possibly a 4x4, in Omaha. My dad explicitely said regarding me staying there and me chipping in, that it's more important that I get a reliable car and save up for a place. I think this situation is going to be very healthy. I'm hoping he'll also be able to shed some guidance on how I should get myself out of my financial mess, or atleast give some emotional support.
My dad even said that he's looking forward to me coming. He's excited to have me living there. I can't help but hope this is true. My dad has never been the best father figure. He's tried, but just not very hard. But, I've always held on to the hope that one day I could get that fatherly bond with him, 'cause I never had it growing up. I used to dream of living with him, and once even wrote a letter to him after my mom and I had a fight asking if I could move to Colorado to live with him. My mom saw it, and it broke her heart (she erased that line, and I never sent the letter anyway). But it's not that I didn't love my mom ... I just also wanted my dad.
I've always used my dad as my escape route. I applied to go to Richmond Community High School in Richmond, which is a public college prep high school. If I didn't get in to that school, I was going to ask to move in with my dad to avoid going to my zone high school in Richmond. Because if I had gone to my zone high school, I would have gotten the shit kicked out of me on a regular basis. 1. for being geeky, and 2. for being white. And now, I'm sinking in Boston, and I'm finally calling in that safety net.
But, I feel good about it. Because the situation out there looks good, and I think spending time with my dad & Jenny and Allie & Faith is going to be a positive experience. I just hope my dad continues to maintain respect for my non-Christian views.
And then, hopefully, it will make the transition to not having Katie to turn to a little easier. It's going to hurt ... a lot ... to be without her.