Well, I made it down the street with all of my belongings, which was kind of a herculean effort in the end. But I'm here in Julia & Tamara's flat, and ever impressed by how fantastic it is to have a place to call "home" for the next couple days before I can move into my flat in Glasgow. (Well, we sign all the paperwork tomorrow, so I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop...Fingers crossed it doesn't fall through at the last minute like last time!)
After the insane night of cleaning and packing and certainly not enough sleep, I drove with Julia & Tamara to drop our friend Amanda off at the airport on Friday-- she's flying home to the states, and saying goodbye was THE WORST! .... So after we saw her to security and tried to convince her just to stay and stay, we self-soothed with cupcakes, which made it a little better (but they'd gone a little stale so the relief was fleeting ;)).
Shopping in Edinburgh was a better remedy-- I invested in a fabulous pair of Levis and some bright red Chanel lipstick in an endeavor to remind myself that yes, I am a grown up, despite the fact that I'm crashing in my friends' flat and subsisting on stale cupcakes. (Well, actually that last part is a lie. They've been using me as an excuse to cook, which I really don't mind!)
We had the laziest Saturday known to man yesterday. I think we didn't even thought about changing out of our pj's till about 4 pm. But I kinda think we deserved it, don't you?
So all in all, the "real world" is a kind of surreal and a little bit hobo-ish at the moment. My hosts are both at work (because they're not bums, like me, who quit my job in anticipation of a move that ended up not happening quite like I'd planned...oops...) and I'm here, job-searching and re-packing my belongings and drinking coffee. And feeling extraordinarily thankful for my friends.
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