Reader: Four and One

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Four and One

I met up with my friend today and started clearing out the space I'll be living in. Four bags to Good Will and one bag of trash.

It's a good start.

It's going to be okay.

The folks I'll be living with will be home in a few weeks and once they get home, more progress.

I am scared but also happy. How? Why? Because although I will be living rent-free, I know I can earn my keep by helping them clear out their place.

I am scared, but it also feels right. It benefits me, but it also benefits them.

It's going to be okay.

How are you?

13 comments:

Avitable said...: I'm impressed by your strength. You're going to be great!; August 14, 2008 at 10:59 PM
Anonymous said...: Sad. An elderly friend moved her pill popping daughter from another state to try to help her get clean, and have a good support system. The daughter commited suicide. Mom found her..As a Mom, I teeter on the edge just thinking of it.
I admire the strength you muster up.
I don't blog, I rarely comment, so I am just anonymous..; August 14, 2008 at 11:50 PM
Anonymous said...: Symbiosis is a good thing. Sometimes the way changes work in peoples' lives and circumstances is so right on, it's ... cosmic!; August 15, 2008 at 12:34 AM
gfhgvj said...: I'm alright, thanks for asking. It's good to hear you were able to find the way through.; August 15, 2008 at 2:21 AM
sybil law said...: You will be awesome. I know this. Because you already are awesome.
I am fine. And boring. :); August 15, 2008 at 2:33 AM
Grumpy but sweet said...: it *is* going to be ok. you're great.

i'm good.; August 15, 2008 at 3:50 AM
martin said...: While sorting through rooms of stuff, you will discover a long lost manuscript. The world will clammer to purchase it. To show their appreciation the people of the house will give you 25% of the sale value. You will then buy a lovely house and live happily ever after.; August 15, 2008 at 5:39 AM
P said...: I think it's going to be great.

I am super impressed that you only had ONE bag of trash.; August 15, 2008 at 9:59 AM
Megan said...: I'm doing great, much better now that you seem to be handing in there so well. xo; August 15, 2008 at 11:18 AM
nightfly said...: I'm doing all right, but that's just because life is easy right now. You're doing much better, because your life is rough and you are still OK, still pressing forward.

You are tremendous, Nina, and don't ever doubt it.; August 15, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Tracy Lynn said...: Well done, you. I'm ok, thanks.; August 15, 2008 at 2:12 PM
Anonymous said...: You are doing GREAT! I am so proud of you and I know that things are working just as they are meant to be. I am having a wonderful day off, thanks for asking.; August 15, 2008 at 2:24 PM
Maggie said...: I'm intrigued by the word "house" instead of "apartment" in these posts about your new living arrangements. I know that nabe, and there are some nice houses!

Also, you can come live with me any time you want, if you want to help clean out all my years of accumulated crap!

So so happy for you that things are beginning to fall into place. I still haven't heard from the guy about tomorrow, but I'm heeding your advice and waiting it out.

Have a good weekend, sweets!; August 15, 2008 at 5:20 PM

Who are these people?

Bibi - God bless the guy who gets Bee. I can't even think of anything obnoxious to say about her. She can eat pasta without gaining weight, she can run the ridges at Gertrude's Nose with no fear, and she is by miles the best climber of all of us. She's going to Kili with us. Hell, she'll be leading.
Buzz Elder Brother. Cross me at your peril.
Jib computer wizard, entrepreneur, stand-up comedian, stand-up guy I can count on to catch a movie and hold hands in the dark without it having any meaning whatosever. Every woman needs a man like Jib.
Joe - locquacious, flirtatious, 40-something hiking buddy - also, ex-manfriend of Pax.
Larry, WPITW - climber, hiker, badass (not in the good way, either). At a given moment, at least half of us are not speaking to him.
Liam - My nephew, whose favorite words are "noing," "Bobby," "dumptruck," "job-site" and "Daddy." He also says "obstreperous" "pulchritudinous" and "Nina" upon request.
Merry - Australian BFF spends the summers on a yacht, nannying for a celebrity couple with two children. She lives in a brownstone and she has a chauffeur. And we have no idea who she works for.
Newsy has been my friend for about 22,000 hours. Or more. I don't have a calculator. She has about 3423% more professional and personal commitments than I do, and yet she still finds time to think about me. I find this astonishing. If you knew her, you'd be astonished, too.
Pax - climber, hiker, corporate warrior, used to date Joe. Sticks by Larry in spite of his horribleness. None of us understands this.
Skatey- he rides a skateboard. He can dance. He can throw a frisbee and he's not bad at karaoke, either.
Sri - Bengali princess who, aside from kicking my ass at climbing, and aside from being a smokin' hiker, brought down the evil empire of Larry and also once told me that "even girls' are turned on my breasts." Also never turns down "one more round."
Supajewie - Long distance drinking buddy, just about the only person I know who "gets it". And no, she's not Jewish. It's a long story.
Tex - is what happens when you take a normal man, add alcohol, subtract common sense and tact, and then buy him another drink.

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