Moving stress.

The following is an excerpt of an e-mail to kate nydam meberg with couple updates and lots of complaints. If anyone has advice, let this lady know.

oh kates.

the moving...the MOVING! i just realized this little timing pickle:

June first is a Sunday.

I HAVE to be back in Cincinnati for a presentation on Monday, June 2nd. And then go back to work (in chicago) that night/Tuesday morning, cause the whole reason i'm starting in may for this job is because of a huge alumni event june 5-8, so i'm guessing that prep that week will be preety important.

So we have a little dilemma, because i do not feel confident leaving tim to move out of the apartment by himself, or to move into another apartment without hearing him complain about it for years. and we have like, one guy friend in each city who could help unload.

but here's the clincher. TECHNICALLY we have paid through June 15th for our apartment. so I GUESS we could hang out and move on the 3rd...but my big work weekend is the 5-8...i guess i just have to sit down with tim and figure this out. too many variables.

finding an apartment? even more difficult. i am planning a trip to chicago from may 6th to the 8th so i can check out places in person. the one kaye looked at (the expensive one) was too expensive and had small bedrooms. so she's going to look at another on the same block for $150 less. i called another place and i'm really starting to hate the pushy leasing agents. I was like, oh, a dishwasher is a deal breaker for me, and she was all, oh yeah, we would charge you $400 for your cats, non-refundable. what?????

ick. it's hard for me to get work done with this immense project hanging over my head. i just want to figure it out!

i know you're not supposed say "i know how you feel" because true, you never REALLY know how someone feels, but i certainly empathize with you over the ships-passing-in-the-night feeling. but it just shows how much you love and support aaron, and also illustrates the DJ qualities aaron possesses. well, you didn't mean to miss me on the road and you can't control the trains, so let's just hug it out. i could just picture your scrunched up face running to give aaron a hug at the train station after his run. you're just that type of lady---STAND BY YOUR MAAAAAAAAAN!

mmmm. i got a little teary thinking about you at an underground train station hugging aaron in his mylar blanket and skinny mische legs with that song playing in the background. ahhh.

okay, what else...yes, i am shirking work, and i think i'm going to go shopping either saturday or sunday for new work clothes. yippee! and i ran twice this week already!~ woooo hoooo! somebody somewhere signed me up for a subscription to runners world, and it had a great article about beginning runners and how, yes, your first couple weeks will definitely feel bad. which i thought was funny in a "duh" sort of way. but i ran 3 miles (outdoors) on tuesday, cross trained for 60 minutes wednesday, and then did 4 miles (treadmill) yesterday and cross trained for 20 minutes. but my knee is hurting today, so i think i'll rest it, and cross train on saturday, run on sunday. ahhh. that's the ticket!