HI ALL! So the blog is late today, I’ve been trying to be good by posting them at 11am on Wednesday and 11pm on Saturday (or as close as I can get it) so they are spaced out equally (or as equally as I can get them) during the week. I’m currently writing this blog on the road because we are driving my sister to college. It’s about a 10 hour drive and has been enough to really get me thinking more about my big move next Thursday!
Next Thursday I will be hopping on a plane to whisk me away on my grand new life in Nome, Alaska! For the most part I have the breadth of my clothes packed, though I’m leaving a lot of my summer wear at home. I’m already one and a half suitcases full! I don’t think I’m packing too heavy, but when I was looking at it the other day, I noticed that everything I packed is for the winter (go figure!) and that stuff is bulky! I am probably going to end up with two suitcases, my carryon, and a large black plastic container. Ball-parking the price I’ll be paying to move is about $120 for all those cases, considering I can keep the black container under 100 lbs. I have to be able to move all in one go without shipping stuff to me (at least that is the plan).
Apparently shipping things to Nome from Northern Virginia with the dimensions 24x24x24 and 10 lbs costs somewhere in the range of $110 to $300 something! Needless to say, I have to be as cheap as possible. I can’t so much drive up to Nome, if I did, I would have had to leave days ago because it would take about two weeks to get there. The only catch is, YOU CAN’T DRIVE IN! There are no roads into Nome at all, the only access is by sea or air. Also, to add onto this there is also the vow of poverty I have taken.
I’ve never been a materialistic person in the first place, and there are a number of things I’m leaving behind. If there is anything I am materialistic about, it’s my DVDs, CDs, a collection of Video games and my car. All of which I am leaving at home! The items I am bringing with me are my collection of Devin Townsend CDs, my favorite movies (The Boondock Saints, Constantine, V for Vendetta and The Book of Eli), my series collection of Firefly (with Serenity), my Lord of the Rings movies, and a couple of other fantasy movies. I’ve also signed onto Netflix so I can watch movies there when I have nothing going on some nights.
The only thing that will be tricky to ship to Nome is my desktop computer. This is the computer that has my music library on it, and has the capabilities to edit videos, which I will be posting the first one two weeks after I arrive in Nome, keep your eyes open! All things considered, moving thousands of miles away has been slightly stressful. Some days I just want to be there already, but I keep reminding myself that I need to enjoy this time with those I have known here at home because it will be some time before I see them all again.
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