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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 05:58 PM
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Having huge panic attack!
Next week is my last week here...then I hop into my car with the kitty & all the clothes & footwear I can stuff in, and off to Vancouver, Canada for good I go!

But I dunno a single soul in the Van, and have no job and it's a long drive, and I gotta do US customs to export my car andwhatthehellelseamIforgettingtodoOMG!!!!!!!!!!!

breathe...breathe...!

Anyone got a spare paper bag I can borrow?
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mikeytherat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 06:00 PM
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1. Relax. Breathe deep. And when you get to Vancouver, breathe deeper!
My family's from Manitoba, and I have a feeling we'll be back BC way eventually!

mikey_the_rat
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Kid OfThe Black Hole Donating Member (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 06:01 PM
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2. This won't help you
but I WISH I was in your position. I thrive on spontaneous, out of control chaotic situations like that partially bc they end up being the most fucking fun you ever have in your life!!!!!

Also, sometimes cleaning the fucking slate is a huge mental catharsis, especially if you find the lifestyle you've been leading has been less than true to yourself (me alot of the time)
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 09:53 PM
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21. It does help, thanks! I am excited about it, it will be a HUGE
adventure, and a whole new life for me...but along with being excited, I admit to being scared shitless, too. :D
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 06:04 PM
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3. I'm with poster #2
That sounds SO FUN!

:D
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Kid OfThe Black Hole Donating Member (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 06:07 PM
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5. I don't know about you but I was being serious :)
Like anytime I have 5 or 6 grand saved up I'm apt to pick up for a year and drop out to live in my camper van. Its fun as hell and you meet a different sort of people that way too...more genuine in some ways

:)

Pardon me if you're serious, my responses tend to be so oddball that they end up as sarcasm bait alot lol
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 06:25 PM
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7. Oh, I'm totally serious
I love going on long trips to places I've never been. Moving anywhere is always such an adventure... When I moved to Arcata from LA, I'd only seen the place I moved into at night, and I actually moved my stuff in at night. I woke up the next morning and went into the kitchen and looked out the window and there was a HUGE redwood stump in the back yard I hadn't noticed when I moved in. We're talking 15 feet across.... cool stuff.
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Kid OfThe Black Hole Donating Member (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 06:27 PM
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8. sweet!
Edited on Thu Feb-16-06 06:28 PM by Kid OfThe Black Hole
On the downside, I read a story about some guy who bought a big parcel of property when there was like 3 feet of snow on the ground. In the Spring he found out it was acre after acre of stumps :(
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redwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 08:44 PM
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17. I didn't know you were from Arcata. I LOVE Arcata!
I rep for two companies from Arcata and visited in 2000. Great town great people. :hi:
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northofdenali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 02:22 AM
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42. OMFG -
I got my husband a subscription to the Arcata Eye for his birthday this year. What an incredible place it must be. :)
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 06:06 PM
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4. What route are you taking?
Will you be going through Seattle? If so, I'd love to meet you on your way through. Heck, if you need a break, you could even stay here for the night. Let me know.

Oh, and breathe, girl, breathe.
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 08:42 PM
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15. Not sure yet the exact route, but left at Dallas and right at California.
:D

Stopping at Benicia, CA to visit a friend for a day or two.

I think I go thru Seattle but I admit I haven't done my mapwork yet.

Will let you know & maybe we could meet up for lunch or din-din? Thanks!

*breathe*
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 08:43 PM
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16. If you turn right at California, then you'll be driving north on I-5
Which goes right through Seattle! And I live a mile from I-5. Woohoo!
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 09:43 PM
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19. Or is that a left at Albuquerque...
But I know it's definitely at right at California.

:D
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 09:57 PM
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24. Silly girl!
:rofl:
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 09:59 PM
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26. I'll have my wireless laptop, so hopefully it'll work & I'll post to you
the day before I hit Seattle.

Looking forward to meeting you! :)
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 02:04 AM
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40. Cool!
That will be great!
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 06:14 PM
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6. Congratulations!
My best experiences have been fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants. I moved to California from Vermont 7 years ago with $300 and a beat-up VW. Oh, and two dogs. I had no job and the only person I "knew" out here, I'd only met via email.

Best move I ever made. Deep breath, close your eyes and jump in! :woohoo:
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 06:28 PM
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9. Check your private messages...
And don't worry...It'll be a wonderful adventure! :hug:
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 08:22 PM
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12. Thank you!
And will email them; then I'll already "know" people, wooohooo! I feel much better already!

Thanks again!


:hug:
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 08:16 PM
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10. Please remember to breath
And take some brief notes as you go so you can give us a blow-by-blow. It gives you something to do other than panic. We'd love to hear about your move and be there with you through posts.
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 08:23 PM
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13. I'm taking my wireless internet laptop with me...ya won't miss a thing!
Heh. :evilgrin:
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 08:21 PM
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11. Hey, YVR Girl is there! Not to speak for someone else, but I'm sure
she'd help you find your way around. She's a peach.

Redstone
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SmokingJacket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 08:26 PM
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14. It'll be great!
Picking up and starting fresh somewhere else soooo fun. I used to do it a lot before I got all encumbered with house and family.

I'm jealous, in fact... wish I could persuade certain other people to move to Vancouver...

Have FUN!

:hi:
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 09:55 PM
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23. It will be, yeah.
Edited on Thu Feb-16-06 09:56 PM by LynnTheDem
Most times I'm so excited, fresh new life.

Then other times I think about the fact I have no job (but I'm an accountant, I know I'll find something...but being an accountant means I'm anal enough to worry about not finding somehting, lol!) and what if nobody likes me & I don't find new friends and and and...!

Sometimes I just gotta smack myself out of it.
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adriennui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 08:48 PM
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18. are you absolutely sure you want to leave?
this plan can be changed....recite the serenity prayer.
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 09:45 PM
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20. Yeppers, that's my birthplace.
Edited on Thu Feb-16-06 09:46 PM by LynnTheDem
And my destiny. :)

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know who to choke the shit out of if they get in my way.

That one?
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adriennui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 07:43 AM
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43. godspeed
once you get on the road you'll be fine....it's always the anticipation that produces the anxiety.
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 09:53 PM
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22. What time are you stopping by my place to pick me up?
I'm small and you'll hardly know I'm there. :D

Seriously, though... Sounds like an adventure, I understand your being nervous and excited. Ride that natural chemical rush all the way into Vancouver woman! I envy you the excitement you'll experience on the road ahead of you.

I'm going to send along some good wishes and karma to help get you there safe. :hi:
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 09:57 PM
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25. I was figuring on half-past? That work for you?
Or quarter after, if that's better. :D

Thanks for the karma & good wishes, much appreciated! :) :) :)

:hug:
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 10:05 PM
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27. Make it half-past
That gives me time to get the brownies out of the oven. We must have plenty of brownies for such a long road trip! :D

We'll bring along a video camera and film Thelma and Louise part duex. :P
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 10:11 PM
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28. Well, as it's Vancouver aka Vansterdam, better make 'em hashbrownies
Edited on Thu Feb-16-06 10:11 PM by LynnTheDem
Heh. :D
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 10:13 PM
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29. Oh, yes!
This is gonna be an epic road trip! :D
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 10:16 PM
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31. Would be an epic border crossing, too, LOL!!!
:D
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 10:19 PM
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33. We'll have to eat the evidence prior to reaching the border!
Always have a plan.. :D
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 11:17 PM
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35. rotfl!
Good plan, too. :D
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 10:14 PM
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30. My best wishes to you
on the big move. :hug:

Relax and breathe. I am sure everything will be alright in the end.
Expect the unexpected and I'm sure you will find out, it's not going to be so bad.

:hi:
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 10:17 PM
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32. Thank you!!!
:hug:

When I'm settled, I'll throw a big party & invite all the DUers up/over/down. :D
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 10:23 PM
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34. I'll bring some beer!
:toast: :beer:
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 11:19 PM
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36. To Canada?!
What, you don't like Molson's or Labatts? HMMM???

Why I oughta...!

:D
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yellowdogmi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 11:24 PM
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37. I envy you.
I wish I could just pack it up like that but I am way too emcumbured right now so I will vicariously through you. There is a song by a local guy that I know the goes,
I had a map
Underneath my cap
But I lost it long ago
Ain't no worries
I'm in no hurry
I got no place to go.
The song really moves me. It reminds me of my younger wilder days when we could launch off on a road trip with barely a second thought. Good luck and godspeed!
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-16-06 11:39 PM
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38. I can link you up with some good people in Vancouver
PM me
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 02:02 AM
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39. Happy Traveling, Lynn
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northofdenali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 02:10 AM
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41. Lynn, you are SO going to love Vancouver -
I keep hoping BC, NWT & Yukon Territory will kidnap Alaska, Washington, Oregon & California - and we'll all kick ** ass.

The people are wonderful there, the scenery is unimaginably beautiful, and customs is kinda funky but no real hassle. I went through on a thoroughly overloaded motorcycle looking like 2 days of riding hell (it had been, downpours, road construction, mud and I was beat) - they were very courteous and even got me out of the rain!

You'll know people inside of no time, and make friends even faster (after all, you ARE a DU'er!). Very best of luck, and keep us posted, OK? :hug:
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Scooter24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-17-06 08:01 AM
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44. Remember...
long deep breaths...

You'll be fine. You'll have your DU family for support whenever you need it.

Stay positive, organized, and focused. Remember to prioritize your goals when you get there. Job, place to live, bank, etc. Also, keep a journal and takes pictures of your journey.

In no time, you'll be settled and be the envy of many here :)

Prayers for your safe journey. Have fun! :hi:
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