Author: Aaron

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somehow Christina managed to get the custody papers signed!

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This is DAMNED GOOD NEWS. If Tyler's father had proven to be more difficult, it would've meant a lengthy custody battle, and court dates far in the future.

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Instead we have a good chance of getting a final decision before i move into the new house on January 15th. It'd still be another 2 weeks after that before we received all the paperwork back, then another week until the ferry starts running again, but that'll at least give me a little time to unpack and start claiming areas (heh heh).

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All in all, it's a nice last minute gift to ring in the new year with.

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Someone held up the best western my wife works at.

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She came around the corner to a man with a gun. This place has no cameras, no panic button, and no clue who ripped them off. She was shaking so badly when she came home, and all I could do was hold her.

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I can't tell you how fucking insane that makes me.

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We're getting the hell out of here as soon as we get word from immigration.

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Period.

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Cross your fingers for us everyone.

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Thanks

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I got final approval today, the house I've been looking at for the family to rent is ours now.

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We take possession of it on Jan 15th, 2007.

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With a little luck, we'll ALL be there at the same time.

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I can't wait!!

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and I can't really see that changing, as time goes on I'd imagine my postings will end up about this far apart. Not for lack of news, but because my time is usually better spent living the life instead of writing it down.

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So, we finally got the signed declarations to the lawyer, and with a little luck Immigration Canada will accept them at face value, and won't require us to go through some nasty custody battle (nasty mostly because it would through our timetable out the window).

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Either way, we should know for sure by January 7th, 2007.

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With that in mind, I've found a nice house out in Colwood, a 3 bedroom place, and I'm going to go preview it on Sunday. If I like what I see, I'll take it for Jan 15th, and move in then. The location is SWEET, so I am really hopeful that it will be the right place to live, and that I will not have to spend too much time there alone.

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My Christina was especially sweet to me this week. When she came over thursday to sign papers for the lawyer, she was adamant, and I ended up going out for both a nice haircut, and a pair of desperately needed shoes. I'm a lucky man, for so many reasons.

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So the new year will hopefully see 2 moves in rapid succession, mine, then hers. I've got friends willing to help pack and carry, and I have to say I'm grateful, I have moved all by myself a few times, and it's an unhappy way to go. Christina and Tyler might be able to help me move, but that depends on their schedules, so I'm keeping a second set of hands (and third) as backups.

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I'm so damn excited. I've been here for over two years in this apartment, and I think I'm ready for a change.

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It's funny, this island little by little washes away the memories of all the other places I've been, and i feel a wave of familiar from the places I've known when i was young. It's a weird double vision, i'd imagine people who've moved less might not see it, but I've lived no more than 5 years anywhere, and I've always found returning to an area disconcerting.

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Perhaps because I've changed?

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and it's extremely strange to think that word.  Stepson.  Who would've imagined it would come off my tongue so easily now?  I haven't written much about him in this journal, actually i haven't written much recently, but as time has passed he's become a larger part of my life, and therefore there are some things I need to just SAY.nnHe's a damn fine child, and he has incredible promise to become a great man as he gets older.  He has the right set of values (thanks to his mother) despite the rebellious urges teen age life brings, and he has been impressing me more and more as time goes on.nnI can honestly say that my parents were not lucky enough to have a son as overall good as Ty.  I was an aweful child, and having the opportunity to watch Ty grow up I'm starting to realize exactly how bad I really was.nnBut it's still a shock at times to think of him as my stepson.  Not a random child, not even my wife's son, my stepson.  I'd be lying if I told you I didn't think the words “Damn, i hope i don't screw this up” from time to time.nnHe has great potential as he grows up.  He doesn't need fixing, and I certainly don't need to mold him into some strange “reliving my youth” image.  All i need to do is suggest ways to deal with life's little hassles, and trust in him to pick the ways that suit him best.nnThat and to remind him that TWO parents are cheering him on.nnHe'll do just fine.

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Life is moving very fast right now.

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Quite a few things happening at once, none of them planned.

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None of them unwelcome.

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Buckle up, this is going to get interesting.

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We're approved in principal.  I'm going over to pick up the last set of photos we'll need.nnThank god. nnThis waiting has been killing me.nnI can't wait for our full time life to start.

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Damn.

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My second LCD just packed it in tonight.  The high voltage transformer looks to have packed it in, which means I'll need to get a new one sometime in the next week or so, since I do a LOT of work on this machine.

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It was a BENQ, and their warranty requirements are UGLY.  Original box, user pays shipping, original receipt, blah blah blah.  Bite me.

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Ah well, I never have been entirely happy with that monitor anyway.  It was the second one I bought, and it was too short to line up with my other monitor, and the color balance wasn't identical.

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I'll do better with it's replacement, and who knows?  Maybe when I get time and tools I may look into repairing the transformer…

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Or maybe not.

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I'm not happy.

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I'm in fact a whole lot of unhappy, wrapped up in a case of the blues.  With a sad bow on top.

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I feel off.  I feel like screaming.

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Or maybe crying.

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Or maybe both at once.

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I normally have a better handle on it.  Maybe it's the season, maybe it's the weather.  Maybe it's just this damn silence.

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I hate being lonely.

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I've been meaning to update my LJ for quite a while now.

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I mean, it's been months. I've thought of it on more than one occasion, yet there always seems to be something more important to do.

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Soo… a re-cap.

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The immigration papers made their way to Seattle, and not suprisingly, I'm waiting with baited breath. It's all ahead of schedule, but even still I wish it would all hurry up and get done.

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Christina and I are doing very well, relationship-wise. We've had a few arguements, and occasionally hurt feelings, but we've managed to talk through it and work it out nearly every time, which pleases the hell out of me. She started a new job working nights, and unfotunately her schedule until Oct 28th allows for only wednesdays and thursdays off. That's making it a lot more difficult to spend time together, but thankfully my job is awesome, and they don't freak out if I take a day off here and there.

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So that means we're down to seeing each other every two weeks, which is far from ideal. I can't imagine this being a viable way to live forever, or even in the long term, but thankfully long before I lose my mind we'll have immigration done.

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We're getting closer to getting our debts paid off. Mine should be paid off sometime in december, and hers should be closer to flush by then too. Once that's done, it'll probably take about 2 or 3 months to get together the money required for the final move. We'll have the paperwork done before then from everything I can see.

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Items to budget for that I can see are:

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Moving into a new place here. This includes first month and damage deposit.
Moving truck expenses.
Forwarding mail and moving over internet, phone and power. (With a server migration, that'll be funi)

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Moving truck for her stuff.
Customs fees?

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And of course, I'm sure there are a few things I'm not thinking about. Since it's still at least 5 months away, so I don't have all the details engraved yet.

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I wish it would all hurry the hell up though. It's getting harder to let go of her, time after time. I'm also bloody envious of all those couples who take being together for granted, when we have to struggle so hard. I'm still fighting the loneliness though, because it WILL NOT last forever.

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By this time next year it'll all be like some kind of dream, and it'll feel like we've never been apart.

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I'm holding on for that.

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