So, we spent Boxing day moving from our rental into our new place. It went without a hitch. No drama. We also got some great help.

I am looking forward to 2019, a new year in a new place. Today I took the bus from the same place but to our new place. It was seemless & no drama. Everyone had a place to sit. No drama.

It was wonderful & stressless. I don’t miss the old bus. All the drama & the drunk students on the weekend. The walk home was chill.

Although the house is full of boxes it’s still quieter than our old place. No stomping in the hallway. No babysitting the laundry. Yipeee.

Here’s a cheer to you & yours, Happy New Year!! See you in a week or so.

A few weeks ago I got some really upsetting news from a close friend & had to cancel a trip. That weekend I began watching Hallmark movies ad nauseum. It was the only thing that kept me from crying & it doesn’t require a ton of concentration or thinking. I haven’t been in the Christmas mood this year because of a variety of issues some which I cannot mention in this blog.

I am sitting in a apartment surrounded by boxes & the only thing that makes looks like Christmas is there’s presents on the table. Other than that we finally have a bathroom in our new house. Finally. Just in time for Christmas. Today, I spent the day walking the dog & people watching in the city. He is now happily sideways on the floor. Mission accompli.

The Hallmark movies are almost all cliche & stereotypical which makes them something to drink alcohol too. If I didn’t have to pack boxes I would drink to them. I have since gotten good news from my close friend so things are on the up & up. I just hope I get my Christmas spirit up in time for next years Christmas. I got some good news on travel plans but can’t say anything yet.

As for the bus & scrooges I don’t take it & I won’t miss it. Looking forward to the variety of choice when it comes to buses we will have in our new house. No more being stuck with 2 choices. Yipeee.

So, a few weeks ago a hostile & aggro woman accused me of being something I am not & she did so by publicly humiliating me on a city bus. She did so in the span of 2.5 minutes but the effect has been lasting for me anyway.

I now choose to walk 12 minutes to take a lightrail for a mere 5 minutes just to avoid taking the 12 minute bus downtown. Today, I was short on-time & had to get to our new house when a white trash former drug user damaged a nerve in my right arm. I didn’t react I just moved away to talk to an elderly woman I know & pretended nothing happened.

My staff at the cafe I go to got upset when I told them what had happened if the pain gets worse I know where she lives & I am sure she’s a regular with the police. I know I probably shouldn’t call her names but she thought she had *disguised* herself by wearing sun glasses today.

I can only imagine how violent she really is IF she gets the chance. Scary. Which brings me to the relief I feel when we leave this neighborhood. There are some good people but with the shelter housing & methadone clinic right down the street I won’t miss the riffraff on the bus or the 12 minute ride into the city.

I haven’t felt much Christmas spirit this year because we are in the middle of packing literally. Today, I got faint glimmer when my parents in law sent us their Christmas package which put me in a much better mood.

So, tomorrow when I have to go downtown I will enjoy listening to Coldplay live in Buenos Aires in the rain. It’s going to be that kind of Christmas this year. No snow in sight.

God Jul and Godt Nytt År!!= Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!