live independently

It seems everytime I wanted to go to London something came inbetween… So it’s been put on hold for the time being… (at least until I’ve had my PT & fully improved my back:))

Things are still very much ‘in the air’... I’d love to move out on my out, but currently just not sure how… (financially etc.)
/So, what else is ‘new’? lol/

So Lenny says London is terrible now, but she’ll go back in May… (& I already know London is GREAT in Summer!! At least it was last time I was there…!!)

What to do in April, though?? hmm..

PS I packed my bag & the freebie option (just-one-bag) with Ryanair is doable!! That’s how L. does it too – & she buys lots of stuff there in charity shops.. Very cheap!! AND environmentally friendly! (re-use..)

I got to thinking… I started some positive affirmations today, on how ‘getting $$$$is easy, fun & great to do!!’ (K. & her man inspired me!!)

& today a funky cool job is advertised in the local newspaper.. So that’s an interesting option too.. Though the dread of having to be here in April or for the summer.. I would just prefer to leave.. At least for a vacation…

& true, K is bored of USA, but she lived there for years now.. & it was fun discovering it all…

So I actually reserved a ticket to London… Or at least tried to… I still don’t know if it was processed or not, cause I hadn’t gotten the confirmation mail yet… Luckily it’s just for 10 EUR..

I wasn’t sure if my card would ‘work’... (&still don’t!)

Slightly distressed, but realized how much I was looking to go to London when I thought the cheapie tickets were sold out already!!

I found I am a HSS/HSP

So I like having a safe haven of a home (quiet, peaceful) with cool & interesting fascinating locations & things to do in the neighbourhood (museums, partying, concerts, open mic’s…)

That is a step forward… I hope I can structure things around this somehow… ;)

I really really want to do this – it just turned out my Mom can’t be trusted either, & it’s just stressful for all of us.. yuckh…

Minimize possessions, keep doing the back exercises, pack the rest.. (temporarily pack at least, so I can get it if I get home..) Figure out what I need & take it…

Donate the rest…

I have no idea how this could be accomplished right now… My back is better… still not allright.. But at least the Xrays have shown nothing is broken or such, just some minimal bad stuff.. The Doc said exercises (yoga etc) should help..

I have no idea if I could live on my own in 3 months..
I do try to do more stuff by myself… & experiment with ways of doing things to have less impact on my back…

Financially, if all else fails, I’ll just nip into the savings.. I’m not sure what kind of job I could do well with the back as it is…

But Dad was intolerable again this week (just his silly insensitive ways, he thinks he’s being motivational, when he isn’t! & his co-worker died this week, the one with Celiac disease, so this must have added to the frenzy.. me not eating wheat but a lot of rice ‘n’ all.. (I did eat some wheat yesterday but I’m avoiding it now, though there’s a yummy burek in the kitchen downstairs!!)

Today I had a row with Dad & wanted to just up & leave… I figured I could get a room in the capitol & have my stuff moved there… (Although the thought of the capital is slightly depressing…)

But then Dad got supernice & offered to vacuum my room (cause I couldn’t, due to my back!) & disarmed me with his gentlemanly ways! OoO

Anyway, it would be best to get my back Xrayed first, to see what this is about.. Happens in 2 weeks.. Then we’ll see!!

After I wrote a song called ‘Independent Woman’ & wrote article/blog ideas on Independence (& all 7 levels of it – or whatever) I got a flare-up of my back problems which made me unable to get up from bed alone.

What would Freud say?

PS On a happier note, I got to my Doc today & am getting Xrayed & blood-tested, so I’ll hopefully know what the problem is, so I can work on it & improve. So maybe that flare-up was actually useful!! Here’s an idea to contemplate!!

Bundling? Seriously??

http://www.onebag.com/pack.html

“Some people manage casual travel quite well with only a daypack (I have elsewhere mentioned that the bag I most frequently use is smaller than the majority of those I recommend).” – WOW, if I could do this (& still look reasonably ‘decent’, on the way!), it’d be excellent!!

Great books recommended!!

I’m intrigued by this one: http://www.onebag.com/book.html#Jardine
“the author and his wife live on the trails (thus carry shelter, bedding, etc.) with packs weighing an astonishing 8.5 pounds!” WOW – talk about minimized possessions!!

“Some people travel with no bags at all. Tackling this particular challenge from an engineering perspective that is not unlike my own (a frightening thought to some!) is Anders Ansar (pictured at right), who travels — in tropical areas anyway — with only the (significantly-modified) clothes on his back.” WOW!! Talk about RADICAL!!
I guess London is not exactly a tropical area though!! Alas!
WOW, he has a website!! Yeah!! http://home.swipnet.se/ansar/ul-comp or http://home.swipnet.se/ansar Some inspiring stuff!!
This is not all very environmentally friendly/Zero Waste, though – & materials used aren’t always either.. But good inspiration on what to aspire to!!
I do wonder about his budget & what he does where he travels, though – probably not the Opera? Well, I wouldn’t either, but a nice rock/pop/ethno/blues/funky/jazzy concert or an open mike, or a few would be nice! (anyway, buying stuff in India etc. is easy)
This is his trip to mid-Europe _(I do think Romania is quite cheap though, too) http://home.swipnet.se/ansar/travel%20super%20light – 4kg & 5kg seem doable? (for a woman too?)
Some useful tips!! re: garments & washing, etc! (Layer-clothes, only washing the innermost. 3 shirts, 1 “carried as evening wear, is (...) made of wrinkled cotton – no need for ironing after tight stowage. The more wrinkled it is, the better it looks.” LOL)
Cheap Asian tailor made him an extra carry-all vest! (“My tailor stitched the new vest for USD 9! Material USD 3!”)