Being patient
December 22, 2011
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I am not the most patient person. I’ve been (not so patiently) waiting for my belongings to arrive from the UK for 5 weeks. Now, I’m living in an empty apartment with an air mattress on the floor and a few bags of clothes.
Part of me enjoys the emptiness of the apartment (a friend suggested that it might be very “zen”). But the other part of me really wants a chair or a couch to sit on, a mug and a kettle to make coffee in the morning, my comfortable slippers.
I am learning to be very patient. And thankfully, I’m getting out of town for Christmas very soon.
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When I moved back home to Europe leaving Australia, it took six weeks. Things and boxes started arriving and I realised how many things I had forgotten. I mean not “left behind” I mean: forgotten that I owned them, forgotten that I packed them, forgotten already how much I miss them.
A bit like a stroll through an attic.
Right in the middle of moving now, too. Air mattress on floor, belongings scattered between 2 apartments, no sense of holiday merriment, no kitchen. It’s miserable. I am also an incredibly impatient person, so I feel your pain. Enjoy your holidays.
ps-LOVE the wood floors in your new place!
I totally relate to this posting, Brian. At least the apt seems nice and clean. I have been living as a nomad for the last 3 months….All my stuff is in storage. I´ve learned to live with this new “status” but also realized that we take things for granted and overestimate the stability that home brings.
Happy Holidays
we went through that when we moved to brooklyn too. but only for three weeks. but, with a two year old. waiting is so hard. but it will be so great when it arrives! :)
FIVE WEEKS???!! Sheesh… I, too, love your hardwood floors. :-)
Me too! Air mattress on the floor, check! Few bags of clothes, check! Moving into a new place right before Christmas and having to wait many, many weeks for household goods and favourite things to arrive, check! Add into my mix a very disoriented Siamese cat and a sore back and there you have it.
I have wood floors too – though they are not nearly as lovely as yours Brian! :-)
Happy Christmas!
I like being simple with less stuff around me! “Room to breathe (in)”
Oho, yes, I can so relate. When I moved to Berlin, I was without my things for close to two months. It was so…weird. Like I was missing a limb or walking around with one leg shorter than the other or something. Have a lovely holiday. Hope your stuff is waiting for you when you come back! :)
This apartment has such beautiful bones I can tell. Wouldn’t it be nice to just start again, with a pair of jeans, a jumper, three tshirts, two pairs of shoes, a coat, some toiletries, computer, (your coffee maker and mug), camera and a favourite piece of art…
However if you’re anything like me, you’ll start filling it with so much more of everything to make your house a home.
I absolutely love the top picture. It says so much.
always nice to follow your life! i’m about to travel to new york, so i’m very curious about your next posts. ah and i was wondering where you bought this amazing bag..?
Just found your blog from a shout out on the Joy the Baker podcast by Tracy from shutterbean.com. Love it!
I moved back to US from Scotland in late 2010. Finally adjusted and am now in the supremely nostalgic/missing the UK dreadfully phase.
I look forward to reading more!
I do love the first photo very much, the light is magic.