18 July, 2006 | Leave a Comment
I achieved a major milestone in my packing saga today. All the junk I’m leaving behind in England (books mostly, plus some dishes and odds and ends) is now safely stowed in the loft of Nicole, aka Nicole in London, another American blogging from this side of the pond (who just posted something on our encounter!). I had never met Nicole before or even talked to her outside of blog comment land, but she contacted me after reading my post about having tons of books and not wanting to drag them all to Paris. In an act of supreme generosity, she offered to keep some boxes of my belongings at her home until I return next summer, thus saving me from either selling most of that stuff or paying a fortune to store it. The fact that she would look out for one of her homegirls in such a way is just too sweet for words and very touching. I don’t know what I did to deserve such kindness, but I am relieved to know that a) There are people who do nice things just to be nice; and b) People who read my blog but have never met me assume I am a cool person they’d want to hang out with. I often worry I might appear hopelessly neurotic or borderline insane. Whew.
This is the first time I’ve ever met another blogger face-to-face, so it was an interesting experience. (The other bloggers I know were my friends before they started blogging.) There was about two seconds of awkwardness when she opened the door (we joked that it felt like we’d been fixed up through an online dating service), but then I just felt like I knew her. Blogging is weird in that way. You may not know someone personally, but you can know a lot about their life and their personality just by reading their blog. After we dragged my boxes up to her loft, we had a nice long chat and discovered we have a surprising amount in common.
So thanks to Nicole, I am much less stressed out now. I have a week left to go. I have no DVD player or dishes, but I’ll survive somehow. I wonder what my life will be like when I show up on Nicole’s doorstep next summer to retrieve my boxes? A year seems like an incredibly long time in some ways, but then I’ve been here for almost a year and it seems like I just arrived yesterday. We shall see.
Anglofille said @ 9:10 pm | blogging + technology |
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Nicole is so sweet to do this for you! I can’t wait to check out her blog!
