The blues...

[martinkap]

I am sorry about the blues ... I don't have an advice for that. But I believe that life has always present some unexpected surprises and pleasant moments when I am down. I just have to be open to them.

About the brake shoe - try to soak it in coke. I usually have a diet one. It is possible that it will work.

Best luck to you in your move.

[OakLeaf]

Aw.... ((((smilingcat))))

Hope things look up soon. Moving is stressful. It IS each of those things, and most of all, the combination, you know ...

(and seriously, on that brake pad, penetrating lubricant, bench vise gentle-gentle, punch)

[shootingstar]

Admittedly I enjoyed you describing your cat family and their rivalries.

Hope you go for some mini-rides to say good-bye to your area/coast. Sorry, which area of Oregon are to you moving to?

I know, I've been through the big huge move. I rode routes ...to say good-bye to Toronto. It offers certain things that Vancouver will never have.

And I return to only to visit once a yr. or less...and see certain changes.

[indysteel]

I'm sorry, Smilingcat. I moved about a year ago myself, and it was easily one of the more stressful things I've done in a long, long while. It just messes with your physical and emotional equilibrium. After I moved, it seemed like nearly everything that could go wrong or land on my plate did. While getting married in and of itself was awesome, there are a lot of things associated with this last year that I'd just as soon forget, pet stress and illness being a big one.

Do you practice yoga, mediation or the like? Even when I don't have time for much else, I make sure to keep up my yoga practice. It keeps me saner than nearly everything else that I do on a regular basis. I recommend it highly for a lot of reasons.

[marni]

I moved at the beginning of June- although this was my15th move in 36 years of marriage- it was no easier than any of the previous moves and I went through a long blue period, complicated by various factors including pet and family issues, weather, etc. which I am only just now coming out of. Hang in there, it will get better.