Mixed Emotions
So, my best friend, Julie, calls me last night and says that her fiance may be offered a job in Germany. Nothing is certain yet but he has his second interview on Monday and everything is progressing well. It sounds like he is really excited about the job itself; it is something that would be really fulfilling for him.
Part of me is extremely excited that they might be given this opportunity but then part of me is so completely sad.
I mean, how often does an overseas job present itself? They would get to live in a new place, meet cool people, and learn all sorts of amazing things!
On the other hand, they would have to leave their friends and family and a city they love.
I know what I would do if Casey was offered a job abroad- I would be so excited because I am totally into all the living abroad cultural experience crap. So I am really happy for them!
It is so weird how these things come up. Julie was just saying how happy she is right now. They are planning their wedding for next September and planning this time around is going really well. (They postponed their wedding because of a bad experience with an innkeeper.)
Julie and I have been really excited about planning our weddings together! She is an amazing creative genius and I just don’t know how we are going to do it without her.
I am so happy that they might be given this amazing opportunity and I am being as encouraging to her as I can. Inside my little head though, I am thinking, “Please don’t leave me.”
September 2nd, 2004 at 2:35 am
I know how you feel. But just think: A visit to Germany would totally *rock*. Would they be moving for good, or only for a year or two?
September 2nd, 2004 at 2:54 am
I can idenitfy with all of your emotions. Excited/Sad. But if she does go I promise it won’t be all horrible. Three of my best friends have visited me and Sweden and we have had the best time. And everytime I go home, it feels like I never left. Oh, and instant messenger is a lifesaver. It’s still okay to be sad, though…
September 2nd, 2004 at 3:42 am
Germany is good! I live there! To give you some comfort, I have found that there is no better age to live in a foreign country because phone calls are cheap (2.5 cents/min from GE to USA), emails and cheap flights and all! I probably see my friends and family as much as before because the states are so big. If your friend does end up coming maybe I can email her with some tools to cope with culture shock!
September 2nd, 2004 at 11:54 am
I’s so sorry. Being away from your best friend is so hard. I know because I had to leave littlesambook behind in Mississippi. But we talk and blog together everyday, and we are as close as ever, and give each other all the support in the world.
September 2nd, 2004 at 5:36 pm
Oh boy! How wonderful for her. And I can totally understand your mixed emotions.
September 2nd, 2004 at 6:01 pm
now if she moves? You will just have to fly to Germany, and have some best-friend time, going to the Christmas-marks, drinking thick German beer, petting all the dogs in the restaurants, eating weiner schnitzel - and shopping!! there is great shopping there!
I’m just trying to distract you. But Germany is a great place.
September 2nd, 2004 at 6:02 pm
and how sweet is bellabelly? Yep, we are still very close, even though we live far apart!! But when she does come home? Bring on the margaritas and chips and salsa!