“Frak,” Battlestar Galactica’s version of the f-bomb. It’s been around forever, but I just discovered it. And like a kid with a new word, I’m using it all the time. It’s very expressive, and like its more familiar counterpart, you can use it for just about anything. For example, “That’s really frakked up,” or “This house is a frakking mess,” or even simply, “frak,” when something just isn’t working. It’s quite satisfying to say, more so than other substitutes, such as Hitchhiker’s Guide’s “fark,” or my grandmother’s version, “fudge.” With “frak,” people know what you mean. Actually it’s more fun to say than the original epithet. Try it. Frak. Frak! FRAK! See? That was fun.
My friend Clare just spent a week with her husband, Drew, and a bunch of other people who are also into Battlestar. Apparently everyone was using “frak” gratuitously (because it is such fun to say.) She said, “there was a whole lotta frakking at the beach house,” meaning that people were saying it way too often. Sure, right. We know what ya’ll were really doing at that beach house.
Four years ago I went through a huge series of changes…a wedding that almost was, finding a place to live, hiring movers, packing, moving to Virginia, and starting medical school. Now imagine doing that in about a month.
Fortunately I learned some lessons that time, because I’m doing pretty much the same thing. On May 16-17, I graduated from medical school, surrounded by a wonderful group of family and friends (thank you!), went up to NJ on the 18th, found a place to live, came home on the 23rd, started looking for movers on the 24th. We’ve got some reputable movers and are moving up to Montclair, NJ on Tuesday, June 3. Residency starts Friday June 13. That’s one month exactly. It’s a little easier because Tim’s healthy and is able to help this time, and we know some people in Montclair. It’s not a totally new place. We’re sad to leave Virginia, though…I’ll always be a Southerner at heart and we plan to return in 3 years.
So right now we’re surrounded by boxes and chaos and it all has to be done by tomorrow night. We’ll be moving into Rydal Place on the 5th. It’s so big that Tim gets his own “Man Room.” Phone and email will stay the same. We’d love to have friends stay with us!
Movingscam.com is an amazing website that walked me through on how to research and find a reputable mover. It was extremely educational and if you’re moving, read this site. It has a list of movers by state with people’s reviews and very active message board.
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