Thankful Thursday

[mdlbear]

Today I am going to skip over the obvious bad news and my lack of gratitude for it, and go straight to some things I am grateful for.

• Our entire household, humans and felines, being together in our new home in Den Haag,
• Having gotten out of the US. (This does not keep me from being extremely worried about our friends and family still stuck there.)
• Comfort food. G's making mac-n-chee tonight.
• Nice fast household internet. Thanks as well to Caiway.nl for providing it.
• Having three local chain grocery stores that deliver to our house. Thanks also to Flink, which is online only, somewhat expensive, but can get groceries to our door in well under an hour.
• Distractions. Though I have to say, when things like taking out garbage and scooping litter boxes count as welcome distractions, I'm probably in worse mental shape than I think I am.

Comments

[filkerdave]

Wait, you left the US?

[mdlbear]

Yeah -- I've been living in the Netherlands, specifically Den Haag (The Hague), since 1 October. I moved here with N, her older kid m, and her husband G. We'd been planning for it since almost exactly eight years ago.

ETA: See mdlbear | River: Where am I Going?

[ravan]

I wonder if they want people like me, disabled but a perfectly good sysadmin.

[mdlbear]

As long as you are employed, or self-employed (see linked post about the DAFT), and haven't committed any felonies, there aren't any other restrictions that I know of.

[jesse_the_k]

I'm so glad you're safe!

[azurelunatic]

<3

[freyjaw]

You and yours are wise. Lucky as well. If I were healthy and working, I'd emigrate as well.