After a few days of icy relations (and, on my side, fear that I would have to reorient my entire life), we ironed things out and, soon after, decided to make the leap. We got air tickets for Monday, January 7, 2008. The apartment situation here is unresolved: it seems clear now that I can only sublet at the much higher rent ($2500 or so over my current rent), and that if the subtenant defaults, I myself would be liable for this higher rent until/unless I go to court to have the matter resolved. Expensive. So, I will plan to go back and forth for a while (to establish that I still live here) and possibly get a short-term house-sitter. But, I have to cross the border and "land" before Fumiko can do so, so we'll do that on the 7th.
The apartment is only very slowly getting organized after the influx of stuff from my mom's apartment. We're having a few people for dinner on 12/24, so we have to clean up before then! Fumiko is also under pressure to divide her stuff into "take now" and "take later" piles. Since I'll be coming and going, I can postpone most of those decisions. I'm still agonizing about the inventory list to hand in at the Canadian border. Best opinion says it's no big deal, but I'm having nightmares of being sent back because of some inadequacy there. Also, I'm starting to think about matters Canadian, mainly a bank account and a cell phone.
I had a tooth pulled and five filled, had MRI and x-ray of a troublesome ankle (twisted last April and still weak), and will now start physical therapy for it. The follow-up appointments alone mean that I will need to return a few times to New York.
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