Hah. Well I haven't voiced this kinda frustration to her, I still maintain a 'let's do our best' approach in private (she knows the blog exists of course so she'll probably read it one day - Hi my Love!)
But, facts have to be faced whether I like it or not - it's now impossible that we will get to England any time less than 9-10 months, and until the next election happens and we can see, somewhere down the list on their priorities, they might have a look at this whole debacle (if not reverse, at least minimie the damage) we can't actively plan to see if we can even make that timeline.
So there is a whole ton of 'sit around and find out', while also 'preparing for the worst, hoping for the best'. I think the reason I keep waking up so annoyed about this is because it's just so out of my control.
If it was because i messed up and gambled my money away in las vegas, i'd be way more positive to try and wriggle my way out of it haha...ohh well.
I'll surely send an update in a year or so from England... maybe
Well in some way I'm glad you're backing me up on the 'England is shit' part lol, but as I've mentioned in other comments, I'm not really in a time of life where I can just up and leave to any random place. The choices are, unfortunately, China or England, for many reasons. I can go to England with the 100% intention of leaving again in a few years, but England has to be the drop off point to begin with.
After that, maybe some homogenous urban sprawl in Texas where I get to be shot in the desert for some reason.
Sounds a lot more fun than writing to my local council about the intrusive new wind farm in Kent or whatever XD
As for the HK situation, yeah I'm always keeping an eye on it and it is just... sad. But I have a friend there who used to be - USED TO BE - a total anglophile. And yet, now, living in HK under CCP rule, says she no longer desires to go to England because it sucks now.
That was the most truly depressing hit. Somebody so enamoured with a place to come out and say that while living under communist rule. Sigh.
Well hey I married one of those savages so unless I'm a savage too, they're not all that way. In fact, her and her family are a better breed of human than anyone in my own family, including myself. They're kinder, harder working, more honest, intelligent and educated, and overall more wholesome. It's been hard for my brain to comprehend what it's like being in a functional, healthy family.
BUT, in the context of a HKer, I can definitely see your angle lol. Just be careful with serpentza and laowhy, they're not dishonest exactly (I still watch them too), but they're very doom-mongery. They only have the negative spin on everything. They try to be balanced by saying 'however we LOVE the people' but in the same breath say that they're primitive and dirty with awful culture and music.
Like I said, I still watch them, but I'm always careful to be aware; they can never say anything positive (not without saying 'but...') because positivity isn't their brand.
Well, I don't even know what I'm doing next week, let alone several years from now XD but I will eventually need some friends to start things off from scratch heh