Leap of Faith trip.
This summer has been just full of it. Ever since it started way back in 2016, it has been nothing but a headache. In early May, we decided to take an Indiana Jones sized leap of faith across the chasm and move with me having no job, or any promise of income when we got here to Utah, which was probably a bad idea because my knees are terrible and not really good for leaping.
This whole summer, we have been preparing for the move which has consisted of tying up loose ends, which also another bad idea because I didn’t do really well in knot tying in Scouts, despite the fact that I got my Eagle Scout. We packed up all our crap, we sold a lot of our stuff, kept secrets from all our friends (well, the rest of my family has friends anyways) and had open houses.
You need to shoe’s correctly.
The worst part about the summer were the trips, though. Not the recent trip to the beach, or the trips to the hardware store to fix all the stupid stuff wrong with our house, but the real trips.
The Guilt Trips – You better pack your bags, because when you move, you will go on many guilt trips. People will try to convince you that you can’t move, because we were just about to go on a trip together, or we were just getting to know each other, or we were just getting something done at work and now…you are moving. I just can’t do this without you….etc. Well, guilt trips are great and all, but being great at making up excuses is the best defense against guilt trips. My underwear is being washed (or was that my hair), the roast is in the oven and can only be cooked in the 100 degree weather outside out Washington, or I have other plans, like watching TV from my couch in Utah instead of Washington.
Trip down memory lane.
Trips Down Memory Lane – Oh my gosh are you going to have some horrifying times having to deal with the boring stories that people remember about you. They will want to rehash the time you went to that lake that you didn’t ever go to, or the beautiful view you had and how could you ever leave this place? Or that time at work 10 years ago when you actually almost enjoyed a moment and how you actually felt like you earned your money one day instead of looked for just the right meme for your blog all day. Wasn’t that such a fantastic reason to stay, that even though your house is completely empty and sold and you quit your job, you should reconsider?
What a trip-le Cheeseburger.
Trip-le Cheeseburgers – When you are so busy packing, shipping, moving, shifting and gaming, you are going to have no time to do what is really important in life. Like making things to eat. And who has time to lean into a cool freezer and find that scrumptious and water mouthing Hot Pocket and wait 1 minute and 45 seconds to burn the roof of your mouth with? And microwave a steak or hamburger? Ain’t nobody got time for that. Instead we had to head to Burger King or McDonald’s and have them make it for us. Yeah, the travel time and expense far exceeded the trouble to make stuff ourselves, but let’s face it Trip-le Cheeseburgers are far more efficient in giving us clogged arteries, stomach aches, and heartburn way faster than if we made it ourselves.
Trips are a part of summer, unfortunately. Not only do you have to travel places to make people you made the most of your summer, and so you can fill your Instagram with something more than blurry pictures of the back of your head, but you have to endure Guilt trips, Memory Lane Trips and Trip-le Cheeseburgers. So lather up with the SPF 5, so you delay the burn for only a little bit.
ARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHH
Bitter Trippin’ Bens
Ben's Bitter Blog 
The joys of moving! Thanks for the trip(le cheeseburger) down memory lane and the smile.
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The moving wasn’t the hard part, it was the selling of the dang house. That was the part that was so miserable. I hope I never have to go through that bitter process ever again.
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I love your blog theme.
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Thanks. Do you mean the theme of bitterness or the banner with Sherlock Holmes?
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While I’m a big fan of Homes, I meant the bitterness 🤓 There’s enough flourishing flowery sentiments on here. I enjoy the occasional bitter. Thank you.
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Well, it is on here everywhere. In every post, in the header and all the little pages, bitterness seeps in everywhere. And dare I say it seeps into every part of life, whether people want to admit it or not. I’m just the vessel trying to share the bitterness wherever I can. 🙂
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Been there done that. Kept our eminent move a secret until the house was sold. Told friends and family we were moving to the beach. No jobs, just did it! A year later and zero regrets! People can try to guilt all they want, but I’m the one sitting at the beach and enjoying warm winter days- they are all shoveling snow!
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I wish I would have waited too, but people are the worst when it comes to being nosy. Like why are you having so many garage sales? Why are you giving away all the food in your pantry, etc?
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Yeah it does get a bit suspicious! 😜
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Maybe next time I will have fake garage sales to throw them off the scent.
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Does this mean you got the houses bought and sold and everything in order for your move? If so, congrats!!!
We’re still in open house hell over here, hoping to move. Course, we’re not changing states or anything. We’ve also only lived here a few years, so all our friends are where we’re returning. No guilt trips…
Hope it’s all sorted out for you guys. Moving is so stressful!!!
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We are on the downslide of the selling and the house here was already provided (my folks second condo), but the real buy comes in 2017, so we will see if we have some bitterness next year.
Sorry about being in the open house hell. That was my least favorite thing. I always took the no offer thing personally, like they weren’t buying the house because of us, even though it wasn’t us.
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Utah? You moved to Utah?? That’s like a whole new level of bitterness. I’m quite impressed. 🙂
Good post, however. “Trips,”I like that. Reminds me of “see you next fall.”
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I do like the fall, because so many people trip. Good for the gifs.
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Well, have a nice trip, Man. (Just like the girl on the toilet seat.) I planned my exit for the day after Thanksgiving, so my workplace was mostly empty, everyone off doing their Black Friday shopping. That greatly reduced the Guilt Trips and Trips Down Memory Lane. Just saying, a little planning can go a long way in easing the pain. Also it leaves everyone else bitter that they didn’t get to let the door hit you on the way out. 🙂
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I love the girl tripping on the toilet seat. Which is why I had to use it two times in a row.
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Ha! Brilliant. I go on guilt trips without packing one box. 🙂
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I go on guilt trips every day, even though I would rather not.
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How about when you trip over all those boxes that are stacked up in the living room?
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As long as they are pizza boxes, I will be okay.
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You need better trips: trip-ping the light fantastic, whatever that means, sounds like a good one. I have heard acid trips can go either way, I can’t recommend that one. sounds like you need an ant-acid trip instead if you’re eating that dubious cuisine. It looks good, smells ok, tastes ok, but then bites back from the dark side. Ego trips, power trips, Trip-le plays, trip-le crowns, trip-le sec, these are all good if you bet on them correctly. Turkey Trip-tophane, that’s nice if you can sleep it off without being disturbed. Pizza trips. Not Pizza runs, those are never good. The only run that’s good is a beer run.
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I definitely need to do some pizza runs.
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Don’t trip over all the bitterness, Ben. Maybe life will be less bitter soon now that you actually made the move.
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I think it will be different now that I’m here, but I will be bitter in a different way.
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