Just a Hello to All my Harry Potter Buds

[dumbledore11214]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "KathyK" <zanelupin at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone!
> 
> Once upon a time I was posting to OTC fairly often.  A long trip 
and
> various RL events have conspired to keep me away. I feel badly, as 
I
> love chatting it up with my cool HP friends, even when I don't have
> much to say about Snape's actions or motives in recent books. ;-) 

Alla:

Kathy, dear how COULD you? How could you not to have something to 
say about Snape?

Seriously though I so enjoyed your non-Snape secret-keeping related 
posts on Main. ( hint, hint ;))


Kathy:
> I thought I'd just give a random update about what's going on with 
my
> life and a brief introduction for those of you who don't know me.  
> 
> My name is KathyK, I am 26 years old and live in Waterbury, CT.  
Once
> upon a time I thought I might want to leave Connecticut, but I have
> since decided I *love* New England and Connecticut and would not 
enjoy
> living out of the area for very long.  I don't know that I can
> properly describe why I came to this conclusion except to say that
> Connecticut is HOME--the place I love more than anywhere else in 
the
> world.  I just don't know that I can feel that about another 
location.
>  I don't know how I would go about it.  I know it's lame.  Who 
says,
> "I love Connecticut?"  No one else I know.  

Alla:

It is unexpected to me to hear you say it but not for the reason you 
would think.

I DO understand attachment to one place, to one city, because that 
is how I grew up in Ukraine. People were living in one place pretty 
much their whole life, families lived closed by, one went to school, 
college, got married, have kids, etc,etc, pretty much in the same 
city. Well, of course people could go on vacation, or some unusual 
circumstances forced moving, but permanent moving did not occur that 
often.

It had many bad moments (like goverment not allowing many people to 
go abroad, etc), but living your life in the same city also had some 
good moments - you know, friends who were like family, because you 
were friends all your life,family close-by and I loved my city ( 
despite not always having a happy life in Ukraine). It is very old 
and SO beatiful.

So, yes, I understand your love of Connecticut, Kathy. :-)

It is just unusual to me because I used to think that most Americans 
move so often during their lives and they don't form attachment to 
one city or town. I am happy to be proven wrong. :-)

Kathy: 
> I accomplished the *one* goal I set for myself about two months 
ago. 
> I am completely debt free thanks to the generous pay of the
> aforementioned customer service job .  Once the goal had been
> achieved, my job lost all meaning for me.  I quit about two weeks 
ago,
> with no prospective job (I *meant* to give notice, really.  I just
> couldn't stand the thought of another 8 hours of whiny, 
irresponsible
> customers).  It was scary but necessary for my well-being as I 
hated
> every minute of every day I was there.  Apparently I need more 
than a
> paycheck to sustain me.

Alla:

Let me just say again, I am glad you did it then.


> KathyK, who very much enjoyed Alla's unexpected Potter moment
>
Alla:

Thankie. And I enjoyed Kemper's too.