[Ansteorra] News from Old Friends

[Snorri Hallsson]

We are going to be unloading the truck on November 21, the day before
Thanksgiving.

Snorri

On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Pamela D. Kendrick <
pkendrick at kendrick.dyndns.info> wrote:

> Hooray!!!!!!  SO, so glad to get this wonderful news!  When may we expect
> to see you arrive home from foreign lands dear friends?
>
> Gisele
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ansteorra-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org [mailto:
> ansteorra-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Snorri Hallsson
> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 6:01 PM
> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: [Ansteorra] News from Old Friends
>
> To the Stellar Kingdom of Ansteorra come greetings from the cold north
> from HL Snorri Hallsson and Lady Gróa Ulfsdottir:
>
>
> Some may know of us. Many do not. Long has it been since we lived in
> Ansteorra.
>
>
> Long have we been away from the lands of the Sable Star.
>
>
> Long have we watched from afar the glories of our countryfolk, and cheered
> with vigor, though while we made our lodgings in another kingdom, our
> hearts have ever belonged to the Lion Throne.
>
>
> Long have our hearts been heavy with the weight of absent friends.
>
>
> Long have we yearned for the hospitality, the warmth, and the spirit of
> Ansteorra, those things which made it our home.
>
>
> Long have we wished to return.
>
>
> Good my lords and ladies, I bid you these glad tidings.
>
>
> Our long wait ... is over.
>
>
> We are coming home.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Now for the mundane stuff, in a nutshell, which is nowhere near as flowery
> or as pleasant.
>
>
> We moved from Houston to Chicago in 2005, under the promise of a fresh new
> start. That fresh new start never materialized, and we left an entire
> kingdom full of friends for seven years of an absolute nightmare of social
> isolation and extreme financial hardship. This has culminated in the two of
> us being unemployed for several months, our savings long ago having dried
> up, and our leasing agency informing us that the lease ending November 30
> will not be renewed. In the seven-plus years that we've been here, we've
> made very few friends and acquaintances compared to the number we have in
> Ansteorra. Our support network here is unable to help us, as are both sides
> of our family. We literally had nowhere else to go, until some friends in
> Austin agreed to help us out with a spare room until we could get on our
> feet.
>
>
> The trick, however, is getting down there.
>
>
> As much as it embarrasses us to have to ask for help, we're pretty much
> left with no choice at this point. We've set up a ChipIn at
> http://wyldnytes.chipin.com/moving-back-home for anyone that wishes to
> donate. I'll leave all the details there, but if you can help, it would
> mean the world to us.
>
>
> I'm so, so sorry that our lives have come to this point, and especially
> that so many of you are going to have this as your first impression of us
> as we return to Ansteorra. I only hope that we can make it up to you
> somehow in the future.
>
>
>
> As always, in service to Ansteorra,
>
> Snorri and Gróa
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