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What do I have to do tonight? I have to spend a lot of money calling Australia trying to resolve housing on the UNSW campus. I guess I'm best off buying an international calling card for this one, rate wise.

This stresses me out more than you'd think. In large part because there's no guarantee this will be the solution. Also because I'd rather do everything by email, and I have to speak to strangers on the phone? In another country? Where there's always that little pause on the line because it's so far away? Freaks me out. It's like -- here's this technological blip, but what I'm hearing is an arched eyebrow before every reply. *shudder*

Yeah, did the reality of like everything just kick in last night? You bet.

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[kalyx.livejournal.com]

I so hear you. I detest making phone calls to people I don't know. I even stress about making phone calls to people I know, mostly because you can never know what you're interupting by ringing. I worry way too much about being disruptive or not being polite enough. So stupid, really. And I also hate that pause. I get it from time to time when I'm calling my mother in Anchorage.

I probably should post about my upsetting driving anxiety issues that ruined my weekend since it is in many ways similar. Stupid, irrational anxieties. gah.

[ladypeculiar.livejournal.com]

Use the land-line if you want . . . it will help cut down on the buzzy wait-time, if anything.