This morning, as I was laying in bed and dreading going into the office, I was thinking about my current dilemma and the idea of dilemmas in general. My handy, paperback dic defines dilemma as a choice between two equally balanced alternatives. However, I think we often encounter dilemmas in situations where the choices are completely unbalanced as well. Consider the choice of giving up a destructive addiction. On the one hand, there's a productive and healthful life. Then, on the other hand, there's a viable escape from the daily hell some of us seem to live in. Perhaps, at least in my mind, these two alternatives are equally balanced. Anyway, I was also thinking this morning about a scene in an episode of AbFab. It was the episode when Patsy's sister Jax had come to visit one New Year's Eve, much to the dismay of Eddie. The visit effectively ruined Eddie's New Year's eve and placed Patsy in a moral dilemma. Her sister Jax had asked for her help but it would be at the expense of her friend Eddie. When Patsy tells Eddie that she is in a moral dilemma, Eddie simply tells her she has no morals and therefore no dilemma. Where am I going with this? Oh, so my current dilemma is this. I've been living in Chicago for thirteen years (jesus god!) and over the years I've acquired a lot of cool shit like furniture, expensive art, electronics, and books galore! My dilemma is, I want to get the fuck out of the Midwest and all my shit is waying me down. The question is, can I give it all up? I know I don't have the funds to move it, or not most of it. Maybe some of it? Maybe I'll sell most of it and move the rest in a one-way U-Haul. I don't think I have a dilemma any more. Hm. Thanks for listening!
