Better

Feeling much better.  A combination of allergy medicine and wine put me to sleep and I woke up able to breathe through my nose again!  Hurrah!
So today I have all that energy I was lacking over the past few days.  Haven't done much with it yet but I am enthusiastic.  I had planned to box up all the books I want to sell (got out the boxes but got sidetracked looking up ISBN numbers to see what they're worth).  I had also planned to box up the stuff I want to keep (hoping it fits neatly into one box).  Also on the agenda was clearing out the furniture for selling (emptying drawers, shelves, etc.).  But the day is young and Paul is working until 11pm so I have plenty of time to catch up on my list without interruption.
Unfortunately, the reality of being destitute is rearing its ugly head and we are faced with the fact that even after selling everything we still can't afford to go very far.  Staying here another month means paying another month of rent and bills which we already can't afford.  (That means borrowing and ending up more in debt and puts us even further from the goal of getting away.)  I am convinced that there is a way this will all work out.  I just don't know what that solution is or how to achieve it (yet).  I'm pretty sure it won't be easy.  (Hell, it already isn't easy...)  It would certainly be nice to wake up and remember where I hid the treasure but that's pretty unlikely.
It's funny, no matter how desperate things are at the moment and how I just can't see a way out of the current circumstance I just have that feeling that it's all going to work out fine.  And the closer it gets to December the more convinced I am that it's all going to work out.  I have no basis in reality for this feeling but I've had this feeling for some time now.
December is the month it is supposed to all come together.  Paul finishes his Master's degree on the 3rd.  Our lease is up in Olympia on the 8th.  (Seems like perfect timing to me!)  We know we don't want to spend another winter in Olympia so staying here for any reason would be ridiculous.  I have a friend who is going to be on Tortola for a month from Dec. 15th- Jan.15th.  She has a house arranged and told me if I can just get there I have a place to stay.  Right now it is completely out of my price range (Tacoma is out of my price range...) but it is just one more thing to think about. 
I was standing on the balcony today thinking about what I would do if I didn't have money worries.  Fact is, I'd still get rid of everything.  I would most likely just have it all hauled off for donation instead of trying to sell it but the result would be the same.  I'd still be trying to get out of Olympia.  Odds are that I'd be spending that month on Tortola and then relocating somewhere warm (SoCal, St. John, etc.).  I don't know if Paul would go to the Caribbean.  He'd most likely go straight to California.  If we had money to live on he would probably spend some time writing.
It's interesting that money or not we still have the same plans.  The way I see it, I'm never going to get rich working long hours for minimum wage to pay the rent.  I'm also never going to get rich working part time and not paying rent.  Overall I think I'd prefer to not get rich working part time, rent free and living somewhere warm.
So all that's left is figuring out a way to make it all happen (and soon because November is half over already!!).