It's day 2 in Athens, Ohio, and while I wouldn't go as far as saying that the dust has settled after the move, it's certainly starting to clear and I have been thinking about all the goodbyes I've said over the last few weeks. I've decided that I feel dissatisfied with them, as if I didn't spend enough time on each one and make it as 'significant' as it should have been. Part of this is my general problem with being sincere, but mostly it was just because I was so busy in the weeks before I left that I didn't have any time. I'm starting to think that being so manic in the run up to big life events, like leaving a job or moving overseas (or both!), is a psychological mechanism to stop you thinking too much about the magnitude of the changes you are making. By the time you have the time to stop and think about what you're doing, it's too late to go back! I know that I'm doing the right thing in moving, but being busy has stopped me about being too sentimental about all the people I will miss while I'm here.
However, if circumstances had been different, and I had had more time for goodbyes, what would I have said? I guess I just hope that people automatically know what I wanted to say.
But I'm not just looking back, there's a lot of looking forward going on as well, it's just that the future seems a lot more complicated and confusing. So as of tomorrow, the focus moves back to sorting out my new life. I think some sort of list is called for..... :-)
Ok, third time/browser of trying :-( I remember this from Omar's blog. Blogspot hates me, eats my comments and crashes my web browser(s) :-(
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I was saying something along the lines of:
I assumed that what you meant to say was "So long, suckers!". Or do I also have sincerity problems?
Anyway, so long and thanks for all the... Well, actually, I was a bit disappointed that in the many bags of stuff I took from you there wasn't even one single fish. But thanks anyway ;-)
No.....small aquatic creatures were startling missing from my haul too....shucks.
ReplyDeleteIn a total plagiarisation of Stuart, thanks too!
Sorry to hear that blogspot hates you, I obviously had the 'undesirable types' filter set too high, hopefully it will be easier for you to post in future ;-)
ReplyDeleteSorry that you were both disappointed by the lack of fish in your new possessions. I'll stick some mackeral in the post to you to compensate :-)