It's 19:23 Montana time, and I'm getting my 5 minutes of peace and wireless at the local Barnes and Noble / Starbucks Cafe. I'm still in shock that I've slept my last night at home in Issaquah and this uprooted feeling will continue for at least three more weeks during which time we will 1) fly to London, spend a day and night with my Mom and the kids, 2) fly to Cape Town 3) stay in temp housing courtesy of a collegue who owns a B&B, 4) take possession of our new home (I need to post the pictures. It's a great place) 5) I'll start my sorta new job 6) Susan will begin to sort out life with the kids in Africa. DAMN. Between now and then there are still details of money, movers, plane tickets, schedules, family visits.
ARRRRGH. Must fight feeling of complete meltdown. I haven't started bleeding from both ears yet, but I think that's step 7. For my friends reading this.. I wish I'd had more time to spend with all of you before leaving. I worked hard at planning the logistics of house & family, but gave less than adequate attention to all of you. Please forgive me. I'm also a bit like a cat (where does the quote originate?) in that I brush by and say goodbye the same for a day as for a year. We'll be back and hopefully you'll all still be here.
Posted by cbrown at April 25, 2005 6:33 PM | TrackBack