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Just waiting on one email and then I can resign!
Please let it be today!
Crossing fingers, toes legs and eyes for you![]()
Oh god it really is one of the worst feelings, that all consuming longingThe only word that can describe this homesickness is "crippling."
I don't see what's terrible about it at all. You're like a cook learning to prepare dishes you've never made before, in ways you've never cooked before. Perhaps you won't feel confident for awhile, but when you do, you'll have whole new ways of feeding yourself. And of course, it's just part of the process, I think: I heard an accomplished poet speak not too long ago who said he does around 40 versions of a poem.
Wahey!
Email received and resignation done!
In three months' time I'll be unemployed and girding my loins for an MA course!![]()
Wahey!
Email received and resignation done!
In three months' time I'll be unemployed and girding my loins for an MA course!![]()
Wahey!
Email received and resignation done!
In three months' time I'll be unemployed and girding my loins for an MA course!![]()

Wahey!
Email received and resignation done!
In three months' time I'll be unemployed and girding my loins for an MA course!![]()
The only word that can describe this homesickness is "crippling."

Wise words. About eight months ago, when I was in the bowels of revision hell, a writer friend of mine told me, "We're not writers, we're re-writers." Truer words were never spoken.
Wahey!
Email received and resignation done!
In three months' time I'll be unemployed and girding my loins for an MA course!![]()
Not permanently, I'm living in Tokyo for a year while my wife is back home in Washington DC. Damn it's hard.Oh god it really is one of the worst feelings, that all consuming longing
Have you moved somewhere permanently darlin? x
The only word that can describe this homesickness is "crippling."
The only word that can describe this homesickness is "crippling."

So I was asked to do a reading as part of fundraiser tonight. The theme is 'tales from far away places' and each author has a ten minute slot. I will be doing a piece on my years on Aitutaki.
Sitting down to write this piece was surreal. I had no idea where to begin or even what to talk about. I could fill a few hours talking about everything I saw, experienced and felt on that island - how could I possibly say anything meaningful in 10 minutes?
I finished the piece, and I'm relatively happy with it, but it's still odd. And I have no idea how the audience will react, since my version of the South Pacific is far from exotic. Should be a weird evening.
Still beats the alternative.Getting old is the pits.