November 17, 2006
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Well, I survived another week, and I’ve almost made it to the 4-day holiday weekend. Slowly, a bit of normalcy is settling around me, though where I spend my non-working hours is still a far cry from “home.” I am finally resting/sleeping better and gradually recovering from prolonged sleep deprivation. That’s important progress. I still need a lot more energy, though, to start a second job and begin looking for a new place to live. I’m not sure I can stay where I am much past New Year’s Day.
Tomorrow, I will enjoy the Ohio State (natl. #1) vs. Michigan (natl. #2) football game like a true Buckeye. Then Sunday, I hope to drive to San Diego for a friend’s housewarming. He was a roommate in Miami several years ago and is now making a living as a musician. It will be a short visit, as I return to work Monday, but it will be my first major exploration outward from my new base of operations. Gotta count for something.
Next Wed., I will likely drive to Arizona after work and spend my birthday staring at the Grand Canyon. I need to get away; I just wish I could take someone I love with me. I’m really tired of not having someone to share such things with, and yet I currently seem powerless to do anything about it. But I will go looking for inspiration with the hope that when I return I will be a writer again. There’s a good chance I won’t post for another week, so Happy Thanksgiving, fellow Americans.
Comments (4)
it’s a bad catch 22, isn’t it, to find the energy to move out of a place that seems to drain it. my landlady seems to be unconcerned about our lack of air conditioning for, let’s see, it’s been over two weeks now! it’s enough to make me yell. (and i have, on occasion.)
i hope you do (or perhaps by the time you read this, it’ll be more appropriate to say did) have fun hanging out with your former roommate, and at the grand canyon. it sounds like an awesome trip, although i’m sure i’d be loathe to take it alone as well.
as for writing, i think at last count i have ten stories left to write by Christmas… whew.
Oh, WildOne, I want to go the Grand Canyon and I want to hug you.
Moving, has gotten very hard for me so I try to avoid it….I hope that in the New Year you find a place you know is home for you! Happy Thanksgiving! I can relate with the alone thing…I’ve been doing a lot that way myself too.
Happy Thanksgiving