The Aerie
Oh, everything's up in the air now.
This isn't really a change from before.
The only thing that has changed is that I've moved from "extended vacation" mode to "looking for work" mode. But of course that means that the field is open. Anything can happen. I could get work anywhere under almost any circumstances.
Fortunately I've been getting a lot of calls, in August no less, so I am (hopefully not unreasonably) confident that work will arrive before the cash runs out. And I've talked to a couple of places seriously about work, so I'm not at a dead stop.
Still this is the Limbo place - when I've floated downriver into the delta, and the question now is which route will I take to the sea. Through a swamp? Down a canal? Over a waterfall? Or clear sailing? And how far can I extend this metaphor before my boat sinks?
I'm also considering how to use the time I have remaining. I mean on my vacation, although it's probably good practice to consider that larger question regularly. We're cleaning the attic where our master bedroom is located, and as I suspected it is taking a whole week. After that I go back to the very first room I cleaned, the basement storage room, and re-clean that. And when that is accomplished, the entire house will have been cleaned top to bottom.
I haven't worked on my fiction book at all, which distresses me. But at the same time I recognize that part of the reason I haven't been able to do it is that I'm simply not ready. So I'm getting other things done, and then when I get to the book it will be the right time.
Among the other little projects I've assigned to myself is the task of learning to rebuild this website, using linux-based development software. So if changes take place do not be surprised! And if nothing takes place, do not be surprised! These things take time.
Well I'd better get back upstairs and continue sorting books and shelving them.
Posted by Albatross at August 18, 2005 2:39 PM | TrackBack