Tuesday, April 25, 2006
...and we're back...
Normality has been restored.
Damn.
It's just coming up to three months since we got back. That means we've been back about as long as we were away. Somehow it seems longer. I liked not being normal. There's so much more to think about in every day life. So much more uncertainty. When we were away, things were all mapped out for us. We had an itinerary telling us where to be on which date. There was still a little scope for change - we didn't have a complete plan of activities for each place, so we had some freedom to choose what we did each day. Just enough options to make us feel we were still in control.
Now, some days, anyway, it's hard to know who's in control: us, or life. Of course I know exactly what a life coach would say at this point, so we'll be making darned sure life doesn't get the upper hand... Bring it on.
(There you go, Lisa. Will that do?)
Damn.
It's just coming up to three months since we got back. That means we've been back about as long as we were away. Somehow it seems longer. I liked not being normal. There's so much more to think about in every day life. So much more uncertainty. When we were away, things were all mapped out for us. We had an itinerary telling us where to be on which date. There was still a little scope for change - we didn't have a complete plan of activities for each place, so we had some freedom to choose what we did each day. Just enough options to make us feel we were still in control.
Now, some days, anyway, it's hard to know who's in control: us, or life. Of course I know exactly what a life coach would say at this point, so we'll be making darned sure life doesn't get the upper hand... Bring it on.
(There you go, Lisa. Will that do?)
