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It has been a bit difficult writing here lately, and I wish I could say this is due to massive productivity on my part or that I've been using my vast amounts of surplus energy to embark upon stunning entrepreneurial schemes.
What is more the case is that I've been snagged in that web of physical obstacles that is probably inevitable after a move (and I promise to try to stop carping about this soon). The other day, for instance, I had to write a letter. Oh, but the printer wasn't hooked up. "No matter," I thought to myself. "This isn't a formal bit of business. I can send a hand written note." Except that I couldn't find any stationery. Or envelopes. Or stamps. And pretty much everything has gone that way. I'm a little shocked I manage to get dressed every day.
This is why I envy the children who are able to go about their rather complicated business almost undisrupted. Changes of venue don't matter particularly. Sebastian has learned to crash his head into things just as well here as he would have done anywhere else, and his development didn't stall because of the move. He actually appears to have become much more jolly. Perhaps it is funny to watch his mother run around like the proverbial headless chicken. Felix seems to be more than anything quite entertained by the change in scenery. I am actually much more concerned about how he will handle his upcoming birthday party since he and I share a general inability to relax at bashes. He clings until someone offers him a job. (It was such a relief at the last party that he was given a plaster starfish to paint.) And given my druthers... oh never mind. I won't reveal my angst-avoidance techniques here. You aren't missing out on any great tips, so don't think I'm making leading statements and then withholding.
posted by Elise at 4:58 PM
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Chloe said...
Hang in there. I've just been contemplating all of the moving around I've done in my life, and how it has added up to a rather unfair share of cleaning. Aside from that, I really hope you find a groove soon. A neighbor once told me that in his experience, it took 5 years to acclimate to the city we were living in. It was a very rude thing to say to someone who hasn't lived 5 years in one spot since age 8, and still hasn't in her 30's.
2/02/2008 1:18 PM
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