20 year meme

[amw]

So, a couple weeks ago a bunch of y'all did the 20 year meme and it was great to see your old photos and get an idea of where you came from. It's a bit late, but here's my contribution. Sadly, there aren't as many photos as i hoped. I thought i had more photos scanned from back in these pre-digital times, but i can't find them. I will do more

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[king_of_apathy]

I often wonder at just how the smallest events, job interviews, chance meetings, chance messaging someone, led me of on such massive life changes that saw me getting married, divorced, moving through all different jobs and all over the world and ultimately to where I am now. I wouldn't be the same person... though sadly I don't think that's always a good thing. A different set of decisions and I think I'd be in a better situation, and be a better person, than I am now.

Anyways...reading your meme made me curious about your past life, so I went back ten years, read through some of the entries from when you were still married, and am now up to where you'd just moved back to Europe (Austria, Germany and Netherlands) to see family and start a new job. Reminded me of my few days in Berlin, where after an all night club, I got back to the hostel just in time to pack up and shower, and then with most of the day to kill and a few things to see on the way, walked all the way to the airport!

Curious that you always had a romantic image of the states but didn't like Australia or New Zealand much. I did a seven week road trip from San Francisco to Miami four years back (mostly by grey hound bus!) which I enjoyed but otherwise don't hold a special place in my heart for North America. I loved new Zealand though. I guess it all depends so much on who you were with and what happened to you while you were there.