a little inspiration at last
I think that part of the reason that I've been loathe to write stuff in here as much is that over the past few months going through any sort of introspection just hasn't been very enjoyable. Uprooting our lives last year and in many ways starting fresh is a very stressful activity, especially since it took around 6 months before we could even begin to feel any sort of stability.
But now we've been in the house for a few weeks and I'm feeling somewhat better. Despite the place not yet being quite done (a working kitchen would be nice) I still feel much more "at home" there than I have in a while. Also I think the time has allowed somewhat our getting used to not living in Auckland anymore. While I do miss friends and the familiarity of New Zealand I don't really think that heading back at this point would make life better. We'd still be facing the lack of work over there, plus that after 8 years we really were ready for a change.
So, overall I guess I'm saying that I'm feeling a bit better lately. While I know that with life there will always be ups and downs at least now I'm feeling like there's a bit of a foundation again.
What else has been going on? A friend of ours (from NZ) who had been living in Canberra decided that the sterility was getting to him so has moved here. It's nice having someone you've known for a while being around. So Saturday night we headed out for a bit to celebrate my big 3-5 (ugh, how did that happen?). It wasn't *too* wild an evening, although at least hitting the town made me feel a bit better. While generally I try to keep from being too vain in life (well other than the personal trainer, diet plan and refusal to wear khakis) I couldn't help than feel better that despite now being well out of my 20s I'm managing to keep myself in better condition than many far younger.
I say this in the context that Phil wanted to go to a gay bar, which was fairly dire. I'm not sure if it's just that I'm probably about 15 years past the point of having any interest, or that it was a bit of a boring venue, or that 70% of the clientele were part wombat but it was DULL. I think next time I'll have to find somewhere more to my liking, perhaps with bongos. Time will tell.
But now we've been in the house for a few weeks and I'm feeling somewhat better. Despite the place not yet being quite done (a working kitchen would be nice) I still feel much more "at home" there than I have in a while. Also I think the time has allowed somewhat our getting used to not living in Auckland anymore. While I do miss friends and the familiarity of New Zealand I don't really think that heading back at this point would make life better. We'd still be facing the lack of work over there, plus that after 8 years we really were ready for a change.
So, overall I guess I'm saying that I'm feeling a bit better lately. While I know that with life there will always be ups and downs at least now I'm feeling like there's a bit of a foundation again.
What else has been going on? A friend of ours (from NZ) who had been living in Canberra decided that the sterility was getting to him so has moved here. It's nice having someone you've known for a while being around. So Saturday night we headed out for a bit to celebrate my big 3-5 (ugh, how did that happen?). It wasn't *too* wild an evening, although at least hitting the town made me feel a bit better. While generally I try to keep from being too vain in life (well other than the personal trainer, diet plan and refusal to wear khakis) I couldn't help than feel better that despite now being well out of my 20s I'm managing to keep myself in better condition than many far younger.
I say this in the context that Phil wanted to go to a gay bar, which was fairly dire. I'm not sure if it's just that I'm probably about 15 years past the point of having any interest, or that it was a bit of a boring venue, or that 70% of the clientele were part wombat but it was DULL. I think next time I'll have to find somewhere more to my liking, perhaps with bongos. Time will tell.