Alone again...
...naturally.
Not really. But Serena is in Korea right now on her month-long cultural experience trip. This is what we saved up for a year to do. She's wanted to get away, to find a place that wasn't "just another part of Texas" and be out on her own for the first time in her life.
She started in Daegu, purposefully going to a very non-Americanized part of Korea so she could immerse herself. Unfortunately she wasn't as prepared as she probably wanted to be, the barrier ended up being a little too much. People are nice of course, but she felt alienated. Now she's in Seoul and she's acclimating better.
I am not as stir-crazy as I thought I'd be, though I do find myself falling back into some old habits. Not necessarily bad ones either, staying up late and writing because I've no better distraction is one of them. I guess it's true, art is inspired by suffering.
Everyone we know is being super helpful as well. Haeley is really helping out with the little ones so I can work normally, Holly is being supportive and Al is even occasionally venturing out. Work is extremely understanding about my schedule. Even the schools seem to be cooperating, for the first time ever they have 4 unbroken weeks of class. Odd, that.
And I've no shortage of people to spend time with while Serena's away. Amber, Annie and Jenn are all making themselves very available if I want some company, which part of me does and another part doesn't. There's no substitute for Serena and I think it's dangerous for me to be in that mental state where someone is trying to be that, it doesn't seem like it'll work out well in the long term for anyone.
I also seem to be spending a little more of my energy on cleaning and doing projects around the house. I don't know if that's a symptom of Serena being absent or just Spring finally emerging.
Sorry this one isn't as verbose as I hoped it'd be. Mondays are simply draining these days because of the amount of STUFF that has to be done in every one of them. Hopefully I'll have more brain tomorrow.
Not really. But Serena is in Korea right now on her month-long cultural experience trip. This is what we saved up for a year to do. She's wanted to get away, to find a place that wasn't "just another part of Texas" and be out on her own for the first time in her life.
She started in Daegu, purposefully going to a very non-Americanized part of Korea so she could immerse herself. Unfortunately she wasn't as prepared as she probably wanted to be, the barrier ended up being a little too much. People are nice of course, but she felt alienated. Now she's in Seoul and she's acclimating better.
I am not as stir-crazy as I thought I'd be, though I do find myself falling back into some old habits. Not necessarily bad ones either, staying up late and writing because I've no better distraction is one of them. I guess it's true, art is inspired by suffering.
Everyone we know is being super helpful as well. Haeley is really helping out with the little ones so I can work normally, Holly is being supportive and Al is even occasionally venturing out. Work is extremely understanding about my schedule. Even the schools seem to be cooperating, for the first time ever they have 4 unbroken weeks of class. Odd, that.
And I've no shortage of people to spend time with while Serena's away. Amber, Annie and Jenn are all making themselves very available if I want some company, which part of me does and another part doesn't. There's no substitute for Serena and I think it's dangerous for me to be in that mental state where someone is trying to be that, it doesn't seem like it'll work out well in the long term for anyone.
I also seem to be spending a little more of my energy on cleaning and doing projects around the house. I don't know if that's a symptom of Serena being absent or just Spring finally emerging.
Sorry this one isn't as verbose as I hoped it'd be. Mondays are simply draining these days because of the amount of STUFF that has to be done in every one of them. Hopefully I'll have more brain tomorrow.