Red Cedar
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Transition.
Yes. I am still kicking around here. But it’s been busy lately. So damned busy. Not to mention a bit stressful what with all this transition from one thing to another that’s taking place in the background. As I posted last, there’s a lot coming to a close in the next little while and I’ve decided to reserve decision-making on anything new until long after that happens.
Mostly at the moment I’m just focusing on what holidays I would like to take and when, what writing projects I want to focus on, and how to get more time off from work to do both of those things. And I’m recovering as well – from too much travel and too little sleep over the past few months. I seriously hit my wall about a week ago and I’m doing as much as I can at the moment to rest when possible and get my strength back up for the next few weeks of putting my head down and getting it done.
The last few days I have been fantasizing deeply about travels to the near wilds: desert, forest, island, interior – away from most people except those I choose to travel with. I’m hoping to go south at the beginning of April, and Desolation Sound in August is looking good, as well as Flores Island in July (the week after my brother’s wedding). I’ve got a book research trip to the interior planned which I think I will fit into June in order to avoid the heat and people. Might as well avoid the hordes of families that head in that direction once school lets out. Months away, yes, and still I know the need to schedule things in so they actually happen. Unlike last summer, I am actually scheduling in real blocks of holidays this time which means I might actually get more than eight working days off in 2009.
So yes, this is what I am occupied with at the moment besides work. Escape. With an urgency that is overwhelming to me a great deal of the time. I’m hoping a few days in the desert will be a small release valve to this need, but much more must be made of all these vacation days I have saved up. There will be more to say on this, but for now I am here. At my desk and working out what I need to do in order to get back to me in the next short while.
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Red Cedar 
Sorry to hear you’re not making it out this way this spring. I’ll be going back to the States in the Summer (to DC, in fact), but if you do ever want to come out this way, I can put you in touch with some people.