i climbed a mountain not knowing that i had

[jazzfish]

...thought it was just a road from a to b

Actually, when I went up Grouse this morning I was pretty sure it was a mountain. Made the hike in 1:53, which is a terrible time for me, mitigated by a) not having my inhaler, b) not having done much exercise in the past month or so, and c) encountering a chatty hiking companion at about the quarter-mark.

Plans to sit up there and do some writing once I'd had lunch and recovered a bit were derailed by being too exhausted to write. Something about having effectively climbed two miles worth of stairs. I wandered around a bit and then headed back down. and after the two-hour trip home had a nice hot bath.

Tomorrow marks the end of my fallow year. I am not really looking forward to work but I'd be looking forward even less to getting evicted for nonpayment of rent, so there's that. I hope I'm overreacting, that balancing work and life won't be nearly the difficulty I'm afraid it is and that everything will be okay. Only one way to find out I guess.

Comments

[okrablossom]

I like that saying, about the mountain. Seems like a nice plot structure :)

Good luck with the new year! There are many things about the new situation which could turn out just wonderful. I hope they do.

[jazzfish]

It's from a song by Dido: "Sittin' on the Roof of the World." Sometimes it feels halfway appropriate.

There I was
Sittin' on the roof of the world
There I was
With all the gods
Not knowing how I got there
Or how to leave

(lyrics / performance)

And, thanks. I'm hoping so as well.

[okrablossom]

Neat!

[novel_machinist]

Even though balance is like the #1 thing that I bitch about, I think that while you can't do everything you like, balance in some form is always possible.

[jazzfish]

I tend to agree... but I'm historically terrible at it, which is I think what all this worry is over.

[thanate]

I find the dreading of work-type things is often a lot worse than doing them turns out to be; at least a bunch of the time you end up working rather than worrying about it.

Good luck.

[jazzfish]

I hope & expect that to mostly be the case!

To the left, it's sort of what I'm worried about: re-normalising the state of affairs from the last few years.

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

Wow, that sounds like some climb! I'm seriously impressed!

Good luck with the new job. I hope it's wonderful!

[jazzfish]

It is a bit of a hike, yeah. :)

Thanks. "Wonderful" I don't expect, but "not terrible" would be nice.