In the current plan, Anna will move into this apartment during the first week of February. This is not a small project, and has a pair of features, deceptively simple, yet weighty:
- I need to have my stuff organized and packed/ready to pack for storage in the garage in the next two weeks, and
- Prior to leaving for nine months in Chile, I'll be living with my girlfriend and (half time) her 5-year old son.
It's true, that's a big thing to add late to the mix. On the other hand, I'm spending the year in South America on a full-time volunteer job teaching, which has all sorts of nerve-wracking emotional baggage for me. Given what I'm jumping into, does it really make any sense to pretend to play it safe before I leave? There's nothing permanent to grab onto, no shelter to be had. My only hope is moving with things as they happen, creating a response moment by moment according to what's needed, and I might as well start now.
(Plus I get to see my girl more often, which is really why this seems like a good idea.)
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