I'm writing this at SFO. Aka the only
airport where it's necessary to arrive 90 minutes before a domestic
flight ,even for a a early morning one. At 430 am I do not expect a
line longer than 3 people. Not 10. Just for the first one. Gah.
Was
I mean to not let the woman behind me cut in the TSA line? She had a
530 flight, I have a 600 flight, and it was 500. But, well, as it was
she jogged pass me on my walk to the gate 5 minutes ago. I think she
made it.
It's
a little odd, sitting here at the airport. Moving. (Again.) I've
been mostly packed for awhile (hello replacement roomies) but
yesterday as I was packing the last minute things and the clothes
I've been wearing for the last two weeks, things really started to
sink in. I'm leaving San Francisco. It's the next step (and a shaky
one.)
Plus,
packing for it is super hard.
(I'm
glad they didn't actually weigh my bags, cuz I was pre~tty close to
the limit.)
And
as always when I move, I find notebooks and half started stories. I
did a first yesterday - straight out tossed one. I had maybe half of
the story finished, but I hadn't thought about it at all until it
came across my hands again so I figured it wasn't a long lasting
idea. Still, trashing a work, literally throwing it in the bin, was a
little different then typing it up, tossing the paper, and just
letting the document sit on my harddrive.
I
guess on the flip side, I'm actually bringing a printed out version
of A View That Lacks Stars with me. I've been slowly working through
edits - looking over critiques, marking up my printouts, and then
making edits and whatnot on my computer. I spent all day Saturday
doing it (adding 7 pages to a chapter, isn't editing supposed to make
it shorter?) with the idea of doing as much as possible to limit
paper weight. But, well, I only got through three chapters.
A
full novel of 8x10 paper in my carry-on is not how I expected to
travel, but oh well. Maybe I can dig it out on the plane and edit
above Denver.
I'm late to this post, so I hope the journey went well and you're starting to settle in your new place. It's been 4 days, after all... What do you mean you're still unpacking? :-)
ReplyDeleteI got a cold sweat when I read you'd thrown a story away. I'm not sure I could do that (as I glance across to the pile of folders in the corner...)
Hope you enjoy your new location. Where are you now?
Oh, wow, Gwen... It's been a long time and it looks like I have a LOT to catch up on in your life. Where are you moving to? I hope it's somewhere you're excited about, somewhere that will bring out cool aspects of yourself previously untapped. I hate the actual moving, but I find change fosters something deep inside my character... Maybe all the hassle is worth it. Worth something, in any case :) Best of luck, and I'll be looking forward to hearing how it's going. (In the meantime, I'll be busy catching up on older posts :) ) Thanks for the visit over at Quiet Laughter — always love finding your name in the comments :)
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