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Sep. 17th, 2006 10:27 amThe last few posts on my friends list have been about what was happening a year ago, 2 years ago, etc., which got me to thinking and looking back in my archive.
-A year ago R and I had just moved to Sac and were dealing with chaos from the phone/internet people (doesn't that sound familiar?) http://merchimerch.livejournal.com/2005/09/17/
-Two years ago R and I had just gotten back from our "honeymoon" drive through New England visiting family and were prepping to move to UZ in a matter of days. http://merchimerch.livejournal.com/2004/09/20/
-Three years ago I had just gotten back from an interpreting gig near SLO for the Krasnoyarsk National Dance Company http://merchimerch.livejournal.com/2003/09/17/ and was (you guessed it) prepping for a leave for UZ in a matter of days (and dreading the separation with R).
-Four years ago I hadn't gotten an LJ yet, but I was in the process of coming back from a 3.5 month stint in UZ.
-Five years ago today I hopped on a plane to LA after finishing my masters and returning to US only 10 days prior.
-Six years ago I was at my parents' house in PA for a few weeks between leaving my boyfriend in Hoboken, NJ (where I'd lived for 9 months after finishing college) and leaving for the UK for my masters program in a week or so.
-Seven years ago I was starting my last semester of college, and had just said goodbye to my boyfriend who moved up to NJ in Sept.
I think I'm seeing the pattern that September is a month of wild transition for me. My life after college (has it really been 7 years?!?) has been full of transitions and moves and a complete lack of roots and stability. I suppose it is no wonder that I am craving a chance to find a job and a place that can be *mine* and make a family and plunge some roots deep into the soil. I've really enjoyed all the opportunities I've taken advantage of since leaving Peabody, but man I am ready to stay in one place for more than a year and not subject myself (and my dear husband) to this kind of turmoil on a yearly basis. For those of you who pray or engage in ritual (etc.), please keep R and I in your thoughts - if I can get a long-term job for next year, then maybe we can meet our goal of having a couple of kids, a mortgage on a house with some land, and a community that we can contribute to by the time five years from now rolls around.
-A year ago R and I had just moved to Sac and were dealing with chaos from the phone/internet people (doesn't that sound familiar?) http://merchimerch.livejournal.com/2005/09/17/
-Two years ago R and I had just gotten back from our "honeymoon" drive through New England visiting family and were prepping to move to UZ in a matter of days. http://merchimerch.livejournal.com/2004/09/20/
-Three years ago I had just gotten back from an interpreting gig near SLO for the Krasnoyarsk National Dance Company http://merchimerch.livejournal.com/2003/09/17/ and was (you guessed it) prepping for a leave for UZ in a matter of days (and dreading the separation with R).
-Four years ago I hadn't gotten an LJ yet, but I was in the process of coming back from a 3.5 month stint in UZ.
-Five years ago today I hopped on a plane to LA after finishing my masters and returning to US only 10 days prior.
-Six years ago I was at my parents' house in PA for a few weeks between leaving my boyfriend in Hoboken, NJ (where I'd lived for 9 months after finishing college) and leaving for the UK for my masters program in a week or so.
-Seven years ago I was starting my last semester of college, and had just said goodbye to my boyfriend who moved up to NJ in Sept.
I think I'm seeing the pattern that September is a month of wild transition for me. My life after college (has it really been 7 years?!?) has been full of transitions and moves and a complete lack of roots and stability. I suppose it is no wonder that I am craving a chance to find a job and a place that can be *mine* and make a family and plunge some roots deep into the soil. I've really enjoyed all the opportunities I've taken advantage of since leaving Peabody, but man I am ready to stay in one place for more than a year and not subject myself (and my dear husband) to this kind of turmoil on a yearly basis. For those of you who pray or engage in ritual (etc.), please keep R and I in your thoughts - if I can get a long-term job for next year, then maybe we can meet our goal of having a couple of kids, a mortgage on a house with some land, and a community that we can contribute to by the time five years from now rolls around.
