What can we scratch off the list? After a busy day, in most respects, one would expect that a dent would be made in the growing todo list. No such luck... the only thing that came close was some consolidation of clothes into an "unwanted" bag. And there was the trip to my bank and the transference of funds from my business account into personal... one more step to shutting down Recursive. Poor Recursive... never spread its wings truly and now I'm turning my back on it.
Also posted the aparment for rent on craigslist, and got an immediate deluge of calls and email. One call was literally 3-5 minutes after posting. Craigslist kicks ass. Call after call, I guess the price and description was right. And when the couples rolled into the place, most exclaimed with glee about how much they liked it, gushed at the views. Our dinner guests, consisting of Tom, Andy, and long lost Todd began arriving and intermingling with and heckling prospective renters, curry cooked, and domestic bliss verily eminated from the kitchen, as the sun set over the pacific ocean, turning the kitchen and downtown buildings orange. So I think we'll rent it, and John Sitzo will give a $800 dollar premium for renting it for him!
And of course there was the hand wringing, gut wrenching doubt about the integrity of the trip itself. I'm still having second thoughts, after the finality of my grand anouncement. Am I sabatoging my very ability to support myself? Turning my back on affluence and security? What will be the exact technical requrirements that get me call after call from recruiters now, will there be anything I can offer worth hiring when I get back? Will I be a totally outdated comodity?
All worries in account, I'm sliding, steadily, into accpetance and agreement with this whole travel concept. If no other reason that the pure action, the undeniable movement, re-orientation, the power of completly removing yourself from the familiar. There is a value in that... I don't buy the easily regurgitated line "that this is our last chance to travel", and that travel is "really living" as opposed to our happy scene we have now. But I'm expecting some wild times, and the dificulty this trip is presenting in terms of logistical and metaphiscal effort leads one to believe that it may be worthwhile. Nothing pain no gain, right?
Picked Ella up from the Airport in Oakland too, its nice to see some family.
Posted by choppen5 at August 08, 2002 07:18 AM