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Writing this entry from the Oxford Tube[*], whilst making my way into London for my first day of the new job at Imperial College. Due to a bureaucratic ripple in the spacetime continuum, I am also still an employee of the University of Oxford until the end of tomorrow. Indeed, I shall be popping in there when I wake up tomorrow morning. I suppose that I could do worse than to[**] simultaneously be on the staff of two of the three highest ranking universities in the United Kingdom!
I realise that 2008 is not yet over. Not even close, really. Still, I think that it would not be premature to declare that this has been a Year of Change for me. Compared to last December: I have a new job, in a new city, working on a new project.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cheshcat has a new job. We have a new car. We have a new cat. I am about to have a new mortgage on the Event Horizon. And I have some very significant new developments with some very special new people.
As is so often the case, these changes have not been easy. This has actually been a very challenging year -- particularly during the first four months. However, I am proud of having navigated the challenges successfully and to be reaching a point where a stable new status quo is in sight.
More later, as I have not made a concrete "these are the nuts and bolts of what Nomad has been doing" entry in over a week. In my own defense[***], I have been been burning the candle at about three or four different ends -- instead of the usual two -- for most of September.
And, on that note, the Oxford Tube has just announced my stop. Heigh ho, heigh ho! It's off to work I go...
[*] Nowhere near as cool as a decommissioned underground nuclear bunker in Southern France, but that's what I have to work with today...
[**] Hmmm... I have noticed that this phrase has recently come into my active vocabulary. Can't imagine who I picked it up from.
[***] Against my own accusations of LJ sloth!
I realise that 2008 is not yet over. Not even close, really. Still, I think that it would not be premature to declare that this has been a Year of Change for me. Compared to last December: I have a new job, in a new city, working on a new project.
cheshcat has a new job. We have a new car. We have a new cat. I am about to have a new mortgage on the Event Horizon. And I have some very significant new developments with some very special new people.As is so often the case, these changes have not been easy. This has actually been a very challenging year -- particularly during the first four months. However, I am proud of having navigated the challenges successfully and to be reaching a point where a stable new status quo is in sight.
More later, as I have not made a concrete "these are the nuts and bolts of what Nomad has been doing" entry in over a week. In my own defense[***], I have been been burning the candle at about three or four different ends -- instead of the usual two -- for most of September.
And, on that note, the Oxford Tube has just announced my stop. Heigh ho, heigh ho! It's off to work I go...
[*] Nowhere near as cool as a decommissioned underground nuclear bunker in Southern France, but that's what I have to work with today...
[**] Hmmm... I have noticed that this phrase has recently come into my active vocabulary. Can't imagine who I picked it up from.
[***] Against my own accusations of LJ sloth!
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In truth, I guess it depends on the change.
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In this case, a lot of the new things in my life are correlated[*] with the loss of old things earlier this year. For instance, we absolutely love our baby kitten... but we only have him because we lost two of our cats a few months back. I'm not one for whinging or for focusing on the negative in life, which is why I chose to only mention the positive new things in this entry. But the reason that I have so many shiny new things in my life right now is largely that the universe chose to use me as a punching bag for a few months... and then I worked my cute little butt off to rebuild anew.
On a completely unrelated note, I realise that I owe you an e-mail. Sorry about that -- I've been a bit of a bozo about responding to people lately. Just for reasons of time, really; nothing deeper than that. In any case, I just wanted to (a) apologise, (b) let you know that it had not fallen off of my radar, and (c) tell you that the reply is a'coming soon...
Hope you are doing well. Haven't seen any updates on Topology recently...
[*] Some directly, others by chance.
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I'm sorry to hear that you have been feeling mopey of late. Mind if I ask what is bothering you?[*] You may still be a new friend, but I do consider you a nascent friend and, as such, am willing to lend an ear if need be. I have been told that I am a good listener.
Oh, and as for the poetry: Fire away. It can't be worse than any of the crap that I wrote when I was... well, when I was a whiny fifteen-year-old emo kid! :-)
[*] No pressure! "Thanks, but I don't feel like talking about it" is a perfectly acceptable answer!
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Interesting...this is a phrase that has been helping to keep me afloat a lot recently. Maybe you picked it up from me...
Good luck with the new job sweetie! *HUG*
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Also, thanks for the well wishes with the new job! If you like, I can tell you all about it when I see you... in less than two weeks! (YAY!)
*big giant hugs* (Just because)
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And here's another one to ear-worming myself a head full of Weird Al.
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Oh, no! Now look what you've done! You stuck Weird Al in your head... and Fiddler on the Roof in mine! :-)