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ere I go again, uprooting myself to lay down my roots somewhere else. Sometimes I wonder if my roots ever really have time to grow. I may love my life, but this part of it, this part of it is always hard\u2026I think it\u2019s always going to be hard. After all this time, I think that\u2019s just part of the territory<\/p>\n
The bad contracts are much easier ot leave then the good ones\u2026and this has been a fabulous <\/em>\u00a0one.<\/p>\n But never-the-less yesterday I carefully took all my pictures and posters down off my walls, folded up my prayer flags and tucked away all my statuettes and electric candles, reducing what has been my cozy little apartment for four months into something that is more reminiscent of what I would imagine a college dormitory to look like.<\/p>\n My handover notes are typed and sent, the handouts for next cruise’s classes are printed, the workshop is as updated and tidy as I can make it and this evening I will toss the keys into the office mailbox and I will be officially of duty..<\/p>\n The last thing to pack up is Strange, which will be wrapped carefully in various layers of clothing so that she can be safely taken on the plane, although I will likely still fret about her safety the entire three hour flight.<\/p>\n Three hours to completely change gears\u2026<\/p>\n Already my tour guiding employer is writing and asking what days I\u2019m available over Christmas, already I\u2019m thinking about last minute Christmas shopping\u2026I\u2019m thinking about everything and anything to distract me from the fact that I\u2019m walking down that gangway tomorrow.<\/p>\n And I\u2019m leaving Amras here. Words cannot really express how much I don\u2019t like doing that. It feels like being pulled in two sometimes, walking from one \u201cworld\u201d into the next. But when I have to leave him behind on the ship? That hurts more than a little bit. Ugh.<\/p>\n Three hours to completely change gears\u2026<\/p>\n I hate this part…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here I go again, uprooting myself to lay down my roots somewhere else. Sometimes I wonder if my roots ever really have time to grow. I may love my life, but this part of it, this part of it is … Continue reading