I published the last post today as I had meant to publish it sometime ago, then left it in draft state. But now it’s been released into the wild and it’s time for a new post, a new update. But christ if I don’t have it in me tonight. It’s already 9:30pm and the light outside makes it seem like 5pm and I just got done with 1.5 hrs at the gym, a shower, a dinner of a sad Caesar Salad at a local joint and tomorrow is another work day at a new job, because yes, I was made redundant and then immediately found a new engagement here in Dublin.
All is well. Just recovering from far too much traveling which is a sentence I never thought I would utter on paper or otherwise. But I am wrung out and exhausted. It’s hard showing others around when they don’t have an agenda, so it’s extra. And then I had my own enjoyment of things too. But now it’s time to dive back in to the life of the work, of the writing, of focus. All that.
In the last few months I was fortunate enough to circuit between Bilbao, Spain, then Venice, back to Paris, back to Dublin. Then a few days later to the States to check in with the family and friends circles and then back home to Ireland. Then some friends came and I met them in Copenhagen, managed a 23 hr layover in Scotland and then back to Dublin and it felt like setting them free in Ireland, they might not know what to do, where to go. So we went together to the west of the island and now I am back. It took about 3 full days of recovery at home to get my brain back to a functional state. And now tomorrow, it’s back to the business of work again. New job. New demands.
The summer this year is grey and warm. Nights are still long and looking forward to getting back to writing on the daily.