I’ve practically been living out of a suitcase for three months now. There were those two long-ish trips to Sydney in December 2005. Then the two-week trip to Kuala Lumpur in January. This month, February, I made two short trips to Sydney, the last being last weekend. And today, I’m packing up to travel to Sydney again, this time for a longer 10-day stay for the week leading up to Mardi Gras.

All this travelling, coming and going, working hard and playing hard are exhausting. When I complained about burning out, Cainer said, two days later, that: 

Life cannot be continually chaotic. Nor can it be perpetually predictable. In order to take us by surprise, it has to give us, for a while, an experience in which there are no surprises. Then, in order to make sure that we are surprised, it has to make sure that we remember how it feels to be stable. Thus, it turns up the heat and turns it back down again at periodic intervals. You have now had more than enough of a roller-coaster ride. You need and deserve a smooth, quiet glide on the monorail. And here it comes.

I hope that monorail ride comes soon… I’m not sure if I can pack another suitcase, suffer another surprise or work/play any harder for the moment. However, considering that the new man lives in Sydney, and considering that I’ve now discovered his “cranky streak”, I think I need to brace myself for yet more roller-coaster rides in life…

Posted on February 25th, 2006 by jl
Filed under: Life!