Until We Meet Again

I find it hard to discuss what I feel and what I am going through right now to a computer.  It is not that it is too sad or too hard to explain, it is just that I feel people enjoy seeing pictures much more than reading someone's perspective on something which is essentially what blogs are all about.  In the past I have chosen to post only when I have pictures and something interesting to write about.  After I leave Edinburgh on Tuesday, I am not sure how many pictures I will be posting or how many interesting things I will have to write about, but I will do my best to continue posting and to keep you all involved on what is going on in my life.

It is no big secret when I say that Edinburgh is the most wonderful place I have ever lived and I am going to miss it very much.  It is always hard to move, especially in this case.   I have been struggling this past week in convincing myself that moving away from Edinburgh does not mean moving away from John.  A metaphor popped into my head that made me feel so much better.  If I think of my life as a book, this is definitely the end of a chapter.  Even Part II you may say (I'm not really sure how many parts there are).  John was a leading character in this Part of my life.  Just because he may no longer be a leading character, it does not mean he is out of the book.  He will always be a very important part of my life.   However strange that metaphor is, it has really helped me in preparing for this move.

As for my future plans... I will be moving back to Roswell for a couple of months.  I will finish my dissertation, earn my Master's degree and then figure out what to do with the rest of my life.   I have cancelled my contract to teach in Abu Dhabi this year.  I have done this not because I am afraid of going alone, but  because it would just be too much right now.  That is the extent of knowledge I have to answer the question, "What are you going to do now?"

I have made some amazing friends here in Edinburgh and I am going to miss them a lot.   So, I have decided that instead of saying, "Goodbye" I will say, "Until we meet again!"  So, to my amazing friends here as well as Edinburgh itself...until we meet again!