Sometimes one or two overly personal and private things can derail your ability to write at length about all the millions of notable and weird and interesting things going on concurrently.
Sometimes you don’t want to talk about those things just yet, for any number of reasons, but if you don’t at least blurt out their existence then nothing else makes sense.
Even that opening paragraph is annoyingly vague because I’ve still told you absolutely nothing about anything. I’m doing the exact same thing here as I did back in winter when my universe fell apart in Bali and I didn’t want to talk about it.
Last week, I was in London doing whatever it was that I was doing in London. I’ll tell you about those things in another post as they aren’t relevant here, though they were awesomely stuffed with cheese and filled with theatre, art, adventures on public transport, excellent visits with friends and long green hikes in Hampstead Heath and along the beach front in Brighton.
One day in London, I happened to meet another blogger (who I will allow to remain anonymous, unless she wants to speak up in the comments) who was going through a similar writer’s block due to a mountainous change in her personal circumstances that had utterly shifted everything and decontextualized everything she wanted to write about. We had a lovely long talk about just this, happy to finally tell someone out there what was going on and why the radio silence was becoming so embarrassingly lengthy.
So how do you explain, for example, why you were in London and not in Mexico as anticipated? How will you come to explain the forthcoming series of moves and changes that make no sense without revealing things you aren’t sure you’re ready to reveal?
Well. That’s a good question.
Since everything has (to put it mildly) shifted quite interestingly in the past several months and will continue to be utterly different, I really ought to just put it out there, in brief.
1. I’m getting married this Friday. Yay! Small ceremony, on a hill, in a park, with my immediate family, by the sea, with a lovely dinner lined up two weeks after that for the rest of the family and a few friends who happen to still be in the area. Most of my friends are scattered around the world, which makes it rather impossible to plan things like this. More low key than we had expected when initially thinking about it but we’ve only had a few weeks to plan it all out remotely from the UK, where we were visiting his family. Why the haste? Well. We need to be able to find a country where we can both legally reside, without me depending on a TEFL-y work visa. See point #2 below.
2. The baby is due in February.
See? See? I told you I had a lot going on, a lot that needed to be processed inside before being turned over to the general public. Now, I think, I can write at length again without feeling that huge chunks of meaning and context were absent.
I’ve missed you guys. How have you been?
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Minor details, yeah?
Um, yeah. Super small, barely worth noting.
It was so good to see you in London and thanks for explaining our blog silences in much better words than I could have! I’m still working on my post but the writer’s block isn’t going without a fight it seems. Speaking of big life changes a huge congrats on the wedding and baby!! Cannot wait to see you next time and catch up some more!,
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Well, well done you! I’m now SUPER-SORRY we missed you in London. Congrats to both of you! Zac says congrats too.
And, selfishly, rather chuffed that all your bits still work at your advanced age. Which is the same as mine, right?
Yes! I went for my scan in Harley Street (posh!) and apparently I have the relevant parts of a 15 year old (is that a creepy thought or is it just me?)! I’m betting your parts are as youthful as mine, definitely.
Where next? So many options between the 2 of you. And no matter where you go or how, it’ll be an adventure.
*cheers*
Elizabeth recently posted..Dreaming of Hong Kong
Holy cow!
First of all congratulations on both the wedding and the baby! How absolutely exciting!
I also think writer’s block was in the cards for a whole lot of bloggers as of January ’13. I know I completely dropped off the face of the earth for about half a year, ha.
Congratulations again. 🙂
Michi recently posted..From Northern Ireland to Cambridgeshire
Well that’s some news! CONGRATULATIONS! I’m super excited for you, that’s a whole lot of change but it sounds amazing! Really happy for you!!
WHAT THE WHAT NOW?
When I have writer’s block it’s because I simply have nothing interesting things to write about.
When YOU have writer’s block all kinds of crazy/happy/lovely things happen.
I think I like your writer’s block better.
And CONGRATULATIONS! I wish I could be there celebrating the big day with you.
As for where you’ll go next… have you thought about Michigan? Yes, I know, it’s not exactly Mexico. But there is cheese. And I make an EXCELLENT baby-sitter (until I get bored and want to go drink).
Again, SUPER DUPER CONGRATULATIONS. I’m really excited for you. And selfishly hope you keep up the blogging so I can follow along. (Or, just, you know, email me or something.)
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Aha! Congratulations! This is going to be wonderful and you will be very happy. I knew it! God bless the Blue Moon and the positive change it brings.
Welcome back, you’ve been missed, and congratulations! Wishing you all the best in your new adventures.
Kelly recently posted..No Pain, No Gain?
Congratulations on both counts, MaryAnne. Sending good wishes from Mexico, which is bummed it’s going to miss you but happy for your news.
Renee — RambleCrunch recently posted..I don’t think Archie even missed us
I vote for michigan too.
Wow, That is great news. Congratulations.
I do actually read your blog just never comment. Perhaps we can get together if you are moving back here.
WTF! Huge congratulation on both counts! Best wishes for a long and wonderful life together.
AHHHHHHHHH!!!! such amazing news!
Kirstin recently posted..a final dip in Issyk Kul
Good one! Internal processing indeed!
“a lot that needed to be processed inside before being turned over to the general public”
Hey! Good news on a sunny morning. So that’s what happens if you stop being online all day long? … Congratulations, and I wish you everything you’ll need for the three (+n) of you! 🙂
Congratulations! Big news! Have you figured out the country you want to reside in?
Congrats!! And well done for pre-processing all of that for us readers. We don’t mind that you took the time. In fact, it’s great to know that I am not the only one to process certain things on my own before letting the laser cat out of the bag. I’m quite sure the general public does not want to see me process certain things. It gets ugly.
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