An Echoing Silence
Not because I haven't had anything to say, but because I've had a number of things going on that have been occupying my mind and which haven't been finalised enough to talk about.
Now, however, I can at least talk about the major thing.
In a little over a week, I'll be leaving the UK for four months (which is strictly a lie, as I'll be back at Christmas, but this is the principle). It's a work thing, obviously, and I'll be based in San Francisco for most of the time, with occasional forays to the East coast. I'm in the middle of long-distance apartment hunting right now, which is an interesting process, being as how I have to work entirely from descriptions and photos and have to find somewhere I'll be happy to go back to of an evening in a strange town where I'll be living alone.
The plan is that The Mrs will be coming over for around a month in the new year sometime, and I'll be coming back in time for the Japan trip. Ideally a few days before so I don't go straight from a nine-hour flight onto a twelve hour one...
Sort of exciting, sort of weird, sort of daunting. It's all sorts of things 
November 16th, 2007 - 15:15
Oooh, congratulations! Well, I assume congratulations, as it’s hardly the thing to be given to someone who the workplace don’t like. Or maybe it is, I dunno.
Anyway, hope all goes well, and good luck with apartment, flights etc.
November 16th, 2007 - 20:14
Excellent.
Sorry I didn’t reply to your announcement of this to me earlier, but I’ve been a bit snowed under with catching up on the things I should have been doing last week. I’m hoping we can get to spend some time together while you’re over here.
November 17th, 2007 - 18:16
You probably don’t want an apartment in the Tenderloin (speaking as someone who lived at Hyde and Ellis for a year or so).
November 19th, 2007 - 14:52
Ooh la la.
What fun.
You may well find yourself blogging a good bit more now.
Strange city, new experiences, on your own more and wanting to keep in touch.
Bon voyage
November 22nd, 2007 - 12:18
Actually Charles, that’s very much my own thinking – I suspect there will be much I’ll feel the need to comment about and many solitary evenings in which to do so.
And Nora, I’m looking at corporate lets in the slightly swanky and hilariously named Nob Hill. My beloved, planning his trip over for February, asked “Can we live in Nob Hill?” and you know it’s only because of the name.
Looking forward to having the opportunity to catch up with you in Seattle, and with you Simon in Ohio.