Benedict Arnold was a traitor? I thought he was loyal to King and Country?

[dolari]

Tomorrow (Sunday, for most of you) I'll be beginning a planned sabattical from the net. When I was planning on moving to Texas, I figured with the move and getting settled I'd be off the net for about a month. Some of that was moving time. Some was "re-adjusting" time.

If you haven't heard the news, I'm not moving after all. The job they offered me in August? Still filled, and no plans for new employment soon. So I figured, staying with cash and no job was better than leaving, and ending up in Texas with no cash and no job.

The good news - the last few days with Emily have really lifted my spirits. It's also reset my expectations on what I should get out of living here. If I'm going to stay, I'm going to stay because of her. I've made my commitment to stay.

That said, I'm dreadfully depressed at the turn of events. I love Emily, but I really hate this town, and I'm missing home terribly. For most of 2009, I've been stuck at a desk. Whether working at work, or drawing at home. I've done one real exploration drive all year, when I used to do at least two a month. You don't know how invigorating those are, and how much they help my mood, which helps my creativity.

I've long since stopped writing, the art I was doing was being strangled out drop by drop. My creativity is at zero, my mood is in the red zone. Heck, remember when I wrote pages long posts here? Now they're all snippets. I don't have the headspace for writing stuff much anymore. And the comics have seriously suffered for it.

So. I'm taking a bit of a sabbatical, to get out and get my groove back. Visit parks, see the sights, think, cogitate, try and lift my spirits and get back into a good headspace. If I'm going to be stuck here, I need to get good with myself about it.

I won't be off completely. I'm going to be keeping up with family and friends, and those same folks will be able to get a hold of me via the "family and friends" channels. But for the most part, there will only be occasional updates here.

I'll be back in late December/early January. When I come back, AWFW and CS will BOTH begin with new episodes. And I hope I'll be back in a better headspace.

See ya in forty (thereabouts).

Comments

wishing you th best

[sherry50.livejournal.com]

Hope the time off does you well

[radargrrl.livejournal.com]

I hope the websites'll still be there, so I'll have a chance to catch up.

Might I ask what's wrong with the city you're in? I realize that it's not Texas, for sure. I've only passed through Seattle once, with Charlotte, and it struck me as a beautiful town, with the sea and the mountains and the boats and the airplanes. It seems to me there's plenty to explore. But I guess homesickness is still homesickness, and the Pacific Northwest is NOT Texas.

I think what you're doing is the best course of action. If in doubt as to which way to turn, remember that staying the course is also an option. We're all thinking of you.

[amw.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Real life wandering is good for the soul.

[taracait.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a good plan; refresh, reboot, rethink, all good. We'll be here when you get back.

C Ya on the flip. :)

[laura-seabrook.livejournal.com]

I hope you get refreshed and rejuvenated.

[iqtech.livejournal.com]

Be good to yourself, be well - and see you in forty days.

[aesmael.livejournal.com]

Hope it helps you lots, will see you on return.