tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post8831657000325998619..comments2024-01-30T21:45:11.254+11:00Comments on Jabberwocky: Going, going goneArielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17570339715916432947noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-33130330356407973712007-01-21T15:23:00.000+11:002007-01-21T15:23:00.000+11:00It's a date! red?It's a date! red?audreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07323195108685705355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-77585680929350098562007-01-19T18:21:00.000+11:002007-01-19T18:21:00.000+11:00How about Weds 6.30pm for Adelaide bloggy drinks a...How about Weds 6.30pm for Adelaide bloggy drinks at the Exeter, then?Arielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570339715916432947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-38282404583288451202007-01-19T16:21:00.000+11:002007-01-19T16:21:00.000+11:00Oh Ariel, once again your writing is so special.
...Oh Ariel, once again your writing is so special.<br /><br />My parents have spent their whole lives working apart and being reunited. Pops is in the oil biz so he basically worked the fields for the first couple of years of my life. Then it became working on/off overseas.<br /><br />Chin up chook. I am definitely still on for bloggy drinks next week, but it'll have to be wednesday if that suits you guys?audreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07323195108685705355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-18447155313503897562007-01-18T22:40:00.000+11:002007-01-18T22:40:00.000+11:00Thanks Melly. I found someone for the dogs! But ni...Thanks Melly. I found someone for the dogs! But nice thought ...Arielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570339715916432947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-68644219259911133632007-01-17T22:52:00.000+11:002007-01-17T22:52:00.000+11:00I so feel for you. They will be fine, and .. nope ...I so feel for you. They will be fine, and .. nope ... I have nothing useful to give you. But thanks for your heartfelt description of how you feel about your loved ones...<br /><br />Dance naked and drink stuff you promised everyone you would never drink again. Lick all the flavouring off the biscuits and put them back in the packet. Drink cream straight from the carton. Play the music you like and your lover and child dont... really really loud...<br /><br />And.. good luck with the dogs. If I was nearer I would take them. Doggie playgroup at the beach is always heaps of fun.Melly`https://www.blogger.com/profile/05458628260084097603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-30063912005719768422007-01-16T20:09:00.000+11:002007-01-16T20:09:00.000+11:00RC, that is one helluva cowinkydink - you're leavi...RC, that is one helluva cowinkydink - you're leaving three days before me. SPOOKY.<br /><br />TC: Oh, PLEASE post bits of your travel diaries about Guadalajara. I'd love to read them. And yes, I do plan to blog from Mexico, so long as I can get proper net access, which it looks like I should. And slept much better last night, thanks - waking at 4am meant I must have SLEPT before then, right?!Arielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570339715916432947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-50127521430483581392007-01-15T23:36:00.000+11:002007-01-15T23:36:00.000+11:00The good thing about people missing your birthday ...The good thing about people missing your birthday is that they do bring ace presents when they return.<br /><br />Passport photos have got even worser since the introduction of that strange covering they seem to do to them.<br /><br />Airport arguments are a mandatory part of this relationship. It's the all-round stress I guess.<br /><br />Will you be blogging Mexico? I hope so. Since I read this post this morning, I've been reading in my diaries about Guadalajara. Was going to post a bit, but it sounds pretty naff as my travel diaries all seem to do.<br /><br />Good luck finding a dog hotel, and I hope you are sleeping okay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-73194657317204276762007-01-15T23:05:00.000+11:002007-01-15T23:05:00.000+11:00Yes, I'm following too. Quelle cowinkydink, eh? He...Yes, I'm following too. Quelle cowinkydink, eh? He has work to do before we can cross the great grey green greasy Limpopo and hit the road for Botswana. I leave on the 3rd.<br /><br />Definitely still on for drinks next week! We'll all have to carry roses between our teeth to recognise each other ;)redcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01916750858980883634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-5541120752725771242007-01-15T21:58:00.000+11:002007-01-15T21:58:00.000+11:00Elsewhere, mine are in a new category of weird. tr...Elsewhere, mine are in a new category of weird. trust me. *sigh*<br /><br />Hey RC, I thought you were going with himself this time? Or are you following, like me? Yay, someone else responds to sad farewells with blazing rows! Weirdly, I was in the middle of frantically sending out dog-accommodation feelers when I checked in and read your comment. I probably (90%) have someone for the two months, but the week in Adelaide (next week!) is looking scary. I'm not sleeping at all yet. Two hours last night ... Weird how you get so used to someone's presence. Are you still on for bloggy Adelaide drinks next week? I'm thinking maybe next Weds or Thu at Exeter, though need to check in with Ms Audrey.Arielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570339715916432947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-48659701295169729912007-01-15T21:37:00.000+11:002007-01-15T21:37:00.000+11:00Poor Ariel. It won't be fun, but I know you'll mak...Poor Ariel. It won't be fun, but I know you'll make it through.<br /><br />Things are very quiet and empty here too. The cat is prowling around looking miserable and I've been sleeping curled up to himself's pillow since he left. Remind me to tell you about the blazing row we had before he left for the airport last Tuesday morning. It was truly farcical.<br /><br />How are you going with working out dog accommodation? I realised last week that puss was going to have to go to the kitty hotel while I'm away because my usual catsitter and my back-up catsitter both fell through.<br /><br />Oh, and by the way, mmmm, Brunetti's. I adore that place.redcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01916750858980883634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-21476835467305229232007-01-15T15:31:00.000+11:002007-01-15T15:31:00.000+11:00Mmm, passport photos are always weird.
Sorry, tha...Mmm, passport photos are always weird.<br /><br />Sorry, that's all I can think of to say. I think it was very sporting of you to organise the Mexican farewell, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-74850050011046713952007-01-14T22:12:00.000+11:002007-01-14T22:12:00.000+11:00Thanks all. It's days like these when I know why I...Thanks all. It's days like these when I know why I started blogging. So nice to have people think you're coping admirably when you feel like a big fat sook! Ditto on hearing that other people have been in a similar situation (or more so) and survived. (The half-hearted hack had a similar tale to yours, too, Kate.)<br /><br />Yeah, I will see The Husband in Mexico soon, which helps. I think it's mainly disconcerting because I know that for the next six months, I'll be missing one of the two most important people in my life - when I'm in Mexico, F will be back here, which knots my stomach every time I think about it. Ahhh, modern life ...<br /><br />Kate, condolences on the Saudi trip. And at least he was here for my birthday (though he'll be alone overseas for his).<br /><br />I go to bed feeling comforted.Arielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570339715916432947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-65980627503591513772007-01-14T21:59:00.000+11:002007-01-14T21:59:00.000+11:00But you're seeing Husband in Mexico soon, no?
It...But you're seeing Husband in Mexico soon, no? <br /><br />It's very disorienting when your home loses it's family, and it's just you. Maybe enjoy the peace for a while. It (the peace) won't last, thankfully.<br /><br />xxmevahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006090511428184077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-40837850699125637632007-01-14T21:55:00.000+11:002007-01-14T21:55:00.000+11:00My man left me (the day before my birthday) to go ...My man left me (the day before my birthday) to go and work on a remote mine site. It was 2003. <br /><br />I dropped him off at Sydney airport then went to work, which I spent sitting in the bathroom crying. He rang me that night from the mine accommodation, upset and lonely. Some more crying.<br /><br />He called me, on my birthday, pissed as a newt. (He'd been catching up with an old school friend at remote mine site. Worst birthday evah!) Even more crying ensued.<br /><br />I didn't see him for two months. Then I got to see him every six weeks for two-four days, except for the period after his dad died, when I didn't see him for three months. That was pretty shitty. <br /><br />Anyway, this went on for the next two and a half years.<br /><br />Then I moved to Perth to be with him (cue violens etc) and he proceeded to Go Away A Lot. He still does, possibly for a couple of months this year to Saudi Arabia. I'm SO looking forward to that.<br /><br />So. Yeah. Awful. Hope it's okay. It does get easier, not that you want it to, but it does.<br /><br />(And what Lucy Tartan said too.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33579237.post-65220126889868346182007-01-14T21:16:00.000+11:002007-01-14T21:16:00.000+11:00Ariel, I'm awestruck by how well you're holding it...Ariel, I'm awestruck by how well you're holding it together under all this. I cannot imagine how it must be to be beginning a separation from your partner for so long in a situation where it's to some degree the partner's choice to go away.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.com