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I went iceskating today and that got Me thinking of either Kieran attempting iceskating and falling countless times with Juliana becoming a pro in less than half an hour OR a dipplinshipping figure skating au..
...hey.
Hey.
Can I...yoink this?
Oh fuck! I just had a friend play there last month! Do I want to go to this?? Yes!! Should I go to it ???
I'm Considering a Trip to Europe
...In several months' time.
My mother is moving to Kentucky soon, and my father's affairs are entering the final stages of preparation before they just become a regular thing. My job will likely end in January, and I suspect that 2014 is going to be the last year where I can get away with not having a steady job. So if I'm going to travel, now's the time, and oh do I have an itch. I want to see the world, walk foreign beaches, surround myself with other languages. The idea of being a world traveler--even if it's only in the context of heavily-guided tours--has an immense appeal to me.
But I am also struck by concerns. Aside from the small practical ones (I've had bad luck trying to get funds while overseas), I'm not at all sure about travelling alone in the world. I'm not worried about my safety--I want to visit Europe, in countries that are often safer than my own. But I am worried about my mental well-being. I know how I get when I'm alone; I withdraw, I brood, I have no ability at all in befriending new and unfamiliar people, especially when I'm feeling awkward and isolated in a foreign land where I probably don't speak the local language. I fear that I will find myself plunged into the sort of harsh depression I suffered when I first left home and lived in an unfamiliar town with no friends or contacts. It's a consistent series of events that I've never been able to overcome, or even begun to know how to overcome. And it fills me with terror. I want to walk the shores where armies fought and civilizations thrived; I don't want to wander around some of the most spectacular sights in the world and be unable to appreciate them for my own crippling loneliness.
Spending the night at darrins tonight maybe. >:3
