inverse relationship
I’ve been feeling slightly under-the-weather with a bout of homesickness recently. Not anything terrible, just a case of the “I miss our friends and our beautiful house in the valley with the birds and the trees and the view”. And I’ve been dreaming about people in Edmonton too. I have a hypothesis on how these feelings work…
I seem to get more homesick just after contact with people from home. It’s a strange inverse relationship, like there is something that is brought to life after being reminded by a phone call, visit or email. after having elicia around for a week, I really felt the absence when she left.
It’s just that I miss feeling like I have a similar outlook on life with the people around me. I miss having philosophical techno-geek friends around to chat with. I do have a resident techno-geek partner, but he is only one person, not a complete social circle.
I just need to get out there and find where the techno-geeks are hiding in cork. They are probably all hiding in their basements playing computer games, avoiding the egging masses. 
In other news, I am pursing other activities to keep myself busy and my mind sharp. Possibly about to be hired to make a website for a specialty plants nursery in west cork, and trying to decide whether I should take on 2 afternoons a week of taking care of an autistic boy. It is a perfect situation, except for trying to fit it into my schedule and getting out to where he lives. I still haven’t decided. I’m also battling a strong desire to hang out at home and do comforting house stuff, reading books, washing laundry, vaccuming our brand new carpets. (the downside of brand new carpet is that it sheds like mad and it shows dirt exceedingly well, meaning that it needs to be vaccumed at least once a week) After working myself past the reasonable limit for four years, I am taking every opportunity to indulge myself with lazy pastimes. Feeling draggy? I’ll just take a nap! It’s great…
