I am leaving the Clayton News Daily on Dec. 12, exactly two and a half years after I started.
I really value the time I spent there, though I'm still having trouble thinking about it, expressing what it was, or explaining what it was like. I know that it's going to disturb me for a long time to come. At this point, the experience still feels really private and misunderstood, and I don't even really know how it matters.
The week after I leave the paper, I am moving to Germany, where my fiancee is working for the next four or five years. This is a challenge, for me, and there's some part me that has been panicing constantly, but I'm also really thrilled, to be doing this, and I know that I need this.
There's a lot I still don't know and it hasn't quite happened yet, but the wheel's been spun.
Hey, I thought you didn't edit posts.
ReplyDeleteI'm excited for you. I'll call you soon.
Godspeed.
I've got a four-day vacation over Thanksgiving, so I hope to catch up with friends then.
ReplyDeleteI retain the right to edit posts, though usually I'd rather let the first draft stand.
Did you get that job? They still haven't called me yet.
ReplyDeleteI'm supposed to meet with them and talk about it when I get there ... but there's also an instititue, I'll be able to work with part time, and a lot of freelancing to be had.
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