Dreary England

The choices, in the end, aren't really multiple. A month on and there has been a lot more waiting than expected, far fewer news, far fewer interested companies. The world is going through some tough times, and we're, both of us, jobless. I have a book that's nearly finished but of course, nobody takes that into consideration, and why should they. I know how the publishing industry is and I'd never plan to eat off my writing.

There is a particularly insistent company that want Laurie in Banbury, even if he doesn't want them. They don't really make games, more just applications, and they want Laurie to work on something similar to Wi-Fit, if you can picture that. I know he wouldn't like, and there's nothing particularly appealing about the place, not even a university where I could do my teacher training and design some fancies about having a career post-kids. Again, writing doesn't really count, not yet, though we have high hopes.

And now for the exotic option: selling absolutely everything we have and going to live in Vancouver, rated consistently amongst the world's three most livable cities. People do this day in and day out but for us it's a tremendous step. Personally, I've never set foot outside of Europe and the whole thing excites me as adventure always does, but at the same time, ever my own devil's advocate, I worry. This is not all fun and games now with two kids to tag along wherever we go. Experimentation is all very well but some small part of me hosts a rather conservative housewife (I said a small part, okay?)

What will it be, dreary England, with Banbury and the same old, same old? A terraced house like many others and a patch of grass at the back of the house, and the school sending out integration policies for us to sign? Or the new of Vancouver, with its lights, and the glamour of a long voyage, out there, new territory, as yet unexplored?

The thrill of living, sometimes. Sometimes it gets too hard, sometimes just exhilarating.

Love to all

Sylvia


(PS. Book editing going great!)