I don’t have much energy for journal-writing. But a lot’s happened, and I feel like I should post something.
S is gone. She left three weeks ago. That’s been rough. I’m managing, but I’m certainly off balance. My apartment is quiet and empty.
I went to D & A’s wedding in Chico shortly afterward. D is one of my oldest friends — we’ve known each other since we were about 14. It was a nice ceremony, short and simple, with a small group. I borrowed D’s camera and was the ad hoc wedding photographer during the ceremony. I’m not the most experienced photographer, but they turned out okay.
I left before the reception, because I needed to make my flight to Portland for OSCON. I had a pretty good week there, with good tech talks, co-workers to hang out with and pretty decent parties. I visited Powell’s, of course, and dragged an extra few pounds of books home.
I went to PYM the following week (last week), at Walker Creek Ranch. I haven’t been there in 15 years, since my first PYM. That was actually less disconcerting than I expected. But it was a great site, and there was a lot of hiking and swimming and sunburning.
Beyond that, I don’t think I can write anything that would do the PYM experience justice. There were awesome people there. It was emotionally overwhelming. I’m really glad I went. I’m still not really back in the real world, and I may not be for a while.
I’ve been keeping busy — maybe a little too busy, actually. I have a lot I want to get done in the next week or two. But hey, at least I can check “write blog post” off on my list. :)
