The Waiting Period

So you might have noticed that I’ve taken some time off. Let’s just say that I’ve been out on a “snow day.” Never mind that it has been a miserably hot summer in Beijing. Perhaps we can just refer to the past couple of months as my heat stroke period, the way Picasso had a blue period or Goya his black. Looking back over the past three months, however, a better descriptor would probably be the waiting period.

Through my five years of blogging I’ve learned a valuable lesson – when you take extended time away from the blog, it is nearly impossible to come back to it. Believe me, there were days when it did feel impossible and all I could think to write about was drivel over how stressful waiting is. Waiting for word about the new job. Waiting for results of medical exams. Waiting to find out where we would be moving. Waiting to find out about the DH’s visa. (and waiting and waiting and waiting on that one.) Waiting for the DH to come home. Waiting for changes in the new job to take effect. Waiting for work permits.

Waiting is not interesting blog fodder. We’re still waiting, in fact, for details of our situation here in China to be worked out.

A new school year is starting. The middle school behind our apartment is playing music over its loudspeakers. Parents are lining up outside the gates every afternoon. Kids in the neighborhood have been spotted in uniform. I recently visited the campus of a prestigious international school here in Beijing. Walking through its doors, surrounded by international school kids, took me back  sixteen years to my own international school experience. The first day was always full of excitement.

I’m back to school on the blog, so to speak. Despite the long summer of school truancy, (My school/blog is supposed to be year-round?!) Despite my perceived boredom over a listless, quiet summer vacation and the anxiety of the inevitable return.

Just as Picasso would move on to a Rose period and Cubism, I move on to what I shall refer to as my wondering period. Because while waiting and wondering usually go hand in hand, I’ve had enough of the waiting.

photo credit: m4r00n3d

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