Half Anniversary
// March 9th, 2007 // Uncategorized
Last week I had me and my new lady had our half year anniversary. 6 months in the zig, or zich as its actually pronounced but I dont like to use. Now feels like the time I should write a long, self-indulgent “so what have we learnt post”. The sort of dribble you get at the end of episodes of scrubs, childrens shows, infact just about every show. Its the redemption part, wrongs are righted, lessons are learned and usually if we’re really lucky its all accompanied by a voice over. Here goes – “It turned everything was going to be okay after all, little timmys infection cleared up, I went back to school and got an education, I worked hard and got what I deserved as you will too if you just work hard and keep your head down. Okay so i cheated, the last part isnt actually said, its just implied.
Well I have good news, everything has gone well. I’ve coined a term for the first six months “celemiseraton”. Celebration laced with a little commiseration. All my personal relationships from the UK have suffered (the most important one beyond repair, which hurts) but I’ve also gained many new ones, done many things I never would have before, and learnt a huge amount. I guess you dont know your in a cage until you’ve walked far enough from the middle.
Theres still one thing I dont get and this seems as suitably irrelevant time to bring it up. Its been bugging me….sauerkraut. Everything about it is wrong. This will need some explaining for the non-native speakers. Sour kraut is an insult you (or at least I) might say to or of a miserable looking woman. “She’s a bit of a sour faced old kraut”. So me and sauerkraut got off on a bad start. To me its a double insult, for a miserable woman, like ordering “dipshit” or “miserablebastard” with my german sausage. It also tastes as nasty as it sounds. I’d be tempted to say that is the reason why it hasnt been adopted into the cuisine of other countries, that only the good stuff goes global, but the lack of Baked Beans here disproves that particular theory.
Almost everything here fits me better. Its wrong to say its better, but it fits me better. My only concern is that I might become addicted to ripping my life up and starting again every few years, that i’ve scratched an itch. I guess time will tell. There’s a million things I should write for this to be a proper recap post but I guess that stuff might come come out in time if i start posting some more. Anyway, while I’m here writing this I cant imagine many places I’d rather be.
Redemption complete, lessons learned, end voiceover, roll credits.
