This content originally appeared on Ethan Marcotte’s website and was authored by Ethan Marcotte
I’m packing an overnight bag.
Well, not really. I’m avoiding packing an overnight bag. I’ll lay out a few items — some socks, a clean t-shirt — then I’ll totter off and check in on work. Or check my email. Then I’ll get my toiletry bag down from the high shelf in the bathroom — haven’t done much traveling the last couple years — and throw it onto the pile. Then I step away again, make a cup of tea. I should probably check my email again.
Chances are good I won’t even need the bag, honestly. The appointment starts tomorrow, early, and if all goes well I should be back before lunch. But there’s a slight chance — slight — that things won’t go well, and my morning at the hospital could become a night at the hospital. So. Overnight bag.
Since last summer, I’ve hit a bunch of milestones: some have been incredibly, deeply challenging, but others have been downright uplifting. And each time one of those milestones appears on the horizon, I’ve felt like I’m standing before a door. On this side of the door, I haven’t crossed yet; things are unresolved, open. But once I open the door and walk through? Well, I’m on the other side of the door. I’ve passed a marker, things become decided, and the door’s closed behind me.
Dunno. It’s hard to describe. All I can do is keep walking, and take the doors as they come.
— oh, right. Better finish packing.
This content originally appeared on Ethan Marcotte’s website and was authored by Ethan Marcotte
Ethan Marcotte | Sciencx (2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00) À la porte.. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2022/01/11/a-la-porte/
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