I haven't written for a while. I've conjured up excuses in my head as to why. I'm working more; full time hours now with Monday and Tuesday off. I've made more friends and I have a social life that I participate in perhaps too veraciously. I don't sleep much, especially not in this sub-tropical weather we're experiencing. The heat of Summer also means that there is so much more to do. Free festivals wherever you care to look. The city is vibrant and bustling and pulsing with life. It is a stark contrast to the sombre Tronts I met all those months ago in January. My city, my friend, has changed. As have I.
The more excuses I invent, the clearer it starts to become that the reason I haven't been writing is that I have a life now. A life here in Tronts. One totally separate and distinct from the one I have back in Brisbane. This isn't just a short-term adventure any more. This is a period of time that is going to have consequences for the rest of my life.
When I leave here in a few short months, I will leave not just a job or a house or a city. I'll be leaving behind people I've come to genuinely care about and feel very privileged to call my friends. In essence, I'll be leaving one life to return to another.
So I guess that's why I haven't been writing. To me this is just my life now. And maybe, just maybe, it would be a little egotistical of me to think anyone would want to read about it.
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