Follow Our Track

...or "follow that car", right Alekz?

Humorous dreams last night of a first encounter with the Europa, following the insomnia of another night in, unmotivated, waiting.  Some time to kill before (and now, on) a few afternoon calls before the anticipated Julius and wine in the Park tonight.  So as we refresh to see if Senator B. plans to wait for tomorrow morning to make his arrival, let's make a few assumptions, shall we?

1. Application for the King's MFA filed in February
2. Europa voyage as planned
3. May-June-July (work/notice) August (MFA seminar)
4. September condo rental (sale?) and escape

The key questions become - what to write about?  and where to do it, cheaply?

There will be some travel options on the table throughout the MFA.  Tentatively, if forced to choose today, the next few years could look something like this:

August-September 2018 - Burning Man/California/Utah (?)
Xmas/NYE 2018 - Moncton/Halifax
January-April 2019 - Toronto/Central America (?)
May-September 2019 - Halifax
September-December 2019 - China/Tibet/Nepal/India (?)
January-March 2020 - NYC/New Hampshire/SC/New Orleans/Texas... (?)


That's an expensive potential run-down, with no money coming in.  Sale of the condo could be a huge boost, if you can get a taker over the next summer or two, though a Sept-Apr rental would suit just as well.  Even so, it is a plan that limits other expenses and potential cottage purchases, but still leaves open the sub-150K storage options I would think...

I find on deeper reflection I prefer the freedom of the MFA to the journalism, both the long-form writing over daily ephemorous Tweets and the low-residency versus in-class attendance.  

Or so it seems today.  Maybe tomorrow shall feel different?  I, always, wonder.  As I do about the first of the community to reveal herself for the voyage.  McB.  How funny.  What shall we discuss, a-top that watery Southern Ocean...