Goings on

To clue you in on my life a little bit, since a few people have asked me why I’m not writing so much…

I go to Seattle on April 1.  I need to get away, get to neutral ground, and plan my life.  My work situation (I want it to grow!) has been challenging and I’m swimming through the weirdest heartbreak in the world, and it’s made my life very intense.  Looking forward to getting up there for a while to regroup and plan.

I’ll be up there for a few months.  I really need this time to get some things done.  Then, because of my work, it looks like Italy may be in the cards.  Times are weird for the world, economically speaking, but because my work is in Italian and comes from Italy, it makes sense to go there to drum up more.

I won’t go too much into detail – because I don’t know all the details – but I feel like I have been on the verge of a decision and I need to be in Seattle to come to that decision.  Who knows, maybe I’ll come running back here – this city has that kind of pull on me.

You’ve probably been able to deduce that I’ve been staying at Joli’s house this past few weeks – partly thanks to the above situations, partly because of issues with the apartment in La Paternal that had been stitched together with scotch tape and chewing gum.  This has resulted in some nice afternoons watching downloaded episodes of Big Love, dinners with the family (when I am home) and having the chance to play with Isa more often.  – And of course wine and conversation.  An absolutely priceless experience.  I haven’t written about it yet because I didn’t want “ohmigod the tango bloggers are staying together, how cute!” type comments, but I want to give it a mention now because it is a really big thing my friends are doing for me.  Thank god for this generous family.

I’ve been feeling hypoglycemic lately, despite access to great protein here.  Not sure what that’s about.  I think it could be nerves!

My friend Allison arrived the other day and I went with her to El Beso on Thursday – I knew that would be the perfect milonga (her first in Buenos Aires!) because of the good music, the high level of dancing and the nice people who go there.  It was a good chance for her to get to know some faces so she could recognize them at other milongas.  We had very good seats, she was welcomed warmly and danced quite a bit, and we left early (after some very good tandas) for dinner.  It was really nice to catch up with her alone, as it’s been a year since I’ve seen her.  She’ll be here for a while and I believe she has a blog in the works.

I’m feeling a mix of emotions knowing that this next Saturday milonga, my favorite milonga, will be my last Saturday there for a while – in fact, I had to take a crying break at the milonga this past weekend.  I depend on that milonga. The place, the music, the people, the feeling.  I wish I could take them all with me wherever I go in the world.  Seattle would just love these folks.   Maybe someday…

That’s the story so far.  I know this is really actually an exciting thing, an opportunity for rebirth, new career moves and a chance to catch up with friends and family, but I feel mixed about it.  I’ve gone through a lot of different emotions lately, been in some strange situations, both happy and sad, and I feel really attached to this city, like being attached to a person. I’ve been in a really weird place inside.  I will feel more excited later.  But for now I wanted to catch you up.

On an upbeat note, I have some projects in the works for my short time in Seattle, and I will post those later.  You’ll have to stay in suspense for now.