Busy, busy, busy.

Late night working last night, looks to be the same again tonight. At least the load is intermittent today. I’ve time to spare a little thought this way between tests as long as nothing goes wrong.

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It would happen right when I said that. Nevermind, fixed now. Coupla hours troubleshooting lost there, not that it shows.

I haven’t tried writing at work before. This is coming out weird. I think I’ll keep it anyway. Where was I? My trip home, before work caught up with me this week.

Woke up a bit late, not surprising since I was up so late with Cherik. So I didn’t get to say hi to Charlie and Ember when they got home. They ended up surprising me in bed with a hug instead. That was a great way to wake, even if I’m not twelve anymore.

Meals were a strange echo of my childhood. Now when we talked of our lives it was no longer only our parents who spoke of work and the people known through it, even if our lives are different enough that there’s more variety now than then. I’d noticed this shift happening but suddenly it seemed very complete. Only Lian is still in school and he won’t be for much longer.

I haven’t spent much time in Hanibah since I left to study in Saralies. Mostly when I visit these days there is not enough time to see my family and my hometown. Family wins every time. This time there was plenty of time to see the town, alone and together. It was strange to see so many little islands of unfamiliarity amongst so much I grew up with. Lian didn’t even notice most of them when I pointed them out. I guess that is the difference most of a decade makes in perspective.

Rel wasn’t around this time. Extended engagement on the other side of the planet. Melissa was about, though. But she changed her name! Melificent now. At least I still get to call her Mel, heh. We spent a long time catching up with each other the day before I left again, at that tree where we used to play and later lounge. It used to be on the edge of town and now it is in a park, and decorated.

I think about moving back home sometimes. I haven’t needed to be in Saralies since I graduated and it’s not as if it would be any harder to get to work. Maybe even a bit easier. If this visit has made anything clear to me it’s that those thoughts are mostly stirred by nostalgia for times I can’t recapture. If I moved back to Hanibah now it would be in search of something not there anymore and that would be a disaster. I won’t do that.

Besides, I’ve fallen in love with my Saralies by the sea too.