I will try not to worry, then. And you have given me a way to distract myself properly from the worrying.
It is rough, I think. Though I've more sympathy than I used to. I've been reading Alde's journals (more the ones after her husband died, long before I knew her, but some of the ones when she was training me when I need a break.) It's all 'I want to explain this, but I can't until she understands these five other things', and I understand now why it's frustrating, even if it felt overwhelming then, on the other side.
I suppose that's why sensible fields - yours, mine, Potions - have proper apprenticeships and training after you leave school. I've been thinking about that a lot, the new Council members.
The broom does give more scope. Do you think swimming might help, if I can find somewhere? Same sort of thing about boundaries and balance. (I don't think I want to try someone else getting me to Mum and Dad's yet, but there's got to be a suitable pond around here with some privacy. Storm would be glad enough to spot me, I'm sure and all of us swim like fish.)
The book. Yes. I think I'm almost at the end of the cave. I keep thinking back to Charybdis, really, and I sort of have the feeling that there's going to be more things happening I won't like much. It's that sort of book, really. Hard things, and not being sure if they're doing any good at all for anyone.
(Oh. Tosha assures me that private messages still are private: I said a bit more than I normally would in a note to Gilly on Tuesday, and was worrying. He said he'll warn me if that changes. When, really.)
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Date: 2014-07-13 10:28 pm (UTC)It is rough, I think. Though I've more sympathy than I used to. I've been reading Alde's journals (more the ones after her husband died, long before I knew her, but some of the ones when she was training me when I need a break.) It's all 'I want to explain this, but I can't until she understands these five other things', and I understand now why it's frustrating, even if it felt overwhelming then, on the other side.
I suppose that's why sensible fields - yours, mine, Potions - have proper apprenticeships and training after you leave school. I've been thinking about that a lot, the new Council members.
The broom does give more scope. Do you think swimming might help, if I can find somewhere? Same sort of thing about boundaries and balance. (I don't think I want to try someone else getting me to Mum and Dad's yet, but there's got to be a suitable pond around here with some privacy. Storm would be glad enough to spot me, I'm sure and all of us swim like fish.)
The book. Yes. I think I'm almost at the end of the cave. I keep thinking back to Charybdis, really, and I sort of have the feeling that there's going to be more things happening I won't like much. It's that sort of book, really. Hard things, and not being sure if they're doing any good at all for anyone.
(Oh. Tosha assures me that private messages still are private: I said a bit more than I normally would in a note to Gilly on Tuesday, and was worrying. He said he'll warn me if that changes. When, really.)