Why?

I realised today - typically belatedly - that I haven't written about why I'm moving to Paris. Primarily, it's to live with B. We've been going out (in the modern, world-encompassing sense of the term) for almost 2 years and we recently made a decision that if we were going to stay together one of us needed to move. I'm at a point in my life where it's relatively easy to make a big move like this, hence the blog.
It's not that I don't like living where I am now. I do. A lot. I love Sydney, and I'm madly in love with its Harbour and my access to it. Plus I have a great bunch of friends, my family and I are getting along better and my lifestyle is pretty darned good. But B and I have something and I want to see where it goes. Also, the move gives me a chance to try new things work-wise and find something I can call a career, and that's a great thing.
This doesn't mean I intend to move permanently. I have every intention of coming back to Sydney at some stage. I just don't know when or how long that will be for, and for now I really want to see what adventures Paris has in store.

There are now less than 4 weeks to go. Oddly enough, despite the reduced time, I'm not as anxious as I was when this blog began, partly because we can cross a few things off the to-do list - visa submission (and hopefully approval - fingers crossed for tomorrow), car repairs (it's due for retrieval this week) and selling my stuff (about 2/3 of the CDs and furniture). Plus I'm having fun with life - bike rides, outrigging, concerts, movies, dinner and more exercise than before so the remaining time seems well-spent.

Anyway, the adventure is getting closer and I'm feeling better about it. Someone asked me how I was feeling today - I said 'Do you remember that Simpson's episode where someone asks Marge how she felt about Homer being an astronaut? She said "You know Homer, when I found out about this I went through a wide range of emotions. First I was nervous, then anxious, then wary, then apprehensive, then kinda sleepy, then worried, and then concerned. But now I realize that being a spaceman is something you have to do."'
That's how I feel. My feelings change throughout each day but overall I'm happy about the decision that's been made.