Upheavals
Posted at 22:19 on 1 Oct 2011 by Pandora / Blake
The bad: Ten days ago, Tom and I found ourselves suddenly, but not entirely unexpectedly, in the position of needing to move house within the week. We'd known this might be coming as his job security had been uncertain for some time, but the timing, when it happened, was very sudden. We dropped everything to spend five days packing our lives into boxes and arranging the necessaries to be mobile for a while.
I'm not currently earning, since I'm working fulltime on preparations for the launch of my site. And Tom needs a few weeks off to recover from the stresses of the last year before moving onto the next stage. So we're both presuming on the generosity of friends for a while, and our collective stuff is packed into a storage container until we sort out something more permanent.
The good: D has generously allowed me to move in with him for the time being - a step we hadn't thought to take before, but since he's working with me behind the scenes on the technical side of the site launch, the timing makes sense. And there are other benefits, too. One hardworking boy without any other current romantic entanglements + one horny wench + both our toyboxes and my entire collection of high heels = enough kinky sex to satisfy even us, at least once we recovered from the exhaustion of the move. We aren't sick of each other's company yet, either, which is an entirely pleasant surprise. I'll let you know how it goes, but so far it augurs well.
The bad: I'm not living with Tom any more. More than his job, more than the south coast town that's been our home for the last year, more than anything else, this is what I've grieved for most these last two weeks. We took a while to shake it down but the last few months we've found a real rhythm, and it's been a joy making a home with him. We will do so again, as soon as things are more settled, but in the meantime I am going to miss him like crazy.
The good: I'm back in London, several years sooner than I expected to be (actually I wasn't sure if I'd ever be a Londoner again) and realising with a rush of emotion how much I still love this city. The timing has been perfect, with the most glorious Indian summer October ever saw, and it's been a week of boiling blue afternoons, balmy evenings and sunny walks along the canal. I'd missed being able to buy foods from around the world; missed that uplifting hum of human energy as you step out into the street and feel the city expanding around you. It's good to be back, and it's good to be surprised by how true that's turned out to be.
The bad: All of this time and money and energy spent on moving has set back the launch of my site by a week or so. Nothing to be done about it, but frustrating nonetheless.
The good: Still, my computer is set up, I'm online and back on track, so a launch in December this year is still very much on the cards.
Overall, the good outweighs the bad. D and I visited the London Alternative Market today and picked up some exciting new toys. I'm much closer to my London friends again, including Jacq, who may not agree that the new toys are a good thing. And Tom stopped by for a visit today to reassure me that absence makes the heart grow fonder, leaving me glowing in more ways than one.
I'll tell you in more detail about some of the deviance of the last few days in a separate post, but for now I'll leave you with a few pictures from a playdate with Tom a few weeks ago, because he's just left them with me and I rather like them.
I think these were taken after some extended handspanking, a session with my new spear-headed thick leather strap, and a number of strokes of the cane (at least eighteen - probably more).
It's been a ridiculously hard couple of weeks, and the next couple of months are going to involve an awful lot of work. But hooray for polyamory, which has given me a support network with better back ups than a RAID array. Hooray for landing on our feet, and hope for the future. And hooray for the opportunity to indulge in kink day-by-day, and above all for my good fortune in love.
Comments
I must say, "a support network with better back ups than a RAID array" made me giggle, and also is rather hot. You have NO idea how much of a turn-on it is to find that a beautiful, intelligent, kinky woman like yourself is also a huge geek. :-)
Your support and goodwill is ever so heartening and very much appreciated - thankyou so much. Part of me wants you ask you to hang on to your money for now and, if you would really like to support me, join Dreams of Spanking in December. I think I would prefer that to a donation now. But if you would like to insist, you can send something to info@pandoras-bot.com via paypal.
I'm blushing now - with the wrong set of cheeks, as TEn Amorette would say! Thanks so much :)
Your support and goodwill is ever so heartening and very much appreciated - thankyou so much. Part of me wants you ask you to hang on to your money for now and, if you would really like to support me, join Dreams of Spanking in December. I think I would prefer that to a donation now. But if you would like to insist, you can send something to info@pandoras-bot.com via paypal.
I'm blushing now - with the wrong set of cheeks, as TEn Amorette would say! Thanks so much :)
Your support and goodwill is ever so heartening and very much appreciated - thankyou so much. Part of me wants you ask you to hang on to your money for now and, if you would really like to support me, join Dreams of Spanking in December. I think I would prefer that to a donation now. But if you would like to insist, you can send something to info@pandoras-bot.com via paypal.
I'm blushing now - with the wrong set of cheeks, as TEn Amorette would say! Thanks so much :)
Your support and goodwill is ever so heartening and very much appreciated - thankyou so much. Part of me wants you ask you to hang on to your money for now and, if you would really like to support me, join Dreams of Spanking in December. I think I would prefer that to a donation now. But if you would like to insist, you can send something to info@pandoras-bot.com via paypal.
I'm blushing now - with the wrong set of cheeks, as TEn Amorette would say! Thanks so much :)
Your support and goodwill is ever so heartening and very much appreciated - thankyou so much. Part of me wants you ask you to hang on to your money for now and, if you would really like to support me, join Dreams of Spanking in December. I think I would prefer that to a donation now. But if you would like to insist, you can send something to info@pandoras-bot.com via paypal.
I'm blushing now - with the wrong set of cheeks, as TEn Amorette would say! Thanks so much :)
Your support and goodwill is ever so heartening and very much appreciated - thankyou so much. Part of me wants you ask you to hang on to your money for now and, if you would really like to support me, join Dreams of Spanking in December. I think I would prefer that to a donation now. But if you would like to insist, you can send something to info@pandoras-bot.com via paypal.
I'm blushing now - with the wrong set of cheeks, as TEn Amorette would say! Thanks so much :)
And seeing all of the supportive responses, I'm heartened to know that you've got others out here who love you like I do.
All the best to you,
Quai
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