We might be moving...

[crowdog66]

The world is too full of too many things. I feel blinded and overwhelmed.

To anyone else, they'd be good news. George and I have been asked to submit samples for color on a series of European graphic novels, which have to be turned around very quickly. We still have to finish a six-pager for Heavy Metal that's been on our desks for months. Another offer from an old connection in the comics industry might have us doing a regular tie-in comic to a toy line, at DC Comics color rates ($125/page).

The big one, though, is that one of the people George used to do Captain Canuck with is putting together a comics course at Mohawk University in Brantford, Ontario. It would be a guaranteed income of $36,000/year for a 10-hour working week, which would leave George free to also do freelance assignments. The problem: it would mean moving to Brantford, possibly as soon as this July or August.

This terrifies me more than I can say. My Wiccan pursuits here in Winnipeg -- the Full Moon rituals, Beltane in the Park, possible future studies in the Black Ring line -- would be shattered. That, and the prospect of packing up our entire home -- our entire LIVES -- and relocating hundreds of miles away...

*trembles*

Well, there's no guarantee George will get the teaching position. But it's a possibility on the horizon, and it's freezing me up like a deer in the headlights.

Any words of comfort, support, or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Comments

[eastpath.livejournal.com]

I felt the same coming to vancouver.. *hugs* if it is meant to be it will all work out and it will be ok... *huge huge hugs*

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

*smiles*
As absolutely corny as it sounds, I have come to believe in the old "one door closes, another opens" saw.

Who knows what might be in Brantford? It could be wonderful. But it also might never even happen. I can count all the fingers on both hands and some of the toesies of my feet the number of times it looked like we might move somewhere far away ... and it only happened once.

So I say don't dwell on it too much right now ... the future is the future, and it gets here when it gets here.

This mostly useless advice has been brought to you by Night Dog. Please deposit another 25 cents for your fortune and lottery numbers.
;-)

[metisbutterfly.livejournal.com]

Laurie..i have to agree with the others here. At least consider it. It would be a big change, but sometimes things work out better than you think..and Branford could have some opportunity, you never know. and the Goddess will be with you no matter where life takes you :)

[matrixrefugee.livejournal.com]

At the risk of invoking Godwin's Law, it's not like the Nazis are relocating you to Auschwitz. ;8^)

It's not a sure thing, so why worry about it now? It may be a big change, but it might just be for the better. You won't know until you do it.

[chimera452.livejournal.com]

Others have posted encouraging comments to you about this news, saying that Brantford might be a good change bringing new opportunities and that it's a not a sure thing yet, etc., but I'm not going to do that. As someone who feels as deeply rooted in Winnipeg as you do and has no intention of leaving any time soon, all I can say is that I will miss you greatly if you go.

[madra-liath.livejournal.com]

The best advice I can give you is not to worry about it until it happens. Put it out of your mind, as much as you can, for the time being.