The Hobbit Hole XXVI - Home is behind, the world ahead

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Home is behind, the world ahead

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...
• Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...
• Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...
• Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...
• Ninth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone
• Tenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole X - That none have seen but we alone.
      Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
• Twelfth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XII - Tree and flower and leaf and grass
• Thirteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIII - Let them pass! Let them pass!
• Fourteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky
• Fifteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XV - Pass them by! Pass them by!
• Sixteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVI - Still round the corner there may wait...
• Seventeenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVII - A new road or a secret gate...
• Eighteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVIII - Though we pass them by today...
• Nineteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIX - Tomorrow we may come this way...
• Twentieth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XX - And take the hidden paths that run...
• Twenty-first Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXI - ...Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
• Twenty-second Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXII - ...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe
• Twenty-third Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXIII - Let them go! Let them go!
• Twenty-Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXIV - Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...
• Twenty-Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXV - Fare you well! Fare you well!

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still round the corner we may meet A sudden tree or standing stone That none have seen but we alone. Tree and flower and leaf and grass, Let them pass! Let them pass! Hill and water under sky, Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate, And though we pass them by today, Tomorrow we may come this way And take the hidden paths that run Towards the Moon or to the Sun. Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe, Let them go! Let them go! Sand and stone and pool and dell, Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, We’ll wander back to home and bed. Mist and twilight, cloud and shade, Away shall fade! Away shall fade! Fire and lamp, and meat and bread, And then to bed! And then to bed!

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[HairOfTheDog]

I'm wounded, and this is what I get.

[RMDupree]

Let's say for the sake of argument that the worst-case scenario plays out and you head home.

First of all, why does your tail have to be between your legs?

It took a lot of guts to leave everything you've ever known behind and move halfway across the country. You learned to drive on highways and unfamiliar roads. You've seen, heard and tasted stuff you never had before. You met new people whose paths may cross yours somewhere else one day.

You've accomplished more than you know and it has nothing to do with a job.

No experience is a mistake, Rosie. Trust in that.

Of course, all of the above still applies when you finally land that dream job you've been waiting for. Or that's been waiting for you, I should say. :-D

[RMDupree]

He can't help it, sis. He's dain-bramaged.

[RosieCotton]

Thanks, Ruthy. I know I'm just stating the negative. I guess I just expected things to fall into place somewhat, and other than the leaving part, which went almost frighteningly quickly and easily, very little has happened as I hoped it would.

Going home when I haven't really had a job or many experiences here bothers me...because so many questioned my decision to come out here. If I go home in semi-defeat...I'm going to get a lot of I-told-you-sos, if only implied ones.

Well...there's still that job I'm going to call about tomorrow. I just don't have a good feeling about the fact that he hasn't called me first. Makes me wonder if he's SUPPOSED to interview three or four of us, but didn't bother with mine. But I'm imagining worst case scenarios where they don't necessarily exist.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

</p>Evenin' all!</p>

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

It's evil!

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Oops.

[RosieCotton]

Hi, Bear! You're just in time for my pity party!

No, seriesly, I'll stop now.

How are things?

[RMDupree]

Evenin' to ya, Bear!

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Doing ok, mostly.

And don't worry about worrying on the thread... we've all done it!

[SuziQ]

got a letter from the college saying to call the contact for that other job if I haven't already been called

WooHoo! Best of luck with that!

[RMDupree]

I'm going to get a lot of I-told-you-sos, if only implied ones.

Pffft! to them then! :-D

I'm proud as heck of you. I wish I'd had the guts to move, back when I had the opportunity to do so!

[RosieCotton]

I think I've done more than my share, especially in the last year. ;-)

[SuziQ]

~holding my brains in~

[RMDupree]

Suzi's catching up and she's amazingly on the same topic we are!

[SuziQ]

But I'm imagining worst case scenarios where they don't necessarily exist.

Don't borrow trouble!

[RosieCotton]

I wonder who exactly would use pink duct tape.

Barbie doesn't strike me as the duct tape type.

[SuziQ]

I am so smart! S M R T! ;o)

[osagebowman]

Evening All, been catching up. Hobbits been traveling and arriving safely, excellent.

Hair: Tang, Tea, Bourbon. (or similar home-made cure-all)

Rosie: most of us have walked in those very shoes, we're all here, one for all and all for one.

[RMDupree]

Evenin' Master Bowman!