In a few hours - Midnight GMT - I'm going to be logging out of Kintsugi for the last time. The problem is I've become addicted and it's not doing me any favours. I've stopped reading books, which I've always done, and stopped modelling, which I used to do lots of. I sit reading the screen and find myself caring about people I'll never meet or know. I thought I'd given up caring about individuals when I stopped teaching but now it's all happening again. I haven't got enough brain cells left for this. I need to stop it. I need to go back to caring in general and helping the people around me. I have to say I think you are an amazing bunch of folk. I have learned so much from just reading your words. You talk about things I never knew existed, sometimes things I couldn't even invent, scary things. You show understanding and compassion and empathy far beyond my capabilities. So I hope you will understand when I say that I am now overloaded and cannot take any more. I must log on. I mustn't log on. @seebs - I'd like to blame you but of course I can't! @Vast Derp - You know exactly how I feel regarding your good self. I will miss that. @mazarinedrake - Thank you for being so gracious when I overstepped the mark. To all of you I wish a better life than you thought you'd have.
I'm sure I speak for many people here when I say we'll miss you, and I hope you come back someday for a visit. But I totally understand the need to withdraw for a while so you can do other things. Be well. <3
