14/3/20
Pictured: view of an outcrop seen through the crumbling walls of an Ottoman house at Voila
Fuck. Everything is changing so rapidly. Yesterday I was upset because Ian probably wasn’t going to be able to visit me as planned in April. Today it’s looking like I’ll probably be going home in the next week or so.
We got word today that the school is terminating the program once we get back from Crete on Monday, closing the library for an indefinite amount of time, and recommending that we return to the states. For now my library in Cincy is still open, and with the help of some department friends + Ian, I could get several dozen books from my desk to the apartment, which would mean I’d be able to get more work done there than I could here.
I just really don’t know what to do. All of these plans that I’ve spent years concocting are unraveling in front of me overnight. The situation in the states honestly seems more chaotic, but if I’m going to have to spend the next month plus in relative isolation I’d rather do it with Ian and Macy than here, and in a place I could be more productive. I’m hoping I’ll feel more calm and levelheaded when I’m back in Athens, and I can start actively planning my exit strategy from there.
