Jackie Danicki

My new flat

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I’ve been waiting an agonising couple of weeks to find out whether this deal was actually going to happen or not, but I found out today that it is, and I couldn’t be more relieved or elated: I’m moving back to America, on at least a part-time basis, for at least the next several months.

To answer the question I’ve already been fielding from others: No, Antoine and I are not breaking up or “taking a break” or anything like that. I’ve got a lot of work on in the US this year, and it makes financial sense for me to get a base there from where I can travel to various cities and do my thing. The toughest part of this development is that Antoine and I will inevitably see one another less often, at least for the short-term. We’ll still be together, one way or another, for most of the time.

I’d rather not say exactly where I’m going to be, for boring but good reasons, but it’s a major US city that has direct flights to and from London. That’s important. More importantly, I’m going to be in a 1200 square foot apartment - something I could only dream of affording in central London. (It’s that candle-lit place up there; don’t know if I will be creating quite so many fire hazards, though.)

Oh, and I have to be there to move in on March 10. I’m so relieved and excited that I don’t even care that I’ll be a travelling zombie at that point. This should be good.

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