08 December 2005

SO NEAR, YET SO FAR

Timeline:

10/11 Claire’s lifelong friend decides to get married on 2/3
15/11 Claire books flight to Thailand to visit James from 30/1 to 28/2
27/11 Claire’s lifelong friend moves her wedding forward to 25/2
4/12 Claire moves flight forward to 23/1-23/2
7/12 James talks his way onto a project reviewing housing in East Timor
8/12 11.55am James gets offered the chance to research in East Timor in the last two weeks of Jan.
8/12 12.00pm James calls Claire to find out if she can move the wedding back.
8/12 12.05pm James tells his boss he can’t go to East Timor.

Damn.

NUMBER OF PEOPLE JAMES HAS COMPLAINED TO ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO GO TO EAST TIMOR: 9. And rising.

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