Living on the other side of the world

Here we are. We wanted to go to Australia for years. I fought it for years, I think, because of my sluggish resistance to change, Paddy fought for it for years, against my sluggish resistance to change. But here we are, at last.
I miss Lynn, I miss Joe, I miss you Susan and Stevie!! God I miss you guys so much. Friends, real, true friends are the most wonderful and the most elusive thing to find. I’ve met a hundreds of people in my life (as the chatty sociable Cavs that I am) and I’m lucky to make a scattering of true friends. Friends love you through all your little insanties and love you because of your idiosyncricities, not in spite of them.

I have to admit that admist the great amnesia that travel brings, the great wave of freedom I come to miss a few people: Lynn & Pat, Joe & Susan, Steve, Stevie, John, Alan, Kev, Eoinin, Elizabeth, Mark, Harry, Ian, Brendan, Emmet... I miss you all so much. You mean the world to me and I look forward to visits from everyone.

I'm making friends here (you know who you are… ;) and meeting new people. I'm getting a cat (mister Kitten will never be cat-stew) , a guitar (can play “everyone hurts” thanks to Joe’s tuition), I'm writing as much as I can, making my own songs, making a clay animation, joined a writers group. In the land of work, things are a ball, I’m really loving my job. I'm consulting like a real evil person, yes, I’ve turned to the darkside (Darth Laura? well not quite yet…, mmm, do I get a light saber, well in that case..).
Its been four months since I left Ireland and I've seen so much in that short time. We were terrified four months ago, now we’re on the crest of a beautiful wave (to quote Fear and Loathin) and its so much very cool. This place feels like home already.

I think that while travelling can feel like a great amnesia, as it is a break from the norm, it is also a chance to honestly look at yourself and your life and where you are going, you should use it wisely, that's what I'm trying to do... follow my heart and find out where it leads me, throw caution to the wind... and know myself and perhaps step outside of my ironic pose for just a moment to claim my feelings as my own.