It's been a while

I won't lie it has been a while since I have blogged, I was getting into "ma vie en France" making new friends and exploring new places. I have eaten Ugandan food, spoken a little more French than usual - I'm trying at least, been to le Stade du France and watched the game with front row seats, met a number of new people, etc etc. Today however is admittedly not the best day to blog as I have a serious case of the Monday Blues. It was my great grandmother's funeral today and sadly as I am away working abroad I couldn't be there. I know she was very proud of me for what I am doing though and she beat everyone's expectations even managing to see my graduation (well the photos and enough to let her know that I did it, I made her proud). She always used to say, everytime I saw her without fail that I had to make something of my life and that it was too precious to waste." I always promised I would and I hope, up to now, that I have kept my promise.

Today has been hard being away from family and friends but don't get me wrong, up until now there have been no tears and I have really been enjoying my time in France and I am determined to continue doing so. I have a great weekend planned with a new friend M which I am really excited about as I get to visit a new place, meet a new friend and drink wine - 3 of my favourite things to do. I also had a realisation about my 'move' to France. This year was obviously also about checking out France and seeing if it always lived up to what I thought and what I wanted out of it. Talking to one of my closest friends D we discussed how I had felt differently to expected. I had to explain that although I was loving it I had realised I wasn't ready to make such a big leap yet. When you don't have your oldest friends and your family the idea of living somewhere suddenly isn't so appealing.

So although I think that when I'm older I could consider living here, or anywhere abroad in fact, right now its just too soon. I haven't lived enough in England yet, or travelled the globe. I still want to travel around America in an old mustang, see Thailand and attend the full moon party, stroke a tiger, ride an elephant, surf in Australia and Bali, hold a koala bear, visit New Zealand, see an Ibiza sunrise after being out all night...and much more. So why decide right now what I want to do or where I want to go....to be honest my answer right now is - who knows? As long as I'm happy, who cares?