Exciting Times Ahead

I think this morning is dawned on me just how close I am to travelling again. Four weeks. Four weeks until I say goodbye to my comfortable job and comfortable life, and then its on to Amsterdam and then goodness knows where. I am probably going to be holed up in some dirty hostel in the middle of Berlin because I cant afford to do anything else. I can then hitchhike my way back to London in order to catch my flight home to Australia in late November. The key is not to spend too much money or else it will be continuous baked beans for me in Canada.

I moved out of my apartment on the weekend and, while most would think I was crazy for doing it so early, after the inital shock of it subsided, I found it incredibly liberating.

I am back into hostel living and I actually enjoyed my first night. I am in a different part of Edinburgh, so walking to work was a new experience. This morning, I woke up early instead of far too late, so I had time to sit in Starbucks and read my paper. The change of lifestyle/scenery has done me the world of good.

It was still a little sad to leave the comforts of my own home. Initially, when the Boy left me, and all my worldly possessions in the reception of the hostel, I was a little teary. Its not like I was being left there alone forever, cause he will be coming to visit me tonight, but I felt alone.

Once that wore off, I felt a rush of independence again, a feeling of satisfaction, like my journey was beginning once again. I had energy to go for a walk and find some pizza. I took it slow, enjoying the fresh air. I felt free again.

Although I still have four weeks left here, its the beginning of the end. And the beginning of a new adventure. Exactly where I will end up, who knows. You know, people have been very right (ahem, alisha, rhonna, annie). I have made a mountain out of a molehill about the visa issue and its a case of sitting and waiting. If I get it, yipee, if I dont? Then life will go on. Things are only as frightening as I make them out to be. Nothing in life is impossible at the moment. The most important thing is that I have a flight home so I can see my family in the next 8 weeks. From there, who knows.

Ahhhhhhhhhh........ life is good.