I can't get over the fact that I haven't blogged in almost a month. Life has been crazy! In the space of a month I officially decided to move home, handed in my Notice, and booked Inter-railing around Europe. I may rewind and start from the beginning...
It's official: After almost 5 years of living in the land of Scots I'm moving back home to Ireland. The decision to move back to the Emerald Isle has not been taken lightly whatsoever. It's a necessary evil to follow career prospects and to save for further travelling, with the added bonus of being home with my family and beloved school friends again! I'm taking 3 steps back and moving back into my Mammy's house (I say Mam's house because I've never actually lived in the new house). I'm a country bumpkin at heart so living so close to town will be a strange sensation. Living at home again will be even stranger because I've been living my independent life in Aberdeen for so long now.
Inter-railing's actually happening! A month of gallivanting around Europe: 2 weeks with the lads around popular cities, and nearly 2 weeks flying solo around Italy. Travelling with the lads will be the best send off I could wish for. It will be a surreal experience when they head back and I'm doing it alone, but I feel it's the right decision for me despite the mixed bag of feelings; bubbling over with excitement and the constant worry of butterflies fluttering in my tummy. Sure look, I could love it, make tonnes of new friends and experiences I will cherish, or I could hate it and crawl back home with my tail between my legs... But the point is that I'm giving it a go, and that's what matters!
 |
| FIRST LEG OF THE TRIP, EXCLUDING FIRST STOP PARIS |
Handing in my Notice was a tough decision to make and I will be sad to leave the team. I've been lucky enough to work with a wonderful group of girls at Dune London for the past 10 months and learned an immense amount from my Managers. Lots of ups and down, tears and tantrums, but it has enabled me enhance my skills, and Management has now been successfully ticked off my list and added onto the aul' CV.
I would honestly be lost without my Aberdream family over the past few years as they are all far to good to me. It's the end of an era really. I have made lifelong friends, in the form of Irish, Scots and a South African, who will always stay close to my heart no matter where we are in the world, and I have the some happiest and craziest of memories with each one of them. I'm bed hopping and couch surfing for the last few weeks here in Aberdeen as the troops have rallied round for me, and I have to say, it's been grand. Preparation for inter-railing, so I'm told!
Keep an eye out for future blog posts if anyone's interested in inter-railing as they're focused on all the planning malarky and destinations :)
To be continued....
raebelle
x
