Homesickness and leaving peeps…
It’s true to say that neither of us are strangers to travelling. I have lived an worked abroad (in Mantova and Bologna) and I’ve been to India for a long trip (where himself and I ‘met’ in a cyber cafe). So I suppose in a roundabout way, I owe this whole adventure to that place, and to the momentous downpours of the Indian monsoon, which left me stranded and bored enough to spend some time chatting to a random boy from Staffordshire. I digress………but hell, this is technically our honeymoon!
We had an ‘official’ leaving do to say goodbye to family on the 1st November at The Croft – a charming, wonderful venue which we were also lucky enough to secure for our wedding reception on New Year’s Eve 2008/09.
My lovely sister-in-law also threw a surprise party for us – ’surprise’ being the operative word. She had gone to such an incredible effort, it was beyond words and we can’t really say any more than that. Amazing to see so many loved ones in one room.
So why am I writing all this? Well, for several reasons. Isn’t it strange, this ‘leaving’ business? Sometimes I can feel like the most rebellious, confident, independent person in the world, envisaging myself throwing my pack on my back without so much as a by-your-leave and sprinting off into the sunset (well, at least 200 metres…..).
Yet at other times, I want to cry myself to sleep like a toddler, lying in the darkness listening to my heart break. The human condition is an odd one.
I cannot be alone in these feelings – I am sure it must be something that every traveller grapples with. But I am of the opinion that, just like hubby’s jabs, the idea of leaving everyone we love is worse than the reality. Of course we will miss them but the joy surely lies in the fact we have them to return to – that we have them at all.
Right now, even though on the whole I enjoy it, I’m basking in the freedom of leaving work and the responsibility which comes with that – just for a while. I have a good feeling about all this.
Everyting gonna be …. irie…..
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Y’know life/humanity is a strange thing. Remember; wherever you are in the world, you’re only a telephone call away. You’ll hate leaving your parents and others close to you; but they will be so happy that you are enjoying the freedom and experience they probably never had the opportunity to enjoy. If they need to get to you, you’re no more than 24 hours and a bit of £ away; neither of the aforementioned are more important than being with you. Human beings don’t like change. It’s not what parents programmed them for. They have been programmed for ‘routine’. But, the greatest excitement in life is to BREAK that! Take your life in your own hands. Ingest it. Love it. Thank your supreme being – whomsoever/whatever that may be giving thanks and praise for the gift of life; it didn’t come from ‘nowhere’. Then take it or follow it wherever it leads. What a gift you’ll have to give your own children.
And take this too; oceans of love from your friends, however close or distant; if they didn’t want to be part of your lives, they wouldn’t maintain contact. Do you really know how many friends you’ve got and each for a very different reason??
As for work; hey, stuff it. My father died when I was 3 years old. I have 4 brothers and he left us this message through mum, having travelled himself, “Tell the children that wherever they go in life or whatever they choose to do, they will always have to work at something or other through which they’ll meet people who can change their lives…” Okay, that was a time of rising post-war employment but most of it still remains though I’m flippin’ sick of work… ha ha ha… Remember the first bit though – in less than 24 hours you can be with someone you love, or they can be with you. With the invention of the ‘phone, you can be with them 24/7. In other words, you and they are always by each others’ side. What a comforting thought.
Anyway, stuff it, the boys’ dad and I thought about travelling years ago; never did it; lived to regret it.
What you are about to experience is a brave decision and money can’t buy courage though it can buy experience! ha ha . GO FOR IT! Whatever happens, it will strengthen your love for each other and your principles in life.
What a gift. Hmmmm.
Lovin’ you and your decision…. Rxxxx
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