People keep asking me if I'm excited. Funnily enough i haven't been really - mainly cause it's all felt a little unreal. now, with one sleep to go, i can finally say - yes, i'm excited!!!!
The flat is spotless and ready for its babysitter, my backpack is heaving and quite possibly over 20kgs (oops - nothing new there) and little Elmo (my car - as if that needs explaining...) is in the hands of a very capable driver who will give him a little holiday in brisbane. I have printed off my boarding passes and mummy has cooked my fave dinner. i'm spoilt and full and very tired. A little sleep (hopefully not being woken too much by my 3 week old neice) and once again i will be doing what i do best - hitting the road.
I remember the first time I did this - all those years ago. Then we were making a huge leap into the unknown as we packed up our house and jumped on a plane - for me it was the first time i'd ever left my country. scary much? Exciting.
This time there is one significant difference - this time i'm going 'home'. I do believe you can have two homes. Australia will always be home #1 of course - my family is here and many of my closest friends. But when you spend 5 long years in one place your friends become family too and the location becomes so familiar as to always be comfortable, no matter how much time passes.
This time i know when i get off the plane i won't have to think twice as i travel the route to my home in the south of england that became so familiar to me over many trips to and from Heathrow. I will catch a bus, a train, a taxi....to arrive at the Weggs, the couple whose home rescued us at several of our more homeless moments. I will let myself in and say hello to groucho, faith and barmbi who will look up and think 'ah - it's kirsh - wonder where she's been' before going back to chasing mice in the snow. My dear friends Liam and Mel will come home from work and we will chat and eat and drink red wine - and soon it will be as if i never left....
Excited? Just a little...
till England...
xx
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