Time to go home......

Hello!!

Well.... I was planning on writing a really long blog (what a surprise!) about the past 10 and a half months - the highs/lows etc. but its nearly midnight and I have to be up in 5 hours and I'm just too tired!! So I think I'm going to postpone it until I get home! :o)

But basically.... I have had an amazing time travelling and I know I've been really really lucky to have been able to come away, see everything I've seen, done everything I have and to have made some amazing friends and still be going home in one piece (especially after a few close calls... the Worlds Most Dangerous Road in Bolivia, the parachute not opening sky diving in NZ etc.!)! It still hasn't sunk in that I really am finally going home tomorrow... I think it will probably only start sinking in when I land in Heathrow and see the "UK Border" sign! :o) Im sad that travelling has come to an end and its all over (especially because that means finally growing up, making some big decisions and getting a job etc.!) but I really am ready to come home now... 10/11 months is a really long time to be away from family and friends and travelling on your own and I really cannot wait for tomorrow.... I've been counting down the days for a really long time now!

Travelling on my own has been really challenging and at times a bit lonely (like the week long boat trip from Brazil to Colombia!), but I wouldn't have changed it for the world - it has made me more confident as I've had to force myself to go up and start talking to randomers in the hope of making friends, it has made me more organised (a tiny bit!) and it's made me grow up (a bit! hehe!), and ofcourse I've made mistakes and messed up occasionally but I think generally I'm quite proud of myself as it really hasn't always been easy! :o)

Aside from seeing family, friends and the dogs... I'm really looking forward to all the home comforts again... proper bed, non-lumpy pillow, hot shower, catching up with the news, normal food etc. etc.!! :o) But I'm sure soon enough the novelty will have worn off and I'll be wishing I was travelling again!!

The main reason I know I'm ready to come home is.... sunglasses!! In the first 8 months I lost/replaced about 10 pairs on sunglasses and when I was mentioning wanting to come home after OZ as I was a bit homesick my mum pointed out that I wasn't ready to come home yet as I was still a scatterbrain ... however, I have managed to hang on to the last pair of sunglasses for over 3 months which means I've finally grown up, have learnt how to not lose everything and am therefore ready to come home!! hehe! :o)

Anyway, I'm sorry this blog is so short and boring but I really have to pack and get to bed!!

I cannot wait to see you all again - have missed you all sooooooooooooooo much!!

Lots and lots of love and hugs one last time xxxxxxxxxxxxx

P.S Thank you to all of you who have read my (way too long!!) blogs!!! :o) xxx

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