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Life Back Home

 

Well, its June 25th and I've been back home 6 weeks. I haven't had a nervous breakdown or been put or Prozac (yet), but life back home is majorly depressing.

 

Last time I wrote to you all, I had been back just under a week, and hating it. Well I've been back 5 weeks and hating it even more, just getting worse. Feels like my 14 months on the road, is a distant memory that I'm desperately trying to cling onto. It feels like Ive went in a time machine for 14 months, came back, everything and everyone is exactly the same.

 

Managed to get a job in the first week back, couldn't cope just sitting in  the house all day, as much as I like doing nothing, been depressed was, well depressing, lol. Working with the academics in the Glasgow College of Building and Printing, doing all the Student enrolments and stuff, majorly boring, but its a job I guess.

 

Not been upto much, meeting up with people, showing my photos, telling all the stories. Gets a bit boring after the 20th time. Its at this point where I wish I had someone who was there to look at the photos. Its funny looking at a picture and laughing hysterically at the slightest thing while the person your showing them too thinks your insane - just cause they weren't there.

 

Planning my next trip away. Managed to get to London over the May bank holiday, and going again in a few weeks. Still plan to move there at the beginning of September, hopefully get a job with a company that will send me abroad. Currently looking at working as ground staff, for one of the airlines, or been a trolley dolly - although not too sure about that. Also going to teach English in Japan, is another idea

Loch Lomond at Balloch, looking north to Trossachs
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Loch Lomond, Aug 2nd 2003.

Loch Lomond
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Balloch, August 2nd 2003

Where to Next?????

 

Its Sept 22nd, and Ive now been back just under 5 months, I think Ive got past the initial shock of everything, the depression, the where is my life going, it went from bad to worse, but now I think Ive got my head sorted a bit. I've had hundreds of ideas running around my head. Move to OZ, move to New York, move to London, go teach in Japan, work for an airline. Thankfully I saw sense before going through with any of them.

 

Was also going to go to New Zealand on a working visa and hopefully not come back. I had booked a one way ticket to leave in December, but changed my mind, too complicated to go into it all, yeah I want to live abroad, but I got my reasons to hang around here for a bit longer. So for the moment Im just happy floating, trying to get myself sorted, after 14 months on the road, and having experienced so much, I dont want to just jump in head first doing something that may seem right just now but in 6 months time, be the worst thing I could have done.

 

Ive booked a mini trip over Christmas. Going to Thailand, Malay and Singapore on to Sydney then Bali, just for a few weeks, will be good to get back on the road again.

 

Well since last time I wrote, Ive just been working mostly, chillin, drinking, clubbin n pimpin. Been to London a few times. Met up with Sam who I met in Thailand, also Mustafa who I met in Sydney. Maheeb who I met in Sydney came upto Glasgow, showed him the sites and Loch Lomond, and took him out for a proper nite out. Went to London again for Sam's birthday and leaving do - missed my flight home, lol. Last weekend (sep 20th) was the big one. Headed down to Brighton to meet up with Dan, Liam and Chris. Last time we were all together was in the Viper Room in LA - who knows what happened after that shot of 151 - none of us do!!!

 

Brighton was wicked, first time Ive been really enjoyed it. We all got completely pissed in true LA style. The pics certainly prove that. Bring on Amsterdam lads!!!

 

Neways next time ill write ill prob be heading off on my mini adventure, chat soon mutha fukas!!

Not 151 i hope
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Chris, me, Liam and Dan, completly pissed, Sep 20th 2003

Yip we're pissed
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Brighton, September 2003

The Alchofrolics
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Louise, moi and Kate. My leaving do, November 21st 2003.

Loch Lomond
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Moi and Bobby at Luss, Feb 22nd 2004

Freezing my balls off!!!!!!
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Me at Luss (Loch Lomond) Feb 22nd 2004

 
 
 
 
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