My home away from home.

Back to England. I arrived yesterday. Sept 28th. After all teh fuss with trains in Italy it seemed like a real breeze to be back on the English trains. Phew! How nice they are! And so easy to use!
Yesterday coming through security at the airport I dropped my little laptop. I appears to still be working. I felt it slip and put my foot out to slow its descent but it still popped the battery off when it hit. Ugh, talk about wanting to throw up! I couldn't believe it! I had to keep moving but once I got through security I immediately put it back together adn turned it on. I appeared fine and I've used it since then so its okay. Yikes! I would have lost my faithful companion.
I did type a blog this morning which I'll upload now.
Its been funny to go through the stuff I left in the cupboard here, kinda like christmas or something.
When I woke up today I sat up and grabbed my notebook and starting writing down things that had come to me through the night. I was feeling very up...after feeling kinda down when I went to bed.

Feeling inspired this morning. Last night I went to bed pretty bummed out but I’m feeling much better, I’m not dead yet! I’m thinking about my next trip. After I get home and work my buns off and make some money I think I’ll head off again. If I can catch the boat to the Caribbean than from there I’ll head to South America. Why not?! And from there who knows. I don’t know how hard it is to just keep going around the world. I’m thinking that’s my next adventure. I really want to end up in China and take the Russian railway, the Transiberian across Russia. Other than the flights and train I think most of those countries are pretty cheap to be in. We’ll see. I’m going to work on it.

I don’t think the adventure is over just yet. We’ll see. I may get to Portland and settle in. I am excited for the unknown today. Not worried about it as I have been. I mean, I don’t know what I’m doing once I get off the plane in Seattle. So who knows.

Today or tomorrow I’ll start editing my blogs and editing my photos and get that all done then I won’t have to worry about it so much when I get home. Just picking the highlights will be the tough part!

So we’ll see. Its nice to be back in England again. My second home it seems like. Its nice because it seems familiar to me now and its good to regroup. I was a little overwhelmed with Italy and a travel companion. Thank goodness my brother and I get along so well and have a good time together. I think that is the most time we’ve spent together in years! And we managed pretty well. It was nice to have a travel buddy for sure but it was also a different experience to have someone along. Goes to show a mix of both is good. I think if I continue to travel I will continue to invite people to meet me for a week here and there just to break up the “silence” that seems to come with being in a foreign country. By silence I mean you don’t speak a lot and all the thoughts you're having are just in your head because there is no one to express them to.

I was pleased to find in a charity shop in Basingstoke the second book of Bridget Jones' Diary so I am really excited to see how it ends! Since I've reread the first one at least 3 times. I also found Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman Long Way Round which I can't wait to read! They motorbike around teh world basically and write about it which should be exciting.

So off I go to sort my stuff out.

Back in the US October 9th. Wow! 4 months and one day later.

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