So in the words of Police above, this is exactly how I feel on my Re-Entry back into New Zealand at the end of November…We are “HOME”…141 days and 9 countries later the reality of it starts to hit home.
The last 4.5 months have been a wonder of experiences and moments in time ill never forget. And now…being back in NZ feels just like being on the moon…
We all have a similar twang going on, but what are these people really saying?? I think I toted round the words – to “De-Londonise” when I was getting my head round this big move home, and now here I am in the concluding stages of just that…those BIG PLANS have now come to fruition and I feel no more able to get my head round it, than when it was in the early planning stages all those months ago. This wasn’t how it was meant to be was it? This aint the plan!??
Of course it was never going to be ARRIVE/JOB/HOUSE – No No people…it all had to be a softly softly smooth no pressure transitioning into the deep unknown that is New Zealand 12 whole years on…During the first few days of arrival, we literally hit the ground running….from a spot of exuberant trampolining with Uncle Dean, Ocean (4) and Daniel (2) – Tongi and Eve’s kids, which left Daniel with a dislocated elbow and a long wait in A+E with Mummy while D and I fed, bathed, storied and tucked Ocean into bed – FIRST NIGHT BACK…to being in Lollipop’s adventure playground the very next day celebrating Oceans 4th Birthday with 15 excitable unfamiliar kids eating fairy bread, then picking up the Black Beast – D’s new car.
Two weeks later we took solace in said car and traveled round the North Island visiting friends and family keeping that need for perpetual movement and travel.
I guess what ive found/finding on my journey, and the main reason for deciding to come home – is FAMILY, its all about the family! London was such a wonderful experience, I feel so blessed for the people I met, and the opportunities it gave me, and I still feel totally connected to it (my big De-London travel plans were not as cut and dry as I had planned it to be)…but my roots are here, in New Zealand, and I will find a way, it may take time, but ill find it!!
WheresRu 