I’ve been back in Sydney for 2 weeks now, and my emotions have gone up and down like a yoyo. I arrived feeling lonely and miserable. I’d loved being in England and seeing all my family and friends, I felt at home and didn’t want to leave the familiaity. It was so nice to be somewhere I just know, inside and out.

So when I arrived in Australia, after an uncomfortable 22 hour flight feeling tired and unwashed – there was no one there to meet me at the airport. It was 6am, so no one to greet me when I got home since Alice and Candace were fast alseep. I just felt lonely. I thought going in to work the next day would cheer me up as at least I’d get to chat to people…but I came in to find that everyone I share an office with was off that day. It was just me on my own feeling severely jet-lagged and still lonely.

My mind was set. I had finally decided that I would come home when I initially planned, in spring next year.

However….two weeks on and, well, I’m really enjoying myself! Work this week has been fun since I was on a training course so didn’t have to stress about commissioning the new linac and could just sit back and learn. Also my office was full with Tony, Ab and Jarrad all in, and I just find myself laughing all the time with them – I had way too much fun at work this week!

Had a few good night’s out too - went out to celebrate Dave’s 30th in a pub and headed back to play Wii games until 3am. Luckily I left before the vomit incident on the floor…

Had fun at my salsa class on monday, and despite missing three weeks I didn’t feel too far behind. Next week is our last class at level 1 so we’re having a party on tuesday where we’ll get to practice our moves. On friday I went to a German/Austrian resaturant with Tony and Nadia, plus lots of others - some I’ve met before and some I haven’t. I actually managed to find vegetable strudel on the menu, which was very good and went well the the weis beer! We went to a bar afterwards and I was one of two remaining till last. Then last night I called Dave to see what he was up to and ended up joining him and Kirsty to watch the Wallabies v All Blacks in a pub half full of Kiwis and Aussies (and randoms like ourselves….actually spotted Virgillio there and said hi). Met a rather nice guy there too…

On the down sound my new housemate Candace is moving out to be closer to work…on the plus side today me and Alice interviewed some potential new housemates and have offered the room to a lovely girl called Farzana who will be moving in next week. I liked her because she said she likes to cook, likes to eat and loves to have a few classes of wine!

So I’m now feeling pretty happy to be here again! I guess I don’t have to decide right now, and it is right that I should be making the most of my time here and just having fun – that’s the whole point of it. I’m still meeting new people every day here, and planning to do loads of exploring and try new sports. When I decide I want to grow up and be serious I’ll move back to England and settle down. But until then….fun fun fun!