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Another year has come and gone, and there has been so many adventures along the way.

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Christmas was spent with family in West Sussex, surrounded by children, laughter, bickering, and food. It was beyond what I had hoped for, and I am so lucky to have family close by, even though I take them for granted. I have promised to stay in touch this year, and see them more often.

Apart from the bank (statutory) holidays, I worked right through the festive period. The office was understandably quite empty, but it meant that I got a lot of work done in peace and quiet. I tried to stick to my routines for the same of my mental health, and spent a lot of time in an empty house while the other girls went off on holidays. Quite frankly it was bliss. Radox baths and candle-lit evenings are indeed amazing stress relief.

What next? I am itching for the next five weeks to pass quickly so that I can relax in the sunshine, and drink coffee on the deck with my parents. I have struggled to plan further than my much anticipated trip home, but it’ll come. I don’t want to look back on my time here and regret not travelling more, or having more adventures.

I am so blessed to have the opportunity to simply pack it all in and move across the world. I am blessed to have a supportive family that I know will catch me if I fall, and will support any stupid or far-fetched ideas I may come up with. Even though we are in four separate corners of the world, it is the closest I have ever felt to them, and for the I am extremely grateful!