Peter Brunton ([info]petemonster) wrote,
@ 2009-01-13 16:47:00
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Current music:Van Morrison - Scandinavia

So...
Yeah...

I think it might be time to pack it in and come home.


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[info]kathie_d
2009-01-13 10:00 pm UTC (link)
WHAT?

What happened???

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[info]petemonster
2009-01-13 10:34 pm UTC (link)
Nothing much. Just assessing my situation, and trying to consider my current options realistically. I could stick it out, and just try to get a job. I'm not really imagining that I couldn't get a job if I went for that.

It's more that I'm at a point where if I do stick it out, I'll have to go all the way with it. After another month I won't really be able to afford to come home, not without arriving as a penniless pauper.

Mostly it's just the realisation that this might not be such a bad idea. I feel like I'm at a place where I could call it quits now, feel happy with everything that I've done, and come on home.

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[info]kathie_d
2009-01-13 10:37 pm UTC (link)
Not that I wouldn't welcome you back with open arms, but wasn't the idea to stay out for years as opposed to weeks?

Must dash, time difference, etc! Come online some time, we'll chat! x

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[info]mostlyfoo
2009-01-13 10:28 pm UTC (link)
I concur, what what?

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[info]bodybag_pilgrim
2009-01-13 11:36 pm UTC (link)
It would be great to see you, man.

But if you're doing this just so you can come home with a little cash, I'd say roll those dice one more time.

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[info]doctorpalpatine
2009-01-14 12:02 am UTC (link)
Ditto. You're in a beautiful place, don't give that up.

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[info]lucrecia
2009-01-14 12:02 am UTC (link)
Damn.... I'm amazingly sorry to hear that :( I was rather enjoying your Canadian updates

At the risk of recycling a cliche/well worn justification for, well, everything right now, with the financial climate as it is, right now has gotta be one of the hardest possible times to try and start a new life in a different country.

Whatever you decide to do, always leave a window open. Canada will still be there if you come back - Lancaster will always be here.... Always. It's Special like that.
You've already gone further than most other people I could care to mention (certainly me - Miss "I'm going up to Cumbria now - oh look, I'm back"). If now isn't the time to continue striking out, you know you have the ability to do it again.

Maybe somewhere hotter? ;)

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[info]madfae
2009-01-14 12:38 am UTC (link)
Can't really add much. I'd stick it out, you havn't been gone that long.

To quote Adama... Roll the hard 6

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[info]lentilthelegume
2009-01-14 04:07 am UTC (link)
Tough decision to make, either way. I wish you the best of luck and will not try to convince you in either direction. Only you can know what way you need to go in your life.

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[info]almighty_weasel
2009-01-14 05:58 am UTC (link)
On the one hand, I miss you like crazy. It would be great to have you back with us.

Oh the other hand, I remember how much you were looking forward to this, and how set you were on going through with it.

If you come back, you could save enough money to go out again - but if you come back now, it will have effectively been a long working holiday. You could do more later; the question is, do you want to do it then, or now?

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Mum talk
(Anonymous)
2009-01-14 10:29 pm UTC (link)
And this comment comes one day after you get your internets!
More Mum talk on e-mail but I do wonder if some part of your psyche is just rebelling against all the settling in you've done. Its screaming "Hey I came for adventure not security!"

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