kittens

Life is moving forwards quite rapidly at the moment. I am leaving Brighton for a while; the duration is uncertain, but I will be moving back to Wales for as long as it takes me to save money and go travelling. Obviously, Liam's still in Brighton so I'll be coming back to visit, but not that often.

I have a job in the tiny town I grew up in, which is good because it means that I can save money. There are no travel costs because I will walk to work, and there is a gym in the building which means that I won't have to shell out for the gym every month either.

Once I'm there and a bit more settled, I'm going to start thinking about my travel plans. I have a cousin in Canada, and may ask her if I would be able to stay with her for a bit. The problem is we're very different ages, and I'm not sure she'll welcome some random cousin coming to stay with her. However, you never know.

There are other options as well, one being going to volunteer, which is something I've wanted to do for ages. I wrote about it in an earlier post, actually. That's still very much on the cards, but involves saving up a few grand. Not going to be too hard, though.

I'd like to get some money put away to be comfortable when I get back from travelling, too. Maybe a couple of months city-rent & food while I look for a job.

It's quite scary. I'm very happy here with Liam; I love our flat, and I love living with him. I know that living apart is going to be a really fantastic thing for us. We were going to live apart from June anyway, to give some more depth to our relationship, but there's going to be so much distance when I'm in Wales. I know we can do it, but I also know that it's going to be very hard.

All I want to do sometimes is just forget about going to Wales, forget about going travelling, and just move into a new flat with Liam and get a kitten. That was our plan once, too. And it sounds absolutely wonderful, it's just not for now. That's a plan for later; a plan for settling down.

It'll be good to get creative again. There seems to be so much more time and space for such things when I'm back home in Wales. There's something inspirational about the atmosphere there. And my Mum will be around to help me with my sewing...