First post

I’m not sure why today is the day, but it seems right to start a blog. I hope I’ll be able to look back on this first post over the coming months and remember how scared and apprehensive I was before I made the decision to go to the other side of the world and back with my new love. I hope it happens. But I am scared and we have both got a lot to think about before we make our decisions and buy the tickets.

G has wanted to go travelling for a long time. He has been drifting for a while and never quite got round to it. I want change and excitement in my life. Now we've found each other and are happy and see a future together, it all seems very possible to do these things.

I'd be giving up a good job and a pleasant way of life it's true, but I know the way I live now isn't permanent. I don't want to be doing the same job and living in this part of the country in five years' time. I just have strong nesting instincts and don't know how having no home will affect me.

The question is - do we jack it all in, put everything in storage for 6-12 months and head off, or do we do this more sensibly - start planning a more secure future for ourselves that includes short term trips and travels?

There is so much to think about. Or then again so little. Maybe I should just be thinking about what to fit into my backpack and who I'm going to get to look after the cat.