Hola. I'm currently at my Auntie and Uncles house in Drymen by the shores of Loch Lomond. I've had a nice chilled out day. I've spent most of the day on my computer (adventurous stuff), interspersed with conversation and went for a sunset walk around the loch with my cousin and auntie. Off to spend time with my mum, dad and granny tomorrow then head down to London on tuesday (26.07.11). I'll be staying with Davit and I'm also meeting old primary school friend Jenny while I'm down. Should be good.
Its been fairly laid back the past month or so considering that moving house is meant to be the most stressful thing there is apart from grieving. Moving house to become homeless is probably more stressful than just moving, who knows. I've felt pretty unemotional through it all. My sciatica has gradually improved and although I've still spent a lot of time in bed, it's not too daunting. My mobility is decent enough but it will still have to improve, especially by the time i'm in rural china.
Leaving Peterhead hasn't been that difficult for me, it's been my home for 20 years and it's not a bad place but other than saying goodbye to my best mate Ian it was a piece of cake. I very much doubt i'll be coming back to Scotland but even if i do it won't be Peterhead. the last week was pretty hectic, I was visiting people every night and also doing the usual stuff, packing, getting stuff sorted etc. I had a really good night with all my mates a week before leaving. I left my wee flat for the last time on the friday before my brother's wedding and spent the bus journey chatting to a Nigerian dude who has done business in china in the past. He told me its a great place for an investor to be and gave me some good advice should i wish to do business there. I've got his email address but can't imagine i'll get back to him.
My first weekend as a mad wee jakie was quality. Mum, dad, their 3 kids and granny all staying in a stunning location in rural Aberdeenshire. The banter was good and the wedding on Sunday was a magic laugh. it was good meeting johns in laws as well, they're a nice bunch and good cooks. We were all ready to leave for Glasgow on the Tuesday when i got a phone call to say i'd left my passport in Peterhead. What a tube. I'd scanned my passport at my mate Scotts house on the Friday and emailed it to myself so that if i ever lost all my possessions i'd still have i.d. i left the passport in his scanner. Bell end.
I went round to carries on Monday night before having a night out with my old college buddy Chris. My dad was going to hang about outside then drop me off at Chris's but he got invited in and the three of us had a coffee and a yap for a good 45 minutes. glad I went. I would have regretted not visiting her before I left, she has been a big part of my life for a number of years. The night out with Chris was good, I can't say I enjoyed the bus trip the following day from Aberdeen to Peterhead and back then off to Glasgow but it's better to realise I didn't have my passport whilst i was only 30 odd miles away than in London or somewhere. I could have got a lift down to Glasgow with the Family but spent £37 on bus fares instead. Before I left Peterhead a few friends gave me weird looks and said I'd return to Phd in no time when I told them I was heading off to China then I'd travel about for sometime then emigrate somewhere. looks like they were right!
The past couple of days has been nothing like I'd anticipated my first week as a homeless crustacean to have been like. Had I not got sciatica I'd have been sleeping on the side of the roads, washing my clothes in streams as I cycled across Europe. I'd probably be in Crieff or Callander by now. In a way I'm disappointed that it's not as epic as I had planned but I can't forget that I'm a lucky as hell man. I'm off to China on the 10th of August for 5 months then the world is my oxster. In the history of every human being that's ever lived I'm surely in the luckiest 0.00000001%. I know where my next meals coming from and I can go anywhere I want other than Somalia, Bhutan and North Korea. Besides, as much as I'd love to be seeing Europe in an epic manner, it's good to spend time with zee familia while I can, and the warm showers aren't that bad I suppose.
Hopefully my creative writing skills will have improved by the time i write my next wee blog.
Off to get my next meal then head off to my sack. Ciao for now.
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