First things first, MY HAIR IS GROWING BACK!
I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss home, or when a group of people from Yorkshire sat around me on the U-bahn, I didn't nearly burst with excitement and want to join in with their conversation. However my feelings towards the UK and Germany are inexplicable. I miss the crazy stressful office environment of the call centre, I miss the noisy gym below my flat, I miss seeing the same people everyday that I have seen everyday for my whole life, now if you asked me why I was leaving I would have given you the same list only it would have looked like this. I hate the crazy stressful office environment of the call centre, I hate the noisy gym below my flat, I hate seeing the same people everyday that I have seen everyday for my whole life. I left England with a head full of ideas and a heart full of dreams. I have absolutely no desire to live back in the UK at this moment in time, but I have absolutely no idea what I am going to do in Germany. I originally wanted to go to university and study to be a kindergarten teacher, however I don't think my german language is ever going to be good enough to do that, and especially not after just 1 year. I always felt very German, like an outsider in England. Now that I am here I realise just how much I didn't know about the country. I am discovering new things about it everyday and all though I love it here, I am not sure there is a place in German society for someone as scatty minded as me. But I have until mid April next year to make up my mind, maybe I'll move to Australia after all, at least there I might still stick out like a sore thumb when I speak, I will at least be a grammatically correct sore thumb. Or didn't I hear they have just discovered another earth like planet? Maybe I will start up there, you never know the aliens might have something for me to do.
I've always had a full head of thick curly hair, but somehow in the last 12 months between; the changing to a lower salary, changing my working schedule, changing job title, getting more responsibilities, leaving said job, moving house, moving country, things not working out as planned in new country, my hair started to fall out and dramatically thin. I lost the life in my curls and was feeling generally fed up with it.
However now that the sun is shining and I am in a really good situation I am finding several 4 or 5 cm strands of hair popping up all around my head bringing the volume back into the mane I am used to! Which has prompted me into restoring the rest of my body into a healthy state. Sitting in an office for 12 hours a day, with every other day being an excuse for someone to bring in a massive pile of chocolate cake, sweeties and other delicious goodies, for two years meant that I really started to pile on the pounds. Now the temptation is gone there is really no reason I should still be holding on to this weight, especially when Bad Homburg has two fantastic swimming centres, the one I go to consists of 8 swimming pools, and thats not including the baby pools and whirlpool. I have started going swimming and loving it, especially as when I get bored I just move to one of the other pools and start again.
I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss home, or when a group of people from Yorkshire sat around me on the U-bahn, I didn't nearly burst with excitement and want to join in with their conversation. However my feelings towards the UK and Germany are inexplicable. I miss the crazy stressful office environment of the call centre, I miss the noisy gym below my flat, I miss seeing the same people everyday that I have seen everyday for my whole life, now if you asked me why I was leaving I would have given you the same list only it would have looked like this. I hate the crazy stressful office environment of the call centre, I hate the noisy gym below my flat, I hate seeing the same people everyday that I have seen everyday for my whole life. I left England with a head full of ideas and a heart full of dreams. I have absolutely no desire to live back in the UK at this moment in time, but I have absolutely no idea what I am going to do in Germany. I originally wanted to go to university and study to be a kindergarten teacher, however I don't think my german language is ever going to be good enough to do that, and especially not after just 1 year. I always felt very German, like an outsider in England. Now that I am here I realise just how much I didn't know about the country. I am discovering new things about it everyday and all though I love it here, I am not sure there is a place in German society for someone as scatty minded as me. But I have until mid April next year to make up my mind, maybe I'll move to Australia after all, at least there I might still stick out like a sore thumb when I speak, I will at least be a grammatically correct sore thumb. Or didn't I hear they have just discovered another earth like planet? Maybe I will start up there, you never know the aliens might have something for me to do.
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