Dispersal

I think I'm going to be spending a bit of time looking in my lifes rear-view mirror. There are some major changes coming, friends and family are dispersing around the world (well Birmingham is classed as somewhere in the world!) and the changes are making me think back to my own dispersal "period", (way back when I wasn't settled!!). With the wonderful rose- tinted glasses of hindsight, I remember the adventures fondly, the exploration of the new place I had chosen to live. You know you're not a newcomer anymore when you know all the shortcuts to places and the opening hours of the local library but those tinted glasses do not completely hide the feeling of being the new kid in town. Walking unfamiliar streets, seeing unfamiliar faces, is lonely and for a long time thats how it is. But eventually there you are, in a place you see as home when you are away from it. I've adventured in my own way but I'm home right now and I think I'll stay in tonight!