I'm back

Hello there.

I noticed, when I logged in, that I haven't actually posted anything since 3rd January this year. My, my, how remiss of me. I could give you a lot of excuses about how busy I was with the house (sort of true), how busy I've been with my new job (again, sort of true) or how busy I've been with my social life (not at all true) but the truth is - are you ready for the truth? - I have lacked any motivation to write. Partly that was because of all the above, and not having internet access, but mostly because I've been suffering from culture shock.

Now I know that sounds pretty unbelievable, this being my home town in my home country and my living only two minutes away from my parents, but I have had to make some serious adjustments. The biggest change has been trying to re-integrate myself into my family. Don't get me wrong, they have been delighted that I'm back and more than welcoming, it's just that, after ten years of living abroad, I find I don't have the same priorities and terms of reference as the rest of them.

For example: I don't think having a television is important (and I don't have one) which means that my main topic of conversation is not Ashes to Ashes or Lost or one of a myriad other series that have been on over the last decade. Having lived abroad, I can see the issue of immigration from a perspective other than 'they come over here taking our housing and jobs' - I don't doubt this happens but when the speaker is a lazy scrote who has never held down a job for more than a couple of weeks and thinks having numerous children by different mothers makes him a valuable member of society I have to say 'So?'.

These are just a couple of examples of where I feel I'm out of sync with the people around me. Having said that, now that the sun is shining, I am feeling more like communicating again which should mean regular blog posts and even the occasional photo.

Love to y'all