Finally back here on Blogger to write something after such a long time. Hey, I've been busy!! ;)
Anyways, I believe a post to quickly sum up what this year has been to me has to be written. After all, 2017 has been -was by now- quite different and, to a certain extent, unique. Why? Well, many things happen, although obviously the main role has to be given to my time abroad -which has not come to an end yet!-. Yes, I spent almost 11 months in Cambridge -by the end of my permanence there, they will be 13- and what a life changing experience this has been! I've worked a lot, spoken and hopefully improved the language I love, met some new people -although, let's be honest, not as many as I had hoped-, seen some bits of England -have a plan to turn that 'some bits' into 'a part', but this is another story-, lived alone, etc...
Everything started almost by chance, I remember last January I was confused and kind of panicked because I was struggling with life in general: what should do, I have no clue, I have just graduated, yet I can't think of anywhere to go, etc...Then, almost out of the blue, I got this hint: Cambridge! Thanks to the family and their support I managed to quickly sort everything out and bob's your uncle! I was flying on the 10th of February. How scared I was, how sad -I spent the previous couple of days crying, which doesn't happen that often-, yet I made it. I was lucky, I didn't have to face any major problem -even though it wasn't exactly a piece of cake eh-, and eventually, a month later, I had a job, a place to call home and everything I needed to start a life. Then from that moment on, work became the main highlight of my days, as it was to be expected, although I managed to fill the very few gaps here and there with some lovely trips.
The first one I'm going to talk about can but be my short and yet no less lovely comeback home for Easter: I probably didn't know back then, but that was going to be the first of many sleepless nights to catch coaches/trains/planes, etc... All the love I got at home made it more than worth it though! ;)
Second one following the chronological order, Copenhagen in June. I remember how little time I had to try and organise what little I could organise in advance -had barely time to book flights and transfer to Stansted!- but it was great! Theresa and Giacomo were so kind and generous in hosting me during that couple of days with such short notice and I got to spend a couple of days with two dear people in a city I love. :)
Then, of course, the holiday in Croatia with the lads. Again, nothing too special in terms of activities or places, just the Fantastic Four partying their way around Pag, trying -and failing- at getting some tan and generally having a blast.
It was a hard and exhausting summer work wise, but luckily I managed to find room for another little escape: the dear Aurelia was in Brighton in late August and I absolutely couldn't miss that chance to spend a day with that lovely girl. And we actually enjoyed each other's company quite a lot! She is a fantastic person and got to become quite important to me, despite not having seen her that much so far. My only regret, not having more time to spend with her :(. Hopefully we will have another chance soon, right? I can't wait! -dunno if you're reading this darling, but if you are know this: I'm so looking forward to it!!! :)
Talking about meeting lovely people, Havanah and I got to spend a day together in London in late October -I couldn't have asked for a better present (we actually met on the 25th, literally two days before my bday ;) )-. I have already said a lot about this lovely human being, I'm just adding that I hope we won't have to wait too much to arrange another reunion -I wonder where though...We first met in Italy, then in England, which means we should probably find some "neutral" ground for the third one (good things come in threes, don't they? ;) )-.
Last, but not least, I was lucky enough to have 2 days off in a row one last time, therefore I picked Edinburgh for a short visit. I wrote a whole blogpost about my time there, I'm not going to repeat myself, except for this: I will be back there soon! :)<3
2017 was an important year in terms of feelings and stuff as well: a couple of short stories that didn't really work out due to several reasons, and then, rather unexpectedly, she came. I have to say it, I don't have memories of times I felt like this. It's something that popped out as a consequence of that awfully long amount time spent talking to her -I don't regret those many many hours on the phone, I'd do everything again and again because she's such a special person-. Yeah, everything beautiful and sweet, except for the fact that there's only one major obstacle between the two of us, enough to make it currently impossible to work. Despite that, we continued bonding -I might seem stupid to the most of you reading, but the 'walking away' strategy turned out to be impossible to be put into practice-. I'm not even capable of doing it now that the major obstacles have become two! I won't say much, just that I was expecting this to happen and tried to do everything to be emotionally and mentally prepared...and yet it hit me so hard! Thankfully, I am at home and everything around me -including a bunch of lovely people (you know who you are, thank you all <3 )- is kind of helping ease the pain. Despite this, it's been an awful couple of days -and the weird thing is that I feel genuinely so happy she got the happy ending she deserved! You understand now how fucked up I am? I mean, this is being one of the rare cases in which I can't control and deal with my emotions, which sucks for the control freak I am! I can just wait for time to hopefully heal all wounds and understand that probably it just wasn't meant to happen, because I don't see any other rational explanation that can actually justify the current circumstances! :)
Anyways, apart from that -I've written more than enough about it for today, better to stop now-, Christmas has been as magical as always! I was so excited to see the family again, I truly love all of them every day more, they give me all the strength and support I need to go on and they are undoubtedly the main reason why I've made it so far, they deserve all the credit <3. Talking about dear people, I got a box filled with biscuits and other delicious stuff coming from meine Freundin Franzi. She was so sweet and literally made my day -if you are reading this, I won't call you greedy anymore, I promise! ;)-. Also, I wasn't expecting her to be so talented at baking (never underestimate her, second lesson I've learnt! ;) ), I will have to send the tastiest Italian stuff back to her sooner rather than later to hopefully reach the same level, because she raised the bar so high! ;)
Now, these last few lines to wish you all a Happy New Year, hoping that 2018 will be a year full of the best life has to offer -in my case, I am happy with good health and happiness for my beloved ones and all the people I care about. Then, should I get a couple of extra wishes, why not being a tad more selfish and going for a 'happy ending' for myself as well, or even for some ideas regarding my future, or for living some amazing moments with friends and other dear people...yup, those three would be very much appreciated eh, but the first one is on top of my bucket list for the year! ;)
Thank you so much 2017, for everything you gave me, you were a year to remember! Now let's draw the curtain and let's enjoy the following show: 2018 looks rather promising -but no spoilers eh! ;)
And apologies for any typo and the flat (oh so crappy) writing style, I'm definitely out of practice!!
