It's been over a year. I can no longer say... a year ago I was in London...
It's sad to think about the year ago concept being over. I was living in London. Then I was living in London a year ago. And now I am doing neither and can only reference the 'time I lived in London' or 'when I lived in London'
The thing is I still think about living there. Still miss it every day. I know I have romantized some of the problems I had there, the trip itself, the distance from family and friends, but there is a connection that I have to that city that I cant explain.
And now headed into past a year since I have been there I have the same thoughts that I did when I got back from VESPA. The same thoughts I did when I first step foot in that incredible country. The journal from VESPA, four years ago, spoke of my love of the exciting old and modern city with its many people and many adventures. I wrote of thinking how it felt like home and how I could see myself living there. Three years later I did And all of the adventures I had there, all of the places I called home, all of the things I did and learned have stuck with me and now a year separated from my life there I dream of going back. Of finding a flat and a job that I love. Of exploring the city and creating more memories in my favorite city.
I knew I wanted to visit London someday. I knew I wanted to live there after I visited. Now that I've lived there through graduate school I realized that I want to live there permantly sometime in the future. Hopefully sometime in the near future. So many obstacles stand in the way (don't they always?) but finding a good job, a place to live, and a skype account keeps me in the right place and the right city for me. Only time will tell if this is what I'm meant to do but I hope it's in the stars because even though visiting sometime will be meaningful and worth it I know that living there will create the opportunities I desire and the path I see my life headed on.
So London is calling again. And sometime soon I hope to answer it's call. For now Los Angeles will be my new home with new adventures and opportunities. Only time will tell.
