Not a Hoity Toity kind of girl

One month.
I have lived in this new city and new life  for a full month. 31 days.
It's easy planning your life and a new adventure. It's easy saying: "I will be good at this, I can see all the great things I am going to do." Yes planning is easy. Life, that's a little trickier.
31 days ago, when I began this journey, it was not easy. I planned it and that was a breeze, I accounted for everything. I accounted for loss, loss of self, loss of family, loss of a sense of place. I never expected the adjustment to be easy, neither did I expect it to be hard. I knew things would be different and I prepared for that. I didn't expect that the chameleon within would take over. I didn't expect to forget.

I have lost myself in this city, it has cast a spell on me, there's a mystery in the mist. The waves know a secret and the mountain holds it tight. I would like to say that my 31 days here have been spent in a cosmopolitanesque fashion, with pink drinks, slip dresses, dancing and goodnight kisses. No my 31 days have been a little different. I am not living the 'Hoity Toity' advert, with legs as long as the eyes can see.

6:30 alarm wake ups is what I have. Busy, exciting and full work days and very little to no sleep. That's right very little seems to have changed from the old life with that regard. I love my job, I truly do have one of the coolest jobs in the world. I am learning so much and contributing plenty, I get to do interviews with an iPad and chat to CEOs and what-not (cool, no?).

There has been some adventures. Though I use the word loosely. D and C have made this a month to remember, really. I am not a beach person but I attempted a picnic at the beach a few weeks ago, which wasn't disastrous. Dessert for dinner night is a thing now, I must say I am very proud of this. I am getting better acquainted with my flatmates, Zoo Biscuits and milk are a Sunday night tradition. As for the adventure of a second kind, I can't really divulge any details but they included, a quest for a bathroom bin, fish and chips, dancing and a really suspect hot-dog.

This city has a certain je ne sais quoi and I am in love. Our affair may become torrid if I am not careful.

Yes, planning was easy, this new life is anything but, the chameleon within may have fitted in but I am still trying to make it home.