Thoughts And Recollections Of A Tree Spirit

Off To A Land Down Under

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

I’ve done it again haven’t I? It’s been virtually a month since my last post and so much has happened I don’t know where to start.

Basically, after my first date with Mat we spent every day, bar two, together until his departure for Australia on 3rd September. I went with him to the airport and I don’t mind saying I shed more than a few tears as we shared our last embrace and I then had to watch him disappear out of sight. It was at this point that I truely realised how naive I had been to think I could maintain my facade to myself that our relationship was ‘just a bit of fun’. I don’t know about ‘love at first sight’ but in this case it was most definitely ‘love in ten days’ for me.

Me and Mat A picture of me and Mat before leaving for the airport 3.9.07

Needless to say, after telling myself in the preceeding week that there was no way I was going to Australia, I had my flight booked by the end of the week. Three weeks in November would be a long enough holiday to see if we were still as mad about each other as we thought we were and then I could seriously consider the prospect of moving out there with him in the Spring, or that was my thinking anyway. (more…)