Life is a rollercoaster

Back to England

Hello everyone!!!

As you probably know by now I am back in the UK for another year! I got here yesterday from Portugal, was travelling from 10h a.m. to 18h30... it was painful but it feels really nice to be back here!
My journey was boring as hell but at the airport it was really cool! Ok... so I always fly with Monarch and I have a membership card and everything. So yesterday there was a ridiculous huge queue (an hour’s worth). So I went up to the lady and asked if there was a queue for members and she said “If you are a monarch member you can come right through”.
So I did and it took me 5 minutes! Plus…. I had an extra 5Kg in luggage weight and my suitcase got priority handling! Hooo…and extra leg space on the plane!!! It was amazing and that’s why I always fly with Monarch. On my flight I was sitting next to this “too posh to handle” mother and son so I just slept the whole flight. I then landed in Gatwick at 12h45 and my bus was at 14h45 so had a coffee and a couple of cigarettes and waited for my bus. Then it finally got there and I sat on that bus from 14h45 till 18h30…. I couldn’t even feel my legs! But Tombo was waiting for me at the station which was really nice. Then we came home and ate fajitas for dinner and talked (we had a lot of catch up to do)!

So how was my time in Portugal?! Best word to describe it: weird but somehow good. It started like shit, then it went from awful to great and then up and down until I left yesterday. I was surprised by a lot of people and realized how good some of my friends are at the same time I was disappointed by others and managed to even make new friends and got together with people I haven't seen in ages.

In sum it was a friends’ rollercoaster this summer that turned out to be ok. I learned a lot of things with it and in some way I grew up a lot.
As Gemma would put it: once in a while you have to do a little spring cleaning to your life. Throw away stuff you don't need anymore and tidy it a bit. That's what I did!

But that doesn't matter anymore because now I’m at a new stage of my life!!! :) I'm in my new house and I love it!
This year I am officially living with my Baby, sharing the room and there are loads of stuff to do! So today I’m going to unpack and organise the house...

Also need to go into Winton to buy some stuff and going to locus's for a job!!!! Please please Tom give me a job!!!! :)

Jay Jay gets here today for the weekend and on Saturday Jess's parents and bro are coming as well! It's going to be amazing!!! I miss them all so much!

Right, so I’m going to stop writing about what I have to do and actually go and do it! Portugal I will miss you very much! See you in December.... and for everyone there vou ter saudades!!!!

Dudes and Dudettes have fun and enjoy the rest of the holidays (or not)! I'll keep in touch!

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Love you all,
Sara C.

Me and Portugal!

I haven't written in so long! For that I apologise! ..... well, as you might have guessed I am now in Portugal on holiday! Lovin' it!!!!

I have been here for 3 weeks now and it is so nice to be back... home is a very special place and you know when you found it. In my case I guess I was lucky and I now have two places I can call home- Portugal and England. Sometimes its hard to get your things straight and not mix them but I know I can always return to either one and be happy, so I can't complaint....

Life in Portugal has been treating me well.... obviously is hard in the beginning and my first couple of days in Lisbon were weird and complicated (full of unfinished businesses) and now feel like a distant past that I can't really remember... but I have built my bridge (or still trying to) and gotten over it.

I guess in a way it is really hard to keep track of everyone and keep in touch specially when half of your life is in one country and the other half so far away… it is easy to just hide on one side and not care anymore. In my case I always have to come back to one of those sides and face my life….I guess is the price you pay when you chose to leave the place you were born and grew up in. A price I always knew I had to pay but so low comparing to all the good things that come with it.

Portugal will always have a very special place in my hearth and every time I come back I get that reassurance, one way or the other. This time it was in the Island. I had an amazing time there and my little bubble” did wonders for me. I relaxed, I laughed, I got drunk (one too many times) and left feeling like a new person. Now I am back to reality and I am ready to face it. Like therapy…. In a way!

Tom came to visit me, we had an amazing time, once again he proved to be everything I always wanted in a boyfriend and everyone loved him. Sometimes I think I am just a bit too lucky and one day everything will just collapse on top of me… but for now I will just enjoy my happiness and put all the sadness on the back of my head.

Im sorry if I am being too philosophical today… I haven’t mentioned it yet but I am a bit ill at the moment and today started on antibiotic and these allergy pills that make me sooooo sleepy!!!!! So right now im a bit drugged and not thinking right, slept all day and need to take my next pill now! So in a little bit I will be sleepy and drugged again and might not make sense anymore!” Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

Now I am staying in Portugal until the 20th of September… it is still a long time and not sure what I will do. I though about going to a youth hostel for ¾ days by myself as I have never been away alone but never mind, not happening. Instead I am going with my sister, and Silvia and maybe two other friends! So that might be fun! I am also going to start my dissertation reading… I have so much to read it’s not even funny… so you might see me in CCB a lot now just reading and reading…. How fun 

Right people, I can feel my pill kicking in and I am feeling sleepy and confused so need to go to bed! Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…….

Love you all lots and I will keep you posted as soon as possible about my life!

Yours always,
Sara C.