It is nice to begin conversations again with old friends. By old I obviously mean friends I have known for years, not ageing fogies. So I finally got around to emailing a bunch of Australian friends to announce my arrival in the country. Why leave it so long? Three weeks I have been here, and you would think I would be dying for some friendly adult contact.
Mainly it has to do with the fact that I have three children to drag around with me, and also that unlike being on holiday, we have to get on with the business of setting up practicalities - job, car, house, school, dance/yoga, phones etc.
A friend came to live in England years ago and stayed with us in Oxford whilst he went about the practical business of setting up home. However his priorities were in a completely different order: 1. Phone 2. Internet 3. Car 4.House 5. Job.
Anyway back to the friends of yore. Usually I am very well organised when it comes to socialising and catching up with Australian friends. But then usually it is a holiday and every day is accounted for. I would be back on the plane again by now and already have seen everyone. But I do need to see my friends, just so I know that everything is well with the world again and that this country is not as conservative/right-wing/bogan (chav) as it appears. Worst case scenario "Nickely who?" Over and out.
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