Apologies for the long gap
between posts. I genuinely have no idea where this year is going.
Since coming home from my travels
I have been trying to make the effort to catch up with people. I have made a
trip to Aberdeen to catch up one of the girls from Mexico. It was so lovely to
see her and it is so easy for four years to pass by.
I also managed to see people from my undergrad
which ranged between a year and two years since we had last seen each other. I
also caught up with a friend from my Masters that had managed to gain herself a
husband in the time since we saw each other last. We had a day out to the
Highland Show which is always good fun.
A
small group of geographers managed to reunite in Glasgow which is always bound
to be messy but they are a good bunch of people and we always have such a
laugh! As a child I never understood adults who spoke about how time passes so
quickly and that it had been years since they had seen people. Now I am older
(still not sure about the term adult, give me another year) I understand how
easy it is to lose touch with people or not speak for a long time but still
have solid friendships.
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| Geographers on tour! |
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| Finding goats at the Highland Show |
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| Finding goats at Stewart Towers |
I have finally minimised my
stress at not knowing what my next step is going to be because when I sit back
and take it all in, I realise that I have had it pretty good and have had a lot
of fun trying to figure out where I am going to end up. I think the not knowing
is not to be feared but to be enjoyed. I am so lucky that in the past 9 months
I have been given the opportunity to work with amazing animals including polar
bears, tigers, snowy owls, Scottish wildcats and many more up the Highlands.
Then I got to go to Spain with some of the most down to earth people I have had
the pleasure to meet and work with goats! After this I had the chance to travel
to America and Canada. I am so grateful and just because I don’t have my ‘adult’
life sorted out yet doesn’t mean I can’t have fun trying.
I have been working on a farm
near me at home. I am getting to work outside in the sunshine. Scotland appears
to be having a pretty decent summer so far. I have even managed to get a farmers
tan! I have also enjoyed taking photos while out and about in the countryside. One
of the guys I lived with in Spain came to visit to help pick the wild oats out
of the barley.
It was great to have him
here and now that I have managed to see two people since we have returned to
the UK it is my mission to try and see the others soon.
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| So proud of my tan! Comparison of my arm and leg :) |
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| Wild oats everywhere! |
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| Paul got to experience this delight! |
I am currently sitting in a shed
that has wifi (welcome to the 21st Century) as I have a summer job
weighing the grain that comes in for harvest. I started yesterday and have
already had a near 15 hour day and had a chippy for tea. If that doesn’t scream
harvest time I don’t know what does.
I also thought I was done with
flights for the year but I had an interview in Coventry and flew down the
Birmingham at the start of the week. We shall see how it goes, I neither want
to jinx it or get my hopes up so I shall keep you all updated on the outcome.
I also got to see a friend from high school and we had the best milkshakes! But yes flying down to Birmingham and back has brought my total for the year up
to 13 flights. This is ridiculous. I am the worst environmentalist of all time
my carbon footprint could probably wipe out a city at this rate.
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| Found this in Birmingham! |
I cannot reiterate enough how
much I appreciate my family and friends for being there for me. I feel like I
have quite a diverse group of friends. I’ve met them all at different stages of
my life and some even in different countries. They definitely keep me grounded!
Not sure how exciting this post
was in comparison to others but that’s what has been happening recently and for
now I am going to leave my shed and sit in the sun to await the tractors :)
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Laura xox
