A Rare Anniversary

"home is where the heart lies...but if the heart lies where is home?"

Following on from my birthday last week I have to cause to celebrate another event.

Halloween & October 31st marks a very rare anniversary for me...for the first time since leaving a previous home in Bristol in May 2008, I will have spent an entire calendar year living in the same place!
A big thank you goes to my flatmate Josie (pictured) for allowing me the opportunity to live in Chichester, and enjoy a better quality of life due to cheaper rent, no travel expenses, the friendly company of her boyfriend (Glen) & her two gorgeous cats (MowMow & JiJi), and the nearby use of her lovely Mum's (Camilla) pub, The Chequers!

Since moving on from Bristol, I've spent seven months in Cheltenham; two months travelling around New Zealand; eight months in Crowthorne; seven months back 'home' at my parents house, followed by another seven months in a seperate house share in Bognor Regis!
All of my change of locations have been discussed at length in my previous series of blogs entitled,
'A Spiritual Journey To Find A Home', which I started writing last November and signed off as 'Nomadic Steve' in March of this year ~ please find the link attached to these blogs if you're interested:

http://aspiritualjourneytofindahome.blogspot.com/


Whether or not I see out a second full calendar year at Josie's remains to be seen, as I can always see myself moving on once again. But I have been extremely happy sharing a flat with her, and I love working in this great cathedral city in the south of England.

November 9th also marks another significant anniversary ~ my second year completed at my current employer. Work has been the one thing providing me stability in recent months, so a big thank you goes to Mercer.
An even bigger THANK YOU goes to my work mates for keeping me grounded, for providing me with a social life once again, for constantly making me laugh, and for not allowing me to take myself too seriously!

Ramblin' Steve