With what feels like a million thoughts running through my mind, I thought it might be good to write a post on my last night in Adelaide. Tomorrow I drive off with my parents bound for Canberra (taking the scenic route through Victoria to see my Grandparents). I'm so excited to see my brothers and sisters-in-law and my new niece. At the same time, it will be a while before I'm back in the city I've called home for the last 5 and a half years. Having already said good-bye to friends and family here, I've also said good-bye to places that I'm going to miss dearly. Flinders University has been my home away from home due to study and then work. It will be strange not walking around the familiar places on that campus and running into people I know and those I taught as a Biology tutor. The house in Brighton, where I've lived for almost 2 years, as well as the nearby beach are also places I'll miss. But most of all, I'll miss the people.
Saying goodbye to my Poppa today, knowing it could be the last time I see him, was hard. Those last moments with him, not knowing if he'll be alive when I return in a year. It's not something that I like to think about (and sounds very morbid), but it's something I need to prepare myself for. That said, in all seriousness, this could be the last time I see any number of my friends. Age alone is not the only cause of death. But lets not think too much about that.
I guess my thoughts have turned to the end of things, as this is truly the end of one stage of my life. University's over and it's time to move on to other things. I know I'll still be working at university and with students, but it's in a different place, and therefore is the start of a new era in my life. Whoever you are, and wherever you are, I hope that you can join me as I enter this new stage of my life. You may not be able to physically be present, but hopefully you can get a picture of what this new stage has in store for me.
