Full Circle

Today, I landed in London after a great visit home. The irony is a year ago I landed in London this very same day for the first time. I can't believe a year has passed since I moved. Crazy! So much has changed, so much has happened...

As I look back on the last year I have some great memories and a couple of not so good ones :) I remember arriving here and thinking people looked so European, how the city was so big, how the food was so different, it was all so new. Everything was novel, and so British. I thought the fashion was so strange, and now I've started to adopt it. I went from being scared to take the subway to not even giving it a second thought. I know many of you didn't think I had an accent but the scary thing is I kind of do. It comes out here and there. I've made some really great friends, including my Trishna, Leona, Jane, Jen, and my great roomie Sima.

Most importantly, I have learned so much about me. One of the main reasons I made this move was for personal growth. I really think I've begun to accomplish that, but I still have a way to go. I feel comfortable with who I am, I know what I like, what I don't. I'm learning how to be happy, independent and do it all without worrying about my career for the first time in my life.

My biggest concern living so far away from home was being so far from my friends. I was worried I would lose touch with them and they would become part of my past rather than my present. Luckily, that hasn't really happened. I still feel close to most of my friends (thank god for facebook and skype) and in fact, I have become even closer to some. I appreciate my friendships so much more than I did before. I guess absence does make the heart grow fonder. There are a few people who I am no longer close with but I think that comes with the territory. It makes me sad but I hope when I move back home things will go back to normal.

I am so excited to see what the next year has in store for me. I hope it's filled with lots of travel, fun, and who knows maybe a boy :)