So as I have mentioned I came to Australia with two friends. Although it was just Kirsty and I who flew out together and saw Dubai our friend Ellie left Scotland a week after us and arrived in Melbourne a few days after we did.
Once we were altogether we worked on finding a place to live and getting jobs. We found a beautiful flat in a lovely area and moved in about a week after Ellie's arrival. Shortly after moving in Ellie managed to get a job and we all settled in to the Melbourne way of things.
However, a couple of days ago Ellie approached Kirsty and I and told us she was heading back to the UK. She had previously mentioned it may be a possibility so we had prepared ourselves to hear it. But what we hadn't prepared for was the thought of having to find somewhere else to live.
Although the flat we're in is a very good rent rate it's just not something which Kirsty and I can afford on our own and so the best thing is to either look for flatmates (with a lack of job comes a lack of friends) or look for a new place to live.
So, with no job and possibly no home, it has definitely not been the best few days. The other morning I woke up and, for the first time since being here, thought to myself "why did we bother?!" It felt much more hassle that it so far has been worth. However, we are determined to stay positive, learn from the experience and move on. We're only going to be here once so Kirsty and I won't let anything get us down! We remembered how lucky we are to be able to travel to the other side of the world and have reassured ourselves that we will grab this opportunity with both hands and get everything we can out of the year. (But we will obviously miss Ellie being with us).
Iona x
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