My long absence

It's been almost 6 months since I last posted anything here. Have been keeping an eye on my favourite blogs but not with enough time to comment on any of them or post anything on mine either.

Lots of things happened meanwhile, good things. To cut a long story short...

...changed job in February, to a permanent one (finally, the first one since I arrived in the island), and am loving the team I am working with, not only because I can identify myself more with them, but because it's mostly men and men tend to be more practical, a lot more fun to work with and they don't waste time and energy being bitchy; moved house again, due to my new job (as I was taking 1:45 h to get to work, which I did for an entire month); started the process of downsizing massively; spent an incredible holiday in Iceland (a truly magical country, to which I'll definitely go back); have been enjoying even more the cultural life of Manchester (went to shows like The Cult, Epica, Adele, Roger Waters with his The Wall Live, Damon Albarn and Rufus Norris with their Dr. Dee - An English Opera, Björk and her Biophilia show and more recently Marina Abramović, Antony and Willem Dafoe with their The Life and Death of Marina Abramović).

I can truly say that I feel at home in Manchester, in pace with the life that revolves around me, truthful to myself and my ideals, and living my life the way I want to live it (and not the way British society might expect from an emigrant). I'm at peace and settled.

3 years have gone by since I landed in England, and I do not regret it. There is still so much to do and to learn. Every day is a stepping stone and I'm enjoying it with child's eyes and hunger. 2011 seems to be my best year in a long, long time. Soon, I'll be celebrating a special birthday and just wish more of the same for the future. And for everyone around me.