I've never really bought much into patriotism, but it's been over a year since I've set foot on Aussie soil and truthfully that's just far too long. At the beginning I was glad to be away and saw living in Japan as the adventure of a lifetime. This transitioned into dearly missing home and idealising my Australian life. Recently, I began to fear heading back for the first time - worried that I had changed too much over the course of this year and that I wouldn't fit in anymore or be able to connect with my own culture. But today, finally, I am excited about going home. It appears that some part of me, at least, identifies herself as a true blue Aussie.
And so as I make my journey home, I feel compelled to write a list of the top ten things I'm looking forward to about being back. In no particular order they are:
1. Being able to communicate freely and effectively - in restaurants, in cabs, with sales staff etc.
2. Hugging my friends and family again for the first time.
3. Eating a meat pie (or five)!
4. Going grocery shopping and knowing exactly what everything is and where to find it.
5. Thinking in AUD.
6. Australian beer and decent wine!
7. Watching (and understanding) TV.
8. Not being stared at as I walk down the street.
9. Playing with my nephews.
10. Spending time with people that I truly love and who care about me.
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