being 'home' means...

1. being 'home' means going to MY hairdresser and being absolutely happy with the result - rather than walking into the only place I can find, explaining what I think I want, in a language that I am not fluent in, and feeling like screaming when I leave

2. being 'home' means seeing MY chiropractor and feeling totally at ease even when the gown falls away and exposes a large part of my mammary anatomy - instead of not being able to even find a chiropractor, or if I do they use such a strange technique that relaxing was never a possibility

3. being 'home' means walking into the bottle shop and being greeted warmly by the proprietor who suddenly noticed that we had indeed been missing for more than 3 years

4. being 'home' means going to the coffee shop, and being spoken to by the owner who asks about our trip and what it is like 'being home'

BUT,
5. being 'home' means having to find a new GP because the one I assumed would be there has had her own health problems and decided to retire

6. being 'home' means not having a home that we own and having to brave the rental market

7. being 'home' means standing at the open door of our storage unit and not knowing where to start

8. being 'home' means.......
I have absolutely no idea what to do next.

'home'

We had a plan. It was a simple plan. It was a plan that would take us on the journey to end our journey and bring us 'home'. We were asked continually what our plans were for when we arrived 'home' - the answer was always the same, "We don't know, but we will work it out when we get there".
THE PLAN
1. sell our camper - managed quite easily in Chile
2. spend a couple of months in Germany, visiting friends and family and places - completed with much pleasure in the process
3. visit old friends living in Istanbul and see something of Turkey - fell in love with the little we saw of Turkey and had a great time with our friends
4. visit Kuala Lumpur and shop for clothes - arrived during sale time and happily snapped up some bargains
5. arrive in Sydney and buy a car - arrived on August 2 and bought a vehicle on August 4
6. visit family and friends in South Australia - spent longer than anticipated but seemed almost shorter than necessary, but a feeling of relief when it was over
7. go 'home'

So here we are, 'home'. And now the next part of our lives is supposed to miraculously appear before us. Well, it has only been 4 days yet.