The Sun Sets On Melbourne

After 2 years 9 months, my time in Melbourne is drawing to a close. At a transition point in my life personally and professionally, I opted to make a move back to the US to start a new chapter anchored nearer to family. It is no doubt a bittersweet decision, as I'm leaving behind a good community, good friends, a good culture, and a good job. But what can I say, homesickness for family trumps. The future is uncertain: will I get homesick for Australia in the future? Will I have success rebuilding community in the US? Will I find a new job? Will I survive a road trip? How long will it take to rekindle friendships? If nothing else, setting off on a new chapter, a new adventure, is invigorating and exciting.

About the blog title

"How you travelling?" is Aussie slang heard around the office that means, "How are you progressing with your tasks?" Of course, me being three-days-off-the-boat didn't know that when my new customer lead asked me how I was travelling. "I took the train in today," I beamed with pride, having just figured out the public transit overnight, "it was so much faster than the tram I had been taking." A few confused sentences later, I adopted what would become my mantra to while adjusting to the culture shock: Everything is different.