In an Essex state of mind (sorry Billy)

Wow didnt realise how long ago I had last blogged here. Big big changes since then. I have moved down south to Essex and started my new job, and enjoying it immensely. People keep asking me why I have taken a step backwards career wise.
I dont see it that way. I loved my last job, I enjoyed working with the staff and the residents, but by July the stress was too much and it was having an impact on my mental and physical health. I also needed a challenge, but not that overwhelming stress that comes with the level of responsibility I had previously. Thats not to say that I was not able to handle it, but there comes a time when you have to recognise that if you dont get out you become bitter and cannot give it your all. This new job gives me the responsibility but not the overall burden of the place. Plus I can see the end point for the residents, and it is not always death, but a discharge home.
Being in the bosom of my family and friends is also a huge plus for me, I can nip round the corner and see my "sister" or hop on a train and visit the nieces, and recently I jetted to Germany to see my brother and sister in law. I have not forgotten Yorkshire, and I am thankful to the people who gave me the opportunity when I returned from Australia (and yes I will visit), but there is no doubt I am in a better frame of mind and am less obsessed and rigid now. But I see Yorkshire for what it was, a way to anchor myself back into the UK after a life in the antipodes.
Heres to Essex for many a long year.
The Ladybird