Not “Back to the Future” – Just back to the UK

I took a trip down “memory lane” last week as I flew back to see my friends and family in the UK. I was in desperate need of a “fix” in the form of my 18 month old grandson – Luke.  My word how he´s grown up, running around and stringing words together, he was still a real “baby” last time I saw him!  I took my nephew, Lewis,  to see the new Harry Potter movie and nearly fell out of my seat when he asked me for a tissue as he´d just pulled his tooth out.  I was even able to fit in time to see my friends where I last worked and it made me realise just how much of a “rat race” life can be.    I do miss my friends and family- but I don´t miss the rat race!

What I also don´t miss is the rain! It rained on me nearly every day, everyone I talked to talked about the weather. How it had rained nearly every day for a month and how they can´t plan anything in advance because they don´t know how the weather will turn out!! I didn´t have the heart to say “I hadn´t seen rain since St. Patricks Day”!

How lucky am I??  I have a fantastic job, I get to meet some wonderful people, to see some amazing properties and I get the sunshine too! What more could a girl ask for?  What better reason could there be for living in Tenerife, even in a credit crunch!  There´s nothing quite like a reality check to make you appreciate what you have.