The flight home was almost 24 hours! 8 hours from Sydney to Singapore, and then 14 hours from Singapore to London. I arrived in Heathrow on the 20th of December at 4am and sure enough my parents were there waiting for me! It was so good seeing them again! A bit surreal!

We drove back to their house in Southampton where I would be staying. Over the next few days, it was great catching up with all my family, and it was so good being home for Christmas! Me and my younger brother Michael cooked the Christmas dinner together and it was so much fun! One thing I really didn’t appreciate though was the weather! Coming from summer in Australia to winter in the UK, I knew it would be hard readjusting but it was worse than I had imagined! With only a month there though, I tried to make the most of it. It was kinda nice being there but knowing it was just for a month. It made me just enjoy the moment instead of worrying too much about the future and what I was going to do. I had the next step figured out at least and would just take it from there.