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Hello B2B
I know how you feel. I was born & brought up in Malaysia, and sent to boarding school in the UK on my own when I was 8. My sister was too young to come with me - she had to wait another 2 years.
I was appallingly homesick to start with. However, if DOES ease if you give it enough time, I promise.
My sister than moved to Oz when she was 21. She was there for about 4 years, perfectly happily, until something set her off and she bawled her eyes out down the phone to me.
It decided that the solution was for me to go and see her, not the other way around. Because of work etc I couldn't get away until Christmas so that I could rolll the public holidays in with annual leave in order to get 5 weeks in Oz. Otheerwise it would only have been 3 weeks.
I explained why I was going to leave it till Cristmas - then 5 months away. Elaine seemed OK about it. I felt that I should go and have a look and if it was really dire I would bring Elaine back to the UK with me.
YOu know what? Just knowing that I was on my way - even though it wasn;t gping to be immediiately - did the trick. Elaine started to plan all the things she wanted to do and to show me whilst I was there.
It was my first visit to WA though I had been to Oz before that. I didn't have a clue what to expect from WA - and it wasn't my overriding concern anyway. My concern was to find out what state Elaine was really in. Bless her - she was fine. She had obviously spent AGES planning to do all the things she thought I would enjoy. It made for a really good holiday for both of us.
Is there someone in your family who could come out to you for a visit? I reckon that having a visit to look forward to and plan for might make all the difference to you in the same way as it did for my sister.
I can't say it would definitely work, but you might want to give it some thought perhaps?
Hugz
Gill
xx
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