Your House

As a child I moved house once and I was 4 and don't really remember much about the whole experience. But since I left home at 18 I have moved house soo many times I've actually lost count, I think its about 14 times.
I moved down to London and then just seemed to go from place to place. I stayed in my favourite flat in Kingston for just under 2 years and that was the longest I'd lived anywhere and if I'd had more of a say I think I would have stayed in that flat for longer. But last summer I moved my whole life back up to Scotland and moved back in with my parents for four months while I started putting my life back together.
But now it is back together and it feels great. I never expected my move to Dundee to be as positive as it has been but it really has and I don't really want to move again, although I do really like Glasgow as a city. I have some amazing friends here and nearby, I like the size of Dundee, its a city but a small one and it means everything is pretty close by and I love my flat. Its right in the centre of the town and it feels like home. The thought of packing up and moving again just makes me want to lie down!!
For a long time it was hard for me to think of anywhere as my home because I never stayed anywhere for any length of time. But this flat is my home, even though its just rented. This flat represents true freedom to me. I come and go as I please and I don't have to answer to anyone. I have friends over when I want to, I listen to whatever music I want and watch what I want to on telly, I cook what I want when I want and if I make a bit of a mess then it's my mess and no one elses!!
I know that this would stay the same if I moved to Glasgow but this is the first flat I've ever felt this way about and I don't want to give up this little place. I've learnt how to live on my own and how to cope with the issues that can arise from living on your own and I've grown so much in this little place. Plus it has the best window sill ever!!!
Change is good and things aren't going to stay the same just because I don't move, but another year in this place would be stable and secure and I haven't had stability in my life since I left home at 18.
Plus there are so many positive things to stay in Dundee for, one of which is the PMA I'm rocking by living here!