Settling down :: Do we have to?

If you're a seasoned W&P reader, you'll know that O and I have moved around a lot over the last few years. We lived in a hotel for a year in Kent, moved into a little flat in Essex, upped sticks and moved into a huge house in the North East and now we dwell in a little bungalow in a seaside town on the west coast of Scotland. 

All this moving left me with a longing to plant some roots and finally settle down. Our move back to Scotland was our bid to do this. We both said that this would be the last move for a while, we wouldn't look for new jobs anywhere else and we would start making a proper life for ourselves here. Now most days, we're both still on board with these vows, but some days (or weeks, like this one), our plans get a little shaky. 

This week I mostly feel like I want to pack up all our things, put it in storage, fill a backpack with clothes and head off on a year long adventure. I know the grass is always greener on the other side and that now we have the life we wanted, I'm now craving something new and different in our lives. Is it just that I haven't given our new life enough of a chance? Don't get me wrong, I love it here. I love our little bungalow (despite it being colder than the North Pole!) and making it "home" with Oscar and I love being back home with my family and our friends. I'm now just left with this "is this it?" feeling. Does settling down mean that we go to work every day and then have two or three holidays a year? I'm not sure if we're both ready for that (don't worry O and I are on the same page here). I love the excitement of moving to a new town, city or country and I'm beginning to think that I'll always have itchy feet (I think I have my Canada adventures to blame for that). Maybe we're just not the settling down type? Or maybe settling down means something different for everyone? I feel completely settled (much more than settled!) with Oscar, so maybe he is my home (smoosh - sorry!) and wherever we go, we take that with us? Does that make sense? Or maybe I just need a holiday!? 

What do you think? Does settling down mean something different to all of us? 

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