I have literally been on edge the past couple of days keeping up with what is going on with the Scottish Independence Referendum vote that is taking place today (their time). It may be weird or crazy for those who don’t know me that I am keeping such a close watch on Scotland when I am not a British citizen or even a citizen of a commonwealth or EU country. I have been following this since I found out about it because I have been interested in Scotland and their culture and so on and so forth (as I have Scottish (as well as English and Welsh) ancestry, but not enough to actually work in my favor for immigration purposes).
During my senior year of College (what we call University or Uni over here in the states) the dream was to eventually move to Scotland. That has indefinitely been put on the back burner, do to issues in terms of the only legal way I would have to immigrate would be through marriage, and that has to happen (and may never will). That being said I am still fascinated with their culture and way of life. The whole reason I have wanted to live there, is not because I hate my own country, but rather I want to experience living in a different country, adapting and trying to assimilate into a different culture and way of life. I have no objections to staying in my own country, it is just the anthropologist in me that wants to experience how life is lived somewhere else.
My own country, declared it’s independence from Great Britain in 1776, and It has been even longer than that since Scotland has been it’s own country (1707).
I am also excited to see what happens, to see History in the making.
Adventure is my Middle Name 