Which way?

[underthunder]

Hello,
My name is Wayde and I am 18 years old. I had been living in Hervey Bay with my girlfriend Peta for just over 2 years. I was having trouble finding work in the area and decided I was going back down to Brisbane where my parents live and where I grew up. I've been here for about 3 weeks now and already have a job as a welder. The thing is, after being by Petas side almost 24/7 for 2 years, I'm starting to miss that a lot. Down here I'm earning $15/hr welding trolleys, I have some old friends, and I can make a future, there are heaps of opportunities down here for me. But lately I've been feeling that I've done the wrong thing. Basically I just said to her I was coming down and went, and we'll see each other on long weekends/holidays.

She's still finishing her last year of school, so she can't come down to stay with me. I'm down here working, but have nobody to take shopping :P It's hard for me to sleep at night alone, yada yada you all know how it goes. I'm just feeling a bit depressed.

I've been second guessing whether I want to be a welder too, I'm still young and have plenty of time to be somebody, but I still have no idea what I really want to be. A few things I've thought about are going to the army, mechanic, interior designer, start a kinda "rent a geek" business and fix peoples comps :P

So I've just started this new job but I dont feel its what I want to do, I'm missing Peta like crazy and I'm depressed. I was thinking about moving back up there and doing my computer thing, or doing a mechanics course at tafe or something, but I cant survive on the dole. There's no certainty I can find a job there.

In short my heart is saying go to the girl and keep looking for a job, but my head is saying you already have a job and you have a roof over your head. But I wanna go home! lol.

I'm just looking for a few comments from people, it may be able to help me make up my mind, or snap me out of it if I'm being stupid. Cheers.