[vixxann]

We are stuck here until we sell our house. My contract finished at school so I've been out of work since Sept (when we were originally hoping we'd be in NZ by :( )

I've today been for a job interview and I REALLY want to get it (as I'm going out of my mind stuck at home) however I REALLY want to sell house and go to NZ asap.

I didn't mention any of our future plans at interview but already feel a little guilty (and I don't even know if I've got the job yet!) Is it right to take a job (and someone elses place effectively) knowing that I intend to leave as soon as we sell :confused: On one hand I hope its a matter of weeks but I also know it could be months and months :confused:

Also ... starting to think about our plans for Christmas and then just keep delaying it - as I'm still hopeful (or maybe just insane now) aaaaaaaargh Don't know what to do. We thought we'd had our last UK christmas last year and had my parents stay with us for few days to make it special etc. Don't know if I want to do it all over again. We have the option to possibly go and stay with my brother but then we'd deprive my parents of their "last" christmas with our kids. Unless they came too but not sure if we could handle a BIG family event.

Sorry for waffling:o
wish me luck for job offer - or house sale - I don't know

[Mickstim]

Vicki - I sympathise so much and it's in a way pretty much how we are feeling. I quit work in June so I could concentrate on packing up etc. and here we are still trying to sell the darn house and I keep threatening to find some temp Christmas work as I am bored out of my mind!

I can quite understand your dilemma about taking a job without telling them of your future plans and really can't give any advice as you have to do what is right for you - but you are right, it could be another 6 months the way the housing market is going, and the idea of being at home all day for that time must be driving you crazy (as it is me!!)

As for the Christmas thing - it seems a pretty safe bet that even if we got a sale tomorrow it wouldn't have all been completed by then. We have booked a trip to Florida to spend it with my step daughter and her family (we were there last Christmas for a 'last Christmas' with them too!) Anway - I think you maybe need to make plans as if you are going to be here and then warn people that if the situation changes you may just have to alter the plan.

Not much help I know - but just to let you know that I completely empathise with your position here in Limbo Land.

Barb xx

[lockstock]

I think we're going to need a straightjacket smilie to keep all us limbo-land people from doing a wildebeest! I feel for you both - we've sold but still don't know if we've got a case officer let alone PR.

Chins up! Vixxan, if you don't get this job there's always the supply list you can go on. There'll be plenty of work cos they'll be dropping like flies between now and the end of term! And don't apologise for waffling - it sorts your thoughts out. Confuses the hell out of others but theraputic nonetheless.

[vixxann]

don't apologise for waffling - it sorts your thoughts out. Confuses the hell out of others but theraputic nonetheless.


LOL :laugh

Well - at 5.30pm I got phone call from headteacher to offer me job AND can I start on monday morning!!

A little in shock - quickly re-arranging things that I had on for next week etc etc but there you go. At least I'll be back in land of earning money people :raebanana

Won't it be just typical to sell house this weekend now :exit

[Cardy]

Hi there
we were in the same boat as you . we packed up our jobs because we thought we hacd sold the house .we booked our flights, shipper ,etc and then the buyer ? pulled out with no warning. my wife was given her old job back but my company had given me 3 months wages as a thankyou for my servioces so i couldnt ask them. I started looking for a job but my heart wasnt in it and we decided to take a huge risk and come out here with virtually nothing and hope the house sold quickly. I had enought o last about 3 months here without a job and about a year if i found a job. my father also offered to back me with a small amount if i needed it until my house sold. We put our mortgage on freeze for a year. emptied the house so we didnt have to pay rates etc to reduce costs and came here instead of waiting .We didnt rent the uk house out because we thought that would slow the sale down and make things too complicated. We were lucky we had another buyer almost as soon as we left england and i had a well paid job within 2 weeks. good luck cardy

[Andy-Dee]

I'm being asked to apply for a really good job at work - and my heart really isn't in it. Like all of you until the house sells we're stuck but like Vixxann don't want to take a job from someone else in case we are away early in the New Year.

Everyone thinks I should be thrilled but I can only think of the stress which I don't need right now. Rock Me Hard Place

[nickydwuk]

Limbo land is right..... I am not quite as far along as many of you but I have just changed jobs to a job in an area that I have always wanted to work. A month later I was offered a job in NZ. I am not due to start until next Sept as we are waiting for my son to finish high school but I really want to shout from the roof tops about our plans but I can't at work as I have just started. I don't want to jeapordise things just in case the NZ side of things falls through. I think it is best to carry on as if you are staying (job wise)then if you do go everyone will be happy for you and if you stay a bit longer no one would be the wiser.

Well done on the job vixxan.:clap

[BaldyBeardyBloke]

Not quite the same, but towards the end in UK I was being offered opportunities to go on training courses that were renowned to be difficult to get places on. I knew one of my colleagues wanted to go as well, so I deliberately avoided signing up so he could go and I didn't take his place just to drop out after amonth or so (it was on ongoing training scheme with modules spread over a year).

Chins up! Vixxan,

Possibly an 's' too many in this statement, unless you know about Vixxan's secret liking for too many Melton Mowbray! :laugh


Well - at 5.30pm I got phone call from headteacher to offer me job AND can I start on monday morning!!

Won't it be just typical to sell house this weekend now

Could be just the Karma you need.

Good luck

[vixxann]

unless you know about Vixxan's secret liking for too many Melton Mowbray! :laugh


ssssssssssssssshh - my secret is out now
:p

[lockstock]

Noooo! The chins was for everyone in limbo-land - I just forgot to press the return key before I started on Vixxan!

And I can't work out how to use the quote thingy either.:exit

[Mickstim]

Well done on the job Vicki. I think fate sometimes takes a hand and this looks like one of the times, so chins up girl!!

Bxx

[StevieD]

Vicky, bit of a sticky wicket you're on, bit like Dee. It is purely down to you, but I was in a similar situation as my heart just wasn't in the job I had, you feel totally detached from the whole thing, and it is quite frustrating.

But only you can do what you feel is right for you.

Good luck from your ex NW meet gang xx

[Andy-Dee]

Good to know you're still cheering us on from t'other side. Keep well D family

[holland]

Congrats on job Vicki

[vixxann]

Thanks for all support guys n gals :clap

Its been a strange day or so, friends congratulating me when I tell them I got a job - then they say to me " are you not going to NZ anymore then?"

I AM excited about new job (and nervous - I've only ever worked in same school as my kids have gone to where I already knew everyone!) but I do also feel torn regards long term plans cos' if we sold house next week then I'd be handing my notice in and booking flights ASAP :roll

At least I'll be occupied during the day now and have less time to dream NZ dreams on internet :o