Kim39
4th November 2007, 10:03 AM
Whichever way we look at it, we are 2 hours away from being here for the 2 year update.
Ok, not going to bore you all with what we have done and where we have been, but to say we are to a degree happy. We have had the normal up's and down's that all folk have when they make a move like this, and unfortunately it all comes down to the financial side of the move.
Yes monies are very tight, and we aren't able to do what we may have wanted 2 years ago, as we aren't able to save anything. I made a concious decision to try and get out of the trucking game, and to a degree its happened, but my thoughts are swinging back to it, due to the ability to earn slightly more, but with it comes the cost of big hours, which i don't really want, as i came here for a different lifestyle. Lots of thinking to do on that level.
Elaine is settled, along with the girls. This move has allowed us to give the girls a little slack on the lead that all parents keep on their kids. We haven't had any probs with their lives at all, and they never talk about returning. The only thing they miss are family, and this morning we realised what we are missing as my BIL has his grandchildren staying over and we have managed to see our nieces for the first time in these 2 years we have been here, and the height of it was being able to see the youngest of 2 weeks on camera. Yes, these are the things that probably has a big pull on returning, and not other little problems that may crop up once in a while, but you have to try and put them to the back of your mind and hope that one day they will jump the plane and come visit.
To help us over the 2 years has been to find, and mix with locals and ex-pats. We are very lucky to have a good mix of these people. I have managed to get involved in the playing and coaching of the local footie team, and that is something which eased me into life out here. The girls have their mix of friends, and Elaine has a good mix too
Oh i could go on, and on, but i won't. What i will say is life is good, and we are just getting on with it. We are just waiting on planning permission for the new build we are about to embark on, and once that is done you'll get to see it. We have a possibility of my BIL dropping in to see us early 08, so that should be good for us too.
Yeah, life's good, but we still have stress!!!
Kim
Ok, not going to bore you all with what we have done and where we have been, but to say we are to a degree happy. We have had the normal up's and down's that all folk have when they make a move like this, and unfortunately it all comes down to the financial side of the move.
Yes monies are very tight, and we aren't able to do what we may have wanted 2 years ago, as we aren't able to save anything. I made a concious decision to try and get out of the trucking game, and to a degree its happened, but my thoughts are swinging back to it, due to the ability to earn slightly more, but with it comes the cost of big hours, which i don't really want, as i came here for a different lifestyle. Lots of thinking to do on that level.
Elaine is settled, along with the girls. This move has allowed us to give the girls a little slack on the lead that all parents keep on their kids. We haven't had any probs with their lives at all, and they never talk about returning. The only thing they miss are family, and this morning we realised what we are missing as my BIL has his grandchildren staying over and we have managed to see our nieces for the first time in these 2 years we have been here, and the height of it was being able to see the youngest of 2 weeks on camera. Yes, these are the things that probably has a big pull on returning, and not other little problems that may crop up once in a while, but you have to try and put them to the back of your mind and hope that one day they will jump the plane and come visit.
To help us over the 2 years has been to find, and mix with locals and ex-pats. We are very lucky to have a good mix of these people. I have managed to get involved in the playing and coaching of the local footie team, and that is something which eased me into life out here. The girls have their mix of friends, and Elaine has a good mix too
Oh i could go on, and on, but i won't. What i will say is life is good, and we are just getting on with it. We are just waiting on planning permission for the new build we are about to embark on, and once that is done you'll get to see it. We have a possibility of my BIL dropping in to see us early 08, so that should be good for us too.
Yeah, life's good, but we still have stress!!!
Kim