[ant-in-cornwall]

So after many delays Zoe finally has a formal job offer with the Hawkes Bay Heath Board! We'd like to celebrate but all is a bit muted since nothing is happening with the house at the moment. People come round, say it's lovely but all a bit too small - what do they expect for a 2 bedroom cornish cottage!

ITA not submitted yet - delays with medical reports.

I think we're feeling all a bit mixed up at the moment. Me more so I guess since Zoe is the main applicant and I'm just 'travelling baggage'! All of a sudden, when faced with such a big event, life here can suddenly seem a bit more bearable. I constantly have to think 'long-term' and the lifestyle opportunities which await us.

We've just finished performing "Jesus Christ Superstar", I was the director, and it was a great experience. They're already talking about next time......it can be really difficult as I know you'll all agree!

Ant

[jan]

Ant, I have to admit I have similar feelings.All of a sudden, when faced with such a big event, life here can suddenly seem a bit more bearable.

I am too afraid of 'upseting the apple cart' so to speak. I have a great circle of friends and family. With whom we spend every weekend with. Only yesterday 20 of us, including our kids, went out for lunch then bowling. What a fantastic day we had.

I spent time at the begining of our journey thinking 'We have to get away from this wretched place, my 12yr old son is going to end up like him or him' 'Look at the state of this in the paper' etc etc. But after these initial thoughts had passed yes I looked at what we had and began to think things aren't as bad as I MADE them out to be. I can now re-assure myself that if it does not work out for us in NZ we can always come back.

But our re-location has become part of an adventure to us now. What an opportunity! We will never get this chance again, we are also driven with the amount of people who will say' We had the chance to goto such and such a place but we didn't and we so regret it now' We don't fancy saying this in a few years, we prefer to say ' We did it'

Sorry for babbling but you got me on a moment :laugh :laugh

Jan xxx

[leslie]

jesus christ superstar on the auckland bridge on new years. now thats fun!

[Hannah]

I can relate to this. Since booking our flights i've spent most days convincing myself of all the reasons not to leave!! We never saw ourselves as running away from the UK anyway, although i'm now finding wonderful reasons why not to leave. And we're not even going until end Oct!! I'm reading the negative postings with un-natural interest, convincing myself that we will never afford to live there etc etc.
God knows what i'll be like come Oct!!
Seriously though, My biggest fear is that we can't afford to live there and decide to come home...but that the kids (10 and 7) love it and want to stay. Sarah Jane's posting covers this - her kids are really happy now and she is staying for them. What if we can't do this etc etc.
AHHHHH!!! Need to stop thinking to deep about it all.... :exit
hannah