… Toowoomba!

Just in case you haven’t heard, we are heading to Toowoomba for 2018.

Hubs didn’t get onto the Orthopaedic training program this time around, and this was one of our “just in case” options that we are really happy about. But the thought of moving? It’s kind of put me into a bit of a spin. I know I’ve done it before (many many times) but this time it’s with four kids, and we’ve been here nearly three years. That is a lot of kids and a lot of stuff.

Oh and did I mention the renovations? Yeah, they are still being done around us. It’s all time and money, both of which we do not have much of at the moment.

So here’s what the next five months are looking like for us:

The kids and I will be down in Brisbane (staying with my parents at their NEW HOUSE at Woody Point! Woo!) for the September School holidays – Looking forward to lots of catching up in that time, including our 20 year High School reunion. Wait, that can’t be right…….. 20 years!?? What the hell!? I’ll also use this time to pop up to Toowoomba to check the town out, maybe pick up some school enrollment forms, and just get a good feel for the place.

At the end of October, Hubs and I are hoping to go on our yearly pilgrimage to Melbourne for PAX Aus, just with Jules, and leave the kids with my parents for a few days.

Then in the middle of November, which is not quite three weeks after we get back, we are heading to Cairns for 10 days for a course for Hubs (only three days), and a family holiday that we tacked on to the start of it. We are also (hopefully) being joined by our friends who we met in Townsville who are now living in Victoria, and it’s Chance’s 7th birthday while we’re there. And we somehow managed to find a Stayz house right across the road from friends who live there, who we met in Ingham. What the!!???

Then a week after we return, we are holding our farewell to the house and to Rocky party on the deck – it’s going to be huge.

Then the following week (the last week of school) I’m planning on packing up the house and being ready to leave on the first weekend of school holidays. That way we can have the house empty to get it painted and anything else finished, ready to rent it out.

Yes, my house is going to look beautiful after I leave it 🙁

Then I’ll be heading to Toowoomba to hopefully line up a house for us to move in to in January, when Hubs will join us and start his new job at the end of Jan, just when the kids are ready to start school.

Then it’s Christmas, and then we will be moving and starting all over again. Again.

Gosh I have so many feelings about this move. Probably all of the feelings. Overwhelm, angst, sadness, excitement, dread, bewilderment, happiness, and many more. I look around this house and feel like it’s been both a blessing and a curse. We have been blessed to have met the most wonderful people here, and to have spent many an occasion on our deck and in our yard. But the renovating business is not for the faint at heart. I don’t ever want to tackle a project like this again, but we had to learn the hard way!

This was supposed to be a quick update about where we are at, but I guess it just reflects the craziness of our lives at the moment. I know that in six months time, we will be settled in a new house, in a new town and meeting new friends, which is both exciting and completely terrifying. Wish me luck!

Darby was unwell yesterday afternoon and went to bed at 5:30 last night. He was fine all night. I just asked him “How does your tummy feel?”

He put his hands on his tummy and said

“Squashy.”

I think he’s going to be okay…

This was my lunch today:

Chicken marinated in soy and garlic, in lettuce cups. It was so delicious.

Hubs had KFC.

But this was so delicious ?

It’s been a weird sort of week around here. Hubs has had the flu and has been home, mostly in bed, and I guess partly because of that, my routine went a bit out the window. I ignored my 6am alarms each morning, I missed fit mum’s on Wednesday because I had a tickle in my throat and I got paranoid I was getting the flu, and I didn’t make lunches in the evenings, instead opting to try and complete the task in the mornings. We were also going to bed later since Hubs wasn’t getting up at 5am for cross fit and I was sleeping later as well.

It wasn’t a great week. And to be honest it was interesting to see how those small things every day can really impact on family life. The kids have been a bit unsettled this week and as lovely as it has been having Hubs’ company each day, it’s also been harder having an extra person to look after.

At least with no work and cross fit there was much less washing!

So it’s back to business tomorrow. Lunch is made, my coffee is ready to go in the morning, and fit mum’s is on the cards. Looking forward to a new start to a new week.

(Darby didn’t want to join in ?)

They will be in school together one day. Until then…