Happenings

Long-term readers will know that I used to post here every day, or close enough to daily posts. But securing my wonderful job nearly a year ago has taken the opportunity from me. I like my job, and I miss being on here, too.

My weekends are so busy. I’m not sequestered indoors; quite the opposite. I spend my weekends ferrying my kids from sporting activities, to friends’ homes, as well as other mum related stuff. It’s great though. I’m not complaining.

About a week ago, though, I was driving T1 to a soccer match. It was a balmy Thursday evening (match had been postponed from its regular Sunday timeslot to a weeknight) and we pulled to a stop at a red light. Once the lights went green, my car just didn’t move forward. A long line of headlights behind me, car horns tooting in frustration and I was stuck. You can bet I was complaining right then! In short, the transmission died, and we have sent our car on to where all good vehicles go once they die. Sure, mechanics could’ve replaced the transmission, but at $9k, for a 20 year old car, it just didn’t seem worth it. We are currently running with one (unreliable) car. My nerves and anxiety are sky-high, every time I get behind the wheel.

In other news, we are moving house later this month. Our wonderful little home is far too small for our growing children. One bathroom for all of us, and the boys sharing a room, in bunk beds, is not working very well. So, we soon pick up the keys to a bigger home, with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, two living areas, a yard, a laundry (this is a big excitement for me, as I’ve been dealing with a ‘euro’ laundry in the kitchen for 15 years), and plenty of cupboards and storage space. And a two-car garage too. We have already bought a new (to us) car, and will take delivery of it this week sometime.

So, with packing up a home, on top of my normal busyness, this post serves as a message that blogs by me will likely be more scarce for a while. But I will endeavour to build a bridge back to you all, sometime in mid-June. I just hope you’ll have me again 🙂

And happy Mother’s day!

Photo by Robert Bye on Unsplash

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