4 October 2017
Hi and Welcome to Kylie's Life, yes I know it has been a while since I sat and did this blog and to be honest I did fall out of love with it for a long time and I think that is because in a way I did not have anything to say - which for me very rarely happens.
Ok so I will catch you up on what has happened, as you know I started working, we had moved to Perth, then the owners of the house wanted to sell it now we looked at buying it and it was just to far out of our budget so we did find a house to buy. It meant that the kids had to move schools - which was hard on them but to soften the blow we bought a house with a pool. So 5 days before Christmas 2016 we moved into our new home, the kids started at their new school in the new school year- the school only had 150 students, I was still at my job, had become a Cub Scout Leader, completed a Certificate 3 in Business and was just about to start a Certificate 4 in Frontline Management. So everything is travelling along nicely.
I had finished work early one day and asked if Hubby wanted to meet up for a late lunch, while at this lunch he mentioned that he had a rather interesting conversation with his boss, it was at this point my heart started to race and pound in my ears - yes I feared the worst, believe me when he said the next thing I was stunned. He said there was a job opening in head office and that the boss asked if he was interested in the role ( I was so excited for him) the problem was head office is in Melbourne Victoria - which is on the other side of the country.
Now that was a problem we talked about it for ages without letting the kids know what was going on, I looked at houses to rent - I didn't want to buy in the wrong area and if we didn't like Melbourne and wanted to go back to Perth we would have a house that we would either have to rent out or sell.
Looked at schools and to be honest the more I looked the more confused I became, to the point where I said "I just can't look anymore, you decide where we are going to be". So eventually the day came where we told the kids, and the family. My Mum was so excited and encouraged us to go for it, my Dad was not happy about it at all, and even said "When are you going to stop moving", it wasn't until a month later that he said "I think it is a good move and give you my blessing" to which he was told " We are going weather you give your blessing or not. Hubby's family were accepting of the idea of us leaving, but in reality I don't think the fact we were moving to the other side of the country really set in until the day it came to pack the Sea Container.
So the 2nd of July we left Perth to drive across the country to start our new lives, now it took 2 days to get out of Western Australia - and they say Texas is big!!, now they were days where we drove between 8 and 10 hours. Driving across Australia well the most uninteresting part is driving across the Nullabore - it is a road that is straight, and nothing to see either side of the road. There were Semi's, Caravan's and they didn't come along with any regularity, there was even a point where my back became sore, my butt became slightly numb and I started making up the words to a song that was on.
So after driving through South Australia - that took 1.5 days, then into Victoria - our first night in Victoria was spent in a town called Dimboola, when we left in the morning the temp outside outside was -1 and ice on the windsheild. So we drove into Melbourne and for me it was a white knuckle ride as I lost Hubby, now that is not as easy as you think considering he was towing a caravan but the fact of the matter is I wasn't prepared for the traffic and the trams. So we made it to the house - without me causing a accident, and wanting to turn tail and head back to Perth. Besides the fact that the kittens had just spent the last 5 days in the back of the car and were desperate to get out, I had listened to the same 6 CD's for the last 2 days, I was actually excited to start the new adventure.
So after a day the sea container arrived and we got unpacked, so hubby went back to work and I was taking care of the things at home - school uniforms, getting dentist's, Doctors organised, getting winter clothes. Now you may think hmm she is in Winter and they don't have winter clothes and I will explain why- you see Perth in Winter is not as cold as winter in Melbourne, the need for flauffy sheets, thick jackets, and beenies is not really an issue in Perth in Melbourne - even the locals were complaining how cold it was.
On the plus side we did get to do something that you would never get to do on the west coast and that was to see snow. So now it is school holidays, school goes back next week for the final term, I am trying to find a full-time job, and we are experiencing daylight saving ( for the first time) and a Melbourne spring.
Tooodles xxxx
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