It has been full of many highs, lows and difficult times but we have still managed to have lots of enjoyment and adventures along the way. Our main aim when we jetted out a year ago, was to find our feet and just settle to see whether or not we would actually like it and live here. We hoped to build a better life for ourselves and George, and can definitely see the benefits of our move. After a shaky start and a few bad decisions, we were determined to make a go of things, so moved into our own rental and now just take each day as it comes. Our weeks are full of work, playgroups, swimming lessons, kindy and footie training. Our weekends are filled with BBQs, meeting friends, kayaking, parks, beaches, football and lots more.
We have met lots of people in similar situations to ours, and for us, felt it best not to force the issue of making friends. We settled ourselves and being sociable people, we knew that we would build a friend base relatively easily. We have a close group of friends who we can rely upon, who have shown us support and given us advice where needed, but most importantly, they are people we trust and have alot of fun with. George has settled really well and it is through him, we have met so many people. He has alot of friends his own age, who we can see him growing up with and generally asks after them most days. We have put his name down at the local school for him to start kindy in February, where he will be going two days a week. Schools start a year later, so he will not be going full time until he turns 5 in 2011.
We have just signed up for another year on our rental. We like the area we live in, just 10 minutes drive from the beach, shops and trains to the city. Currently, we still believe houses are overpriced and whilst you do get a huge amount of space compared to back home, we are not committing to the housing market just yet. Our preference when we do commit, is to buy not build. We have seen friends build and whilst their houses are lovely and you get to choose your own house from scratch, we see alot of work involved for us at the moment. Wes is settled in work and will have been at Fuji a year in August, he enjoys his job and especially the hours!! He leaves at 8am most days and is rarely home after 5pm...he has never had it so good!! I am working part time from home, doing some data entry work. It works well for us and around George, which is the most important thing.
Our life here is so different to back home. The weather makes a huge difference and whilst we are going into winter and expect rain, we cannot complain when the days are still warm and we have had months of lovely sunshine. We were passing each other on the doorstep in the UK and here we get to spend quality family time together. We are not missing the place, but do still think about our family and friends often. Admittedly, we probably talk to them more here than we did back home, but like we always said, just because we have moved this far away, we cannot and would not forget the special people we have left behind.
We already have a busy year ahead of us with friends and family coming over and Wes jetting back for a wedding in August. He will be back for nearly two weeks and already has a lot planned with being best man at James and Emma's wedding. As much as we would love to, George and I will not be coming back this time, but will be putting in a huge order of stuff for Wes to bring home!!
We hope you continue to enjoy the news and memories we are sharing with you on here and promise to continue to do so. All we can say is watch this space for more!!!
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