Getting closer... and feeling more optimistic every day

[tropic_dm]

In seven days I will have changed my address big-time. From one side of the planet to the other. This time next week I will probably be sprawled on my sister's couch with a mug of tea, smothered in cats, and the pair of us will be talking our heads off for at least another hour. Well, that's how it happened last year and given my flight lands at

Comments

[murasaki_1966]

Congratulations! Welcome to the rest of your life, and may jt be fantastic

[tropic_dm]

Thank you! With all that history to explore (I have been told by one friend I will be her tour guide when she gets there next year) and country and family... it'd better be bloody good or I'll be a cranky camper!

[dawtheminstrel]

Wow. Big changes. May all the good fortune in the world follow you on your new path.

[tropic_dm]

Thank you! I may well be able to make more visits to the US as I will be so much closer.

[eneit]

and wherever you go and whatever you choose to do, you carry our love with you :)

[tropic_dm]

Knowing I have a bunch of friends out there who support me is what has kept me going the last few years - just a pity we couldn't be located closer but them's the breaks.

A couple of times lately someone has asked me why I couldn't move in with friends until I leave the country - I've giggled and explained that while I do have a wide circle of friends, they range from up in Cairns to the NSW/Victoria border with the odd one or two in WA and SA and Melbourne!

[little_foxy]

You already sound happier, but don't forget to let yourself grieve over things. It can take time and surprise you at when it can hit.

[tropic_dm]

I know, just a simple thing sets me off at the moment, including typing this reply.

I have already forewarned my family to expect me to turn fragile 3 weeks after I arrive, because that's the time when I would normally be returning to Oz to work... and I won't be!

[murasaki_1966]

When it hits, let if flow. IT might be embarrassing when it happens, but it is best to let it out.