Well tomorrow marks 6 weeks since we moved to Bournemouth! .. a 250 mile journey from the old house to the new house.. according to googlemaps anyway! To say it was a hard journey is a understatement. We moved away from family and friends and the area we had all grown up in ( give or take a couple of miles!) I am not sure how people do the whole moving to Oz thing! because sometimes the distance between us and home now seems huge! When it isn't too bad. But as my mum says any move is too far. Having the ability to just pop around for a chat, brew, advice is what makes it hard. Friends well we didn't meet up very often and i speak more to my friends via Facebook then I did in person. Busy lives and all that. I could write a huge list of what I miss but I best not or I will start crying!
We couldn't not come however, the chances and possibilities here where big compared to at home, hubby got a new job, more money and better position, a job he had tried to get back at home and couldn't. He would have had to move jobs at some point to progress and it was a chance find to see this job advertised. It was me who told him to go for it. I said, if he didn't he would always be asking.. what if. We had always talked about moving but who would have thought it would happen!
The big thing was our daughter, her treatment and her health. It was harder then I imagined leaving her dermatologist. A woman who had done so much for us it was un true! and yes now i'm crying.. ( and yes i was before.. ) Here we are struggling to get the referrals she had back at home, dermatologist is on the cards but no sign of physio yet and the gp said no to a rhumatologist and a allergist for my atopic child.. ? yeah some of these things do no compute!! But i will fight if i have to. And always will for her rights. if this physio app doesn't atleast pop though the door soon I am going to try and chase it up. We can't wait around when a child is in pain. But we moved down here for it to be warmer and cleaner environment, clean seas to chuck her in for her eczema!!
We did get a school sorted for her though which was a big thing of course, she seems to like it and loves being able to learn french, i like the fact they sit and read with the child most days and the fact that they were shocked at her reading ability and have lovely comments most days coming home about her comprehension and expression. ( one less stress!!)
Can't say we have had much lovely weather, sometimes it seems we pulled down most of the Manchester weather with us!! its rain so much and so many thunder storms in the last few weeks. We hardly had any back home and the big one we did have we stood up and watched ( it was like 2 am lol) Had a few small ones here but more then we ever had at home in Leigh. Daughter keeps talking about Snow for christmas and i keep telling her that it never snowed at all last year and i doubt being so close to the sea that we will get any but we will have to see what Winter brings.
The street is nice enough, friendly enough neighbours, just a few issues with parking as there is limited space as its a cul de sack. so a bit of tetris some days! ( more so on the weekend!) we are close to parks, and wooded areas, and a frequent bus service to Bournemouth and the local high street. Can't complain ( though i do miss being able to walk to the main shops i liked, like home bargains! suppose it saves me some money lol)
Not everything has been great, like losing our rabbit Lucy to a fox. Which was not a circumstance we even thought of happening. It will be some time before we consider anything for outside or actually inside, since we can't have dogs or cats due to allergies and the private rented property. A fish might be in order!! But I am not sure we will get over what happened atleast us the parents. it has hit us harder then we thought as she was the first family pet and it is such a traumatic way to die and find. Thankfully i am just glad that madam hadn't gone out to feed her and i went out. One small saving grace!
In two weeks we travel back up North to visit family, celebrate hubbies birthday and to see the Manchester Christmas markets! It will be a whirlwind trip travelling up after school on the Friday and back on the Sunday evening! we won't get as long as we like but least we will get to see people.
Right so that has brought people up to speed with the last few weeks. Being a Northerner down here isn't so bad, no one has mentioned it apart from a lady in Pizza hut on daughters birthday who thought we were on holiday! We still find tastes of home like Uncle Joes and staffy oat cakes.. nothing will take the Northener out of me. Wigan girl at heart, feeling just a little home sick for family xxx
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