The children are coping
The kids seem to be taking it all in their stride. Little one has decided she is glad we moved because she can get ice cream dots here. (If you don’t know what they are, they are tiny little balls of ice cream that she just thinks are amazing and wonderful.) Big one had a good day because he went to watch his cousin play baseball. Which meant spending time with the extended family that he loves.
It is harder being the designated adult. There are so many decisions to make and so little time. I am struggling to find a rental property. No one wants to rent to us for less than a year, but even if we say we will go for a year, there doesn’t seem to be very much actually available! I keep reminding myself that we have only been here for a few days and I shouldn’t panic yet. But it is hard not to panic.
We are going to tour a few schools in the next few days anyway. Three appointments have been booked and we are all looking forward to seeing the schools and meeting the principals (head teachers for our British audience). Not sure that seeing the schools will bring us any closer to actually choosing one, but I am optimistic (or trying to be). I suspect we should at least be able to eliminate one from the list after the visits. Any one of the three is bound to be unacceptable in some way or another.
The other thing to work on is job hunting. At least if I can get a few interviews I could start to get back to thinking more like a professional person and less like a mommy/mummy.
But at the moment, I’m too tired to think about anything. And I miss my sounding board. Hubby and I spent two hours on the Skype phones today…probably talking to each other a lot more than we normally do at home. But it wasn’t nearly the same as being together. I’m in the weird position of wanting the time to go faster, so he can get here, and needing the time to slow down so I can get everything done that needs doing.
And tomorrow I have to find out all about mobile phones…
Tags: Family, job, rental housing, school