We are moving to Thailand!

Well finally, we have signed our contract. It has only been nearly 10 weeks since we started negotiations. Feels like forever. Suspended in limbo, are we going? are we staying? Questions from friends and family and I never had a straight answer for them. At least now I know, Yes we are going, Yes we will be there in August and Yes I seriously need to starting packing up the house. That is the most daunting thing of all, choosing what we want to take over with us and choosing what we want to store and throwing away the rest. Talk about a good way to spring clean.



So many things to organise as well, visas, passports, get the house finished so we can rent it out etc etc etc. I have the biggest TO DO list you've ever seen, and everyday I add more. Hubby, to be honest, has done nothing. I have researched everything, I am going to need glasses from sitting at this computer everyday. Luckily I am a very organised person, I have lists all over the house, from shopping lists to the kids daily routines on the fridge. So far I am on track but I just know that somewhere out there is a little problem waiting to throw a spanner in my well laid plans.

I have been itching to write about our impending trip for weeks, but as we were still negotiating $ and hubby had not given notice at his current job I was forbidden to put anything out on the Internet just in case someone spilled the beans before we could. Even now I have to wait to publish this post as he cannot hand in his notice until Monday.
(note: its now monday and he has given notice, I am free to blog as much as I want, YAY!!!!)



So after all this waiting and wondering and expectation, I had a very anti-climatic response to him telling me that its all signed and we are definitely going. I thought I would feel relieved, excited or motivated to get stuck into it. But no, I was shitty from the kids sooking all day, tired from minimal sleep and irritated by the world, so it all went down like a sack of cement and to top it all off I was disappointed with myself for not jumping up and yelling "Yee Ha lets go!"

I don't think I will be a true believer until I am sitting on that plane and the wheels leave the tarmac.

When did I turn into such a pessimist? We are about to do the most exciting adventure ever and I still seem to be able to be negative.



Straighten up, exhale and smile, WE ARE MOVING TO THAILAND!