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Last night after the Xmas party....Sat 16 December 2006
To be honest, just every now and again, I do wonder if we're doing the right thing.  When my parents are in a good mood and being supportive, having my sister nearby who is just awesome with the girls.  Steve's job is fantastic, he's paid well and seems to enjoy it.  I picture us getting a cute little English house in the country, taking weekend trips the Peak District, seeing beautiful green England.  Then of course, I read the paper and watch the news.  Increasing taxes, increasing crime rate, increasing immigration, building on the green belt land, and I wonder what the hell is wrong with me to even doubt my decision to leave!  Last night really summed up this country for me.  A lousy work party, some people with faces that looked they'd been smacked by a wet fish, the drunk attention grabbers, the lousy themed evening.  I realise of course those people are everywhere in the world, but I thought I don't want this.  Same crowd, same dismal conversation, miserable weather, routine lives.  I want my girls to have opportunities that they simply won't get here and I want more to my life then the 9-5 route.  On the way home I kind of cracked.  I was tired and drunk and the pressure on me just took its toll.  I screamed and I shouted, god it felt good to get it all out.  We've had such a difficult time of late, I just want my own space, my own home and my family to be happy.  I wish the new year would hurry the hell up, so we can get started.

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