Originally Posted by sharon45

I have just spent the afternoon with my Niece and her two young kids. abigail 19mths and rebecca 4 months, got big hugs and kisses as they went out the door and a tear in my eye ,
Thats the goodbyes started and i am not looking forward to tommorrow saying goodbye to one of my best friends who has just recently split from her hubby.
We fly 13th feb for the gold coast and every sleep now seems to be restless!!! i know we are doing the right thing but is still hard. Cant think about the day we leave and say goobye to our daughter cheryl 21 as she is staying here.
I feel like bubbling now as i type this

sharon

Originally Posted by sharon45

I have just spent the afternoon with my Niece and her two young kids. abigail 19mths and rebecca 4 months, got big hugs and kisses as they went out the door and a tear in my eye ,
Thats the goodbyes started and i am not looking forward to tommorrow saying goodbye to one of my best friends who has just recently split from her hubby.
We fly 13th feb for the gold coast and every sleep now seems to be restless!!! i know we are doing the right thing but is still hard. Cant think about the day we leave and say goobye to our daughter cheryl 21 as she is staying here.
I feel like bubbling now as i type this

sharon

Originally Posted by ElaineG

Wait until you wake up and realise every day is sunny!! (ignore the rain we've had for the last 2 months, it's still averaging 27 degrees and the rain is gone before you know it! and the Gold Coast doesn't have water restrictions - don't know what I'm talking about, you will soon, you will get sick of hearing about how much water they have in the dams!??>!). YOU are going to have fun, fun, fun and what on earth is your daughter thinking of staying in dismal, grey old England - get her over here as fast as you can - she doesn't know what she's missing!!! Good luck - you won't regret it .... and don't forget to have a trip back in about 6 months, just to remind yourself why you left!

Originally Posted by redlion

Just nip out and have a few pints of seventy shilling and say hello to my uncle bob in Byron Cresent, up the law. Seriously this is a difficult time for you all, focus on what you are going to and the good times ahead. Good luck with everything

Nev

Originally Posted by sharon45

My daughter hasn't go a visa she was working when we applied . she is staying here with her fiance getting married july09 . so we will be back for that . She is renti g our house whilst until she gets a house next year. I dont think she will be far behind us after that as her future hubby is a project manager in the on shore oil biz and could well be over working in oz soon enough.

Originally Posted by islandmom

it drives you mad, you spend months, years wanting to go and then it all hurts so much. our was a nightmare too -

hubs got the dream job of a lifetime
I was 7 months pregnant, 2nd child
he stayed for 10 days after the birth
I was left alone after traumatic c-section, with newborn and 21month old
I packed up house and sent the container off, gave myself a hernia in the process
then lived in empty house for the next 6 weeks on mattress
sold the cars and did all the bills, utilities and paperwork

he finally came back to pick us up when babe was 10 weeks old and take us home to here but I was emotionally finished and drained, I did it on my own, my body was knackered, my nerves were shot - I was totally at the edge of losing it, and saying goodbye to friends and family with our newborn son they'd never see grow up was almost heartbreaking.

this is when you have to remind yourself that you have to live for your family first - I mean you, oh and kids and then figure out the rest after that.

we know we've made the best decision of our lives and as the years have gone by we simply dont feel homesick for family or friends - our life is very much here. It sounds harsh but I'm glad its gone that way - I love them all to death but I dont pine for them all as I thought I would.

Originally Posted by Professional Princess

Tell me about it.

I seem to be fighting with everyone at the moment.

I have so far, fought with:

1. LA Fitness - took them to Trading Standards and won

2. Sky - billed for porn movies not ordered, never ordered them as I could write far better erotic fiction than they could show. Managed to prove my innocence by demonstrating that while they thought the movies were ordered by a landline, we had no landline in Xmas 2006, letter of apology.

3. BT - demanding to know where I will live when I get to Australia, I told them that its none of their business and as Im disconnecting in 2 weeks, the bill will be paid.

4. British Gas - for the same reasons as BT.

5. Paypal - whose system failed last night when I tried to lift the limits on the account, they said now I have to write a letter explaining why I want the money, what I want it for and when I want it, along with utility bills and a list of phone numbers should they need to contact me. Plus it takes 5 days to transfer the money so they reckon it will be at least two weeks before I get it. So now I cant remove the remaining couple of hundred for Gordons account.

6. The fat monkeypigmenopausalpigbitch at work whom I completely lost my rag with yesterday, bully bitch got the sticky end of my wicket yesterday - serves her right for being the office bully.

Funnily enough I have discovered that at the moment I am being very blunt and the people that previously 'dished' it, cannot take it back.

I am on a short fuse, have low tolerance to wankerdom, prone to bursting into tears and feel that at the moment, everyone wants a piece of me.

Even m sister is saying 'Oh you have to say over at your leaving party' - never mind that I have to clean the flat and get sorted, oh no, that doesnt matter.

Paypal have received a nasty letter - their system failed and it is not my fault. I hate, loathe and detest their automated American robotic methods of discussion, sounding like a ladyboy who is 'halfway there' with their voicebox.

Seriously, the next one to mess with my mojo is seriously going to get a kick.

Funnily enough the packing is no longer getting to me, its the other shit Im finding hard to deal with.

Ordinarily I would say sorry for such a rant and use the symbol, but tonight I dont care, I wanted that rant, needed that rant and wont say sorry for it.

Anyone else care to add to the stresses of migration, purely to make us all feel better of course

Originally Posted by islandmom

it doesnt seem like 5 minutes ago nothing was happening and there was no visa in sight ... and now look - when do you leave blighty??

Originally Posted by sallyclaire

PP - the last few weeks before leaving can be immensely stressful, so much to do & so much emotion. You will get through it, just try to keep focused, remember your great sense of humour & keep hugging Mr PP!
When do you finish work?

Originally Posted by mancfamily

I'm going to think of you when it's mine turn to start packing etc. To do all that with a newborn AFTER a c section (had one of those myself), AND a 21 month old toddler, you're an inspiration Well done!

Originally Posted by Professional Princess

First week of March.

Ive noticed I am feeling better about it all today because I know Im not in work tomorrow.

I seem to be fine coping with the migration, but I can honestly say that being bullied by this woman at work is totally finishing me.


Hi PP try this its not easy just smile at her and agree with her its hard but you will get results tw@@s likr that crave a reaction from you just smiling reflects it bak, tried it on the OH works like a treat lol Malx
Im known for being happy and cheerful at work and my work pals have said that the change in me is sad and that this woman is known for being a bully.


As for my revenge posts, I dont think I would have the nerve to do half of it, its all gob and trousers Im afraid. The worst revenge Ive done is to stir a nasty vet's tea with a rectal thermometer and trust me, some vet nurses have done far worse.

I suppose the problems I am having with various companies I would ordinarily be able to deal with it, but at the moment I am overloaded.