We are headed home. In a little over four weeks, we will have packed up the small amount of clothes we brought and the enormous amount of books and miscellaneous stuff we’ve accumulated and will be boarding a plane back to the U.S. of A. Dan’s project ended about three months early, and there are no other international projects available for him to work on, so off we go.
The news for us is bittersweet. We were very much looking forward to having an additional three-four months here, now that Australia really feels like home and the weather is just turning blissfully cool. And being so far (far far far!) away from the US, I honestly don’t know the next time we will have an opportunity to visit this part of the world, and there are so many places we hoped to check out before leaving. We were also open to spending another year abroad somewhere else, but that opportunity isn’t available.
That said, I have no right to whine (or whinge, as they say here). We are very excited to return to family, friends, and beautiful summer weather in Vermont. Being so far from family and friends was undeniably the toughest part of this move. Dan and I recognize how incredibly fortunate we are to have had these 9 months in Australia. During this time, Syd has evolved from a baby into a little girl, who now carries conversations with me, lives for all things dinosaur, insists on only wearing dresses – she didn’t get that from me! – and keeps me laughing all day long. Moving here was truly a leap of faith, and thankfully it has been the most exciting adventure of my life (alongside motherhood). I am so grateful to have had this experience.
And so the adventure continues. We are excited to see where life takes us when we’re back in the States.
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