Lucky

My Mum came down to visit over the weekend, because J is away for another two weeks travelling and she felt sorry for me spending the weekend on my own. Yes, J is travelling a lot at the moment and yes, it is hard, in fact I'm borderline not coping some days but hoping our move to Hong Kong means a bit of a decrease in the travelling or at least the introduction of a maid! But anyway, I suspect that's another reason why Mum decided to come down.

My Mum still works full time so it's not always easy for her to visit and when she does I really appreciate it. It means she has a two hour drive each way and uses her only days off to help me out. We had a fun weekend, my sister came over for dinner and they bathed the kids, then we had a few wines and made some pretty funny lip syncing videos. Average family stuff, for our family.

After Mum left on Sunday I hung out with the kids, who "helped" me do some packing for our move. We packed up a lot of books and also got rid of a lot. The whole getting rid of things aspect of the move is probably my favourite so far, it's so cleansing. I feel like with every physical thing we get rid of a metaphorical weight is lifted from my shoulders.

Going through all our books I found a few daggy reads and some funny things too, like a diary J had written in 2005 (before we met)! And no, I didn't read it all but I got a taste.

I also found an album we'd made of all our wedding cards. Going through them and reading all the messages again over five years on was really special. I was blown away by some of the sentiments, which may not have affected me so much at the time in the whirlwind of the wedding/presents/holiday atmosphere. It also really brought home to me where our life began and how we got here, and how important it is to focus on our relationship. Quite an important reminder when your husband is on the other side of the world and you're home packing for his job relocation! Because oh that's right, we DO love each other!

So even though today, Monday, I have had a really frustrating, busy, stressful day on the whole - I feel very lucky. Grateful for my parents, thankful for my siblings, and so damn lucky to have a loving husband and two healthy kids and just to be alive.

*breathes*
Z x