It's cooler at last...

Hi everyone. Something amazing has happened...the air con is off and we actually have to pull sheets / blankets on ourselves half way through the night. Today I even considered putting clothes on Seth when we were outside because it is too cool for him to run around in just jocks. This means....the weather has finally changed. Yep - for the next few months we get beautiful warm days and coolish nights - not cold mind you but definitely not as sweaty as we have been. Todd and I both feel strangely relaxed and I do have to admit to being slightly put out with having to find warmer clothes to put on!!!

We are doing really well at the moment. Our minds have been trying to digest the fact that we have now been here just on 12 months (on May 28 we arrived). If you had of asked us in the middle of summer if we were going to stay we would have said no way but now the weather is so much nicer we both feel heaps calmer about being around for a while longer.

The other big change is that I'm now working. Todd's work needed an admin person and they asked me. Amazingly I could get Seth into childcare in the mornings (I've talked to people who are still waiting after 2-3 years to get 1 day per week) so I work from roughly 7 to 12 weekdays. I was really worried about Seth being in childcare every day but looking forward to it at the same time - all my mum friends will exactly understand how that feels. Seth, after a year of screaming his head off every time I left him at childcare, picked my first day at work to suddenly be ok with it - he looked at me, said 'Bye Mum' and ran off to play. The next day he jumped into his carer's arms and waved goodbye to me from there!! I went off to work with the strangest feeling - it took me a while to realise that it was lack of guilt!!! Every time I left him at childcare - even though I knew as soon as I left he settled down (as I went back a couple of times to check!) - I still felt so bad with him screaming and clinging to me. Now I barely get a hug and some days he REALLY doesn't want to leave - he runs the other way as soon as he sees me coming!

Initially work was hard for me - it always takes awhile to settle into a new job but I feel like it is getting there. Also, working only in the mornings is nice but it does add an element of pressure because you don't have all day to get things done. Still - my work ethic is much better than it used to be - I am heaps more relaxed and work hard at not stressing too much. As long as I stick to that I'm ok. Todd is in hysterics about the whole thing - we ALWAYS said there was no way we'd work together and while we don't exactly work together we are definitely in the same place and it is work so I guess we do work together. The funniest thing is though that Todd is General Manager so if we want to be technically, 100% accurate he is actually my boss!!! Can you believe that?? I still can't believe it!!

I just read that last comment out to Todd and asked if he wanted to say anything - he said to say that we're all happy at the moment because Geelong are winning! Then as an afterthought he added that we are also happy because the weather is cooler! See - we are relaxed enough to think of other things apart from how bloody hot is was / can be!!

Well I hope you are all well. I hope that my lovely pregnant friends are doing really well - Shelley must be about due now, Lisa and Veronica must be soon and later in the year it is time for Shan and Megs. Babies everywhere!! Take care, love Amanda.