I’ve taken a break from here – you might have noticed. Life has been tumultuous! I have got married, moved, have a new job, and am entering my first cold climate winter. These are all very exciting but very time consuming things!
We love living here. Two and a half hours from Sydney and away from the noise, pollution, stress and humidity of Sydney and in a place that has seasons, that has festivals and that is connected to the land. It’s a little lonely, we don’t really know many people here but its close enough to Sydney that we can visit for a weekend. In saying that – we’ve been back and forth a bit lately and to be honest I’m sick of it. I hate living out of a bag and I’m such a homebody, I don’t feel comfortable even in my parent’s house.
I’ve enroled back into uni subjects for next semester – at the end of the year I will be half way through my Masters. I feel much more motivated now than I have for the past 12 months, maybe its because I don’t have any job security at the moment. I’m looking for a permanent job down here but ideally I want to work for the same people I am working for temporarily now, if for no other reason than the continuation of my leave and pay.
I still dream of opening a wool store though. There is only a large national store here which sells crafting goods and their ‘jack of all trades approach’ means they have cheap yarn, a small collection of fabrics, and never the right paper craft goods (never mind their abundance of homewares and curtains). I have no illusions about the difficulty and stress of running a small business, having worked for one for many years and been involved in many aspects of the business. But I loved it and I loved helping people and finding them exactly what they were looking for and there is a gap in the market. Perhaps when I have some capital!
Other than pipe dreams … i’m having a jolly old time down here. and you might hear from me again soon. After all there are plenty of boycotts to write about!
