Wouldn't it be nice if I actually had a sponsor. Or at least a supervisor. Someone to keep me in line and make me do this more often. Then again, I am sure the anticipation is exquisite. Makes if seem like there is actually someone worth looking forward to. Not this, but I mean something good. This is just the ramblings of an old man about to visit his ancestors.
So where to begin. Probably should start with the big news and move on to the mostly boring stuff. Then again, I can't think of any boring stuff to relate so maybe it is all big news or what passes for big news at the bottom of the world. I can't really say bottom of the world as there are many places further south but, from here to the south pole, there is nothing in between so it might as well be the end of the world from where I sit.
The big news is we won't be here much longer. As of the end of December, we are moving to the mainland. And when I say we, I mean all of us. We are going back to the mainland and try to be a family again. Mostly because they were going anyway and while I didn't really want to go, there is nothing keeping me here except the crappy job I have. After thinking about it for a long time, I decided to take the chance and move without any prospect of another job when I get there. But that is just one of the worries and not really the point.
Juanita and I have decided to give it another go. I have never been opposed to it and while I can say I was almost ready to give up on the idea, all the things that have happened in the last year have brought us back together. I have to say, I was ready to move on before this happened. Not that I did not still want to be with my family, I was just ready to stop trying and move on. Then the past year. And as I started to help them and be with them I was pulled back in and I was wanting it to happen. It would seem that it is.
Juanita and I still have a lot of problems with each other. I am still very afraid she will change her mind again. But she is saying all the right things and doing all the right things as if she wants it to happen and while I have my reservations, I have decided to try to ignore the doubts and try along with her. I do want it to work this time and I do want it not only for me and her but mainly for the kids. They will not be at home for much longer, Maeghan already talks about being on her own, but I want them to know me and what it is like to live with me and for us to be together as a family. William has never known that. We separated when he was really young and he has never actually lived with me and Juanita in the same house. It will be a real adventure for him I am sure.
The process of moving is the real hardship. We live on an island. We cannot just pack up and go. Each of us has a house full of things and most of that has to go. Juanita did book a shipment on partial semi-trailer load but she only sent boxes of stuff. No real furniture except her freezer, she washing machine and a couple of small items of furniture. She packed close to a hundred boxes and they all went on the truck. In fact, as of this writing, they have already arrived at their destination. Apparently, she arranged for them to be dropped off at her daughter's place. I don't think that is such a good idea but there was no other place to ship them and hopefully, they will be ok while they are there. I won't say what I think about it but we are hoping they are still there when we arrive.
My stuff is all still in my house. Now I don't have a lot of stuff. Maybe my bed, my TV, my refrigerator and many boxes of stuff. I could fit it all into my van and my trailer. I moved over here that way and have not accumulated that much more stuff that I would have to take with me again. The issue is, Juanita still has a lot of stuff that is still here. I have no idea how all that is going to fit. She has her van but there is Maeghan's wheelchair that takes up a lot of room. Plus, she is taking most of her camping gear as she thinks they will be living in it until we find a place. I say they as I am not sure I will be living in a tent for any length of time. Guess I don't really have a choice but that doesn't seem like the best of plans. She also still has boxes and boxes of stuff to take. There is no way it will all fit.
Since I have two cars, she wants me to sell one of them but I don't trust either of the cars to hold out much longer and I think we have to have a backup just in case, I will be leaving the small car here with her brother Craig. or at his house. I'm thinking we will be leaving more than just the car there but she says she can get it all in somewhere. I don't think so but we will see, again.
I don't think I have mentioned where we are going. It is Brisbane. We lived in Brisbane when I first came over to stay. I came over a year before that but I went to Tasmania. Brisbane is hot. It is on the ocean, most big cities in Australia are, but there are no beaches in Brisbane. You have to go north or south to find decent beaches and we will be south, or that is the plan right now. Juanita has been looking at apartments to lease. She has found a few that look good on paper but without seeing them in person I do not know how you can rent them site unseen. She says it is ok but I am worried about what the area is like, what the apartments are like and especially what the neighbors are like. I think there could be an issue, especially since Angie lives near there and she is not known for picking the best neighborhoods to live in. Yea, it's probably related to the guys she has dated but still, she does not make the best choices.
But back to the hot. It is hot in Brisbane. Maybe not Texas hot but I am not used to Texas hot anymore and I am not so sure how I will handle it. I have trouble with Tasmania heat when it happens once or twice a year. But that is only around 30 - 35 when it is hot here. In Brisbane, you look forward to the days when it is only 30-35. It is over 40 when it is hot and can get close to 50 when it is really hot. Now since all these temperatures are in Celsius, no one really understands them but I am too lazy to convert it myself so I leave it up to you.
There are good places in Brisbane. Most of them are north, where we got married and where we used to live. Juanita's family lives farther north in a resort area, although I have never seen the resort part of it. It's a town I cannot spell so I will not try. It is about an hour north of Brisbane, two hours from where we will be living. Not really close enough to visit but close enough to make a day of it sometimes. The place we got married in has a really nice outdoor pool area, or it used to. Having not been there in several years, I have no idea what it is like these days.
I am beginning to wander a bit. I have more to say but I am getting tired of typing. So, I suppose this will be it for now. Be sure to wish us luck. I have not even gone into the whole not having a job thing but as mentioned, I am tired. Maybe I will get back to it sometime soon. Hopefully from my home computer as since I do not have to go to their house anymore, I can come straight home and spend more time there. Kind of crowded but I think I like it. I guess I didn't mention we are living together in my apartment at the moment since we have emptied her house and they have no place to live until we leave. I'd consider it a trial run but since there are no alternatives, it can't really be a trial, it has to be reality. But I really am tired and don't want to think anymore.
So it is goodbye from me and goodbye from the tangerine I am eating.
Until next time
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