moving

Brad: So I hear Boston is a pretty cool city
me: Hmmmmmm (Boston? - I have no idea why he is mentioning this too me at 10 at night while I try to numb my mind watching late night SBS)
Brad: Met a guy in the airport on my last trip.
me: Hmmmmm
Brad: So I was thinking maybe we could move there
me: (now looking at Brad) Are you serious?Boston in America?
Brad: I think I've got a new job.

..... the guy from the airport....... fixed his computer...... set up interviews...... moving to Boston.

And away we go.

The biggest thing so far I've had a hard time with is getting rid of all Jackson's baby clothes - ALL OF THEM. Then my size 6 (US size 2) clothes - o.k I know I should get over it, but I'm still living in hope that my hips will shrink. They wont - so the clothes are gone - designer dresses, sparkly tops, all my pre baby going out without a care clothes - gone. I have sorted through hundreds of old photos, poured through every item we own to decide which has true sentimental value, and which is just a pretty ornament/thing. I have decided to start out our new life with only things around me that I truely love and have meaning for me. This has left our house bare. I have a small box of sentimental letters and cards as does brad (for some reason he is keeping the small budda that used to sit on the dash of his old car in the US when we dated - I know - too sweet). Other than that I have 5 large framed pictures which I must take with me as I love each of them. A pen holder and some hand made Christmas ornaments. So thats it. That is my life. So long as I have Brad and Jackson, I really don't need much else.

Did I mention Brads new company is not paying for relocation. It is a forced cleansing, but I think it has been good for us none the less.

We leave at the end of Feb. It will be sad to leave Oz, I've loved it here and it has been good for us. Tasmania especially has been so rich in friends and good times, I am sad to leave them all but excited to be going to America again.