Words I'd rather erase from my vocabulary :)

So here we are just 9 weeks 2 days till we fly out. My feelings are so mixed, we will truly all miss this place which is our home. But, we're starting to remember some of the things we've really missed about Australia which is exciting, like Sakata rice crackers, Oporto, great coffee.. ok it's all food, any expat will tell you that's par for the course. This has in fact given rise to almost unbearable homesickness.

There are some things I will not miss, here is a selection of words I'd like to unlearn.

• Freezing fog
• Sleet
• Snow
• Ice
• - temperatures
• Boiler
• Radiators
• Snow days
• Grit
• Vajazzle (trust me, don't google it if you don't know)

Mostly to a theme, I have really been OK with the weather, I don't know if it's harder right now because it's been so extreme so early this year, but I have been finding myself in freakout mode.

These are things I'd never really even heard of in Australia. I'm certainly not saying that the humidity and heat are easy to live in, far from it, but I'd never before been scared to leave my house due to weather (well I suppose I wouldn't like to in a thunder storm but it's not really the same fear of, will I make it to the car?)

With such a short time remaining, we are all doing our best to stay positive, keep our eyes on the prize. It feels like the end of a marathon, but somehow we need to sprint to the finish line.

I wonder if we'll emerge victorious, proudly shattering that ribbon, or slouch across with tears and recriminations. Part of me seriously wonders if we will be able to make it at all, but experience tells me we probably will.

Gotta run :)

Chilly

Gosh it's cold this morning! It fills me with dread that I'm finding the July weather nippy, as how will we cope come Winter??

My battle to feed 1 1/2 yo is continuing, although last night she ate some mushroom soup with corn in it. Usually, she'll only try something if it has a cocktail stick in it! She's technically too small for her age. Which usually wouldn't worry me, but a doctor here hinted that there might be an underlying problem. She said a range of blood testing etc... I just can't do that to a healthy baby. And despite a range of food allergies (eg has a drop or two of milk and immediately has a rash around her mouth) she is a healthy bub. The dairy does make it harder to pump her full of food. Oh and a tomato allergy, so all those tomato-ey sauces are out and I need to be crafty. Oh AND she's super fussy. Hohum. I'm confident it will pass eventually.

We had some success with 'kineseology' in Sydney, which I was dubious to try, but it really made a difference for her. Not sure that Glasgow is that 'alternative' yet.

Because of all this I'm very wary of joining a dr here, I want to find one who will not insist on pricking and poking my sweet little bubba. I don't like the 2 old men I saw at the first surgery we visited. Trying to find out if we can join somewhere else, but doctors are one of the mysteries I'm yet to unravel here!