the unbloggable

It's easier to write about your life as it is playing out, that's why journaling is so brilliant and accurate and a real record of your thoughts and feelings.  Hindsight is 20/20 vision and perspectives change.  There have been some parts of our journey that have been difficult to blog in an open forum and we have had to weather some storms alone this year.

One of the great challenges of this move is the enormous career move that Rob has made.  Joining a small consulting firm with a view to having a stake in the business was a huge leap of faith.  A small business can hide behind numbers and elevator speeches.  The people only become real with all their strengths and quirks once they are in full view.  The business that essentially was the reason for us to move across the globe has not really turned out to be what Rob had hoped and expected.  He has realised that there are far greater opportunities for his skills here and has not been using his experience and abilities to their full potential.  He has been functioning well below where he wants to be and for a long time has felt very dissatisfied and disappointed in his work.

The fantastic up side of all this is that we have had him home for a year.  He hasn't traveled at all.  He is looking healthier and happier than I have seen him in years.  He is fit and slim and he has developed a gorgeous bond with our boys.  Our relationship has grown as we have supported each other and spent wonderful time together.  We have had many family dinners and breakfasts and both our perspectives on family life have changed.  The only real stress he has had is worrying about why he doesn't have stress!  We both know that he needs more.

Fortunately this journey has brought us to a city that we love and a lifestyle we have truly adopted.  There are great opportunities here and a shortage of good skills.
So here we are with Permanent Resident visas in our pockets and Rob has resigned.

He is home on "garden leave" which seems to be the Australian way.  They are not big on anyone working out their notice period.  When he resigned on Friday he had a few possibilities lined up but no concrete way forward so this has been quite a big week for us.  I have handed over the DIY list and started cracking my domestic whip.  It didn't take long for the offers to come in and thankfully, his brush with unemployment was brief and he has chosen to join Atlas Iron Ore as their General Manager Development Strategy.  He is thrilled and so excited about the new challenges that await him in a couple of weeks.  We are feeling very blessed and are ready to enter this new chapter in our lives.

But for now, I still have doors that a GM can paint.