As our second year living in England begins, I have definitely noticed a sea-change in my state of mind. Doing things for the second time makes me realise we have been here a while now, and it is beginning to sink in that there is a long while still ahead. Subconsciously for the whole last year I think I was living in a "temporary" state of mind - I knew we were here for a long time, but my mind didn't really know it.
We are still in the summer holiday, but next week we have to buy new school shoes and replace a few bits of uniform. Thinking about doing that again, I realise that this time I know which shops to go to, I know roughly how much things will cost, I know how long they might last, I know whether we need to get one or two of each thing (or more) - hey, I even know what schools the children will be in in two weeks time... that is a lot more "knowing" than I possessed this time last year. It feels a lot more comfortable, and I feel much more settled.
This is encouraging for me to read! I just wrote a blog about figuring out routines- it is a lot of work for sure.
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