Acclimation

We have now been in Sydney for 5 days.  Those 5 days seems sooo long now.  It feels as though we have been here for weeks on end.  I am finally getting over my mini-anxiety attacks.  But, I am very much getting tired of the traffic.  We are currently living in a very busy part of the city.  We are using public transport constantly.  I am tired of not being able to just going out for a leisurely stroll.  We have to constantly watch the kids around all the traffic on city streets.  Aubrey is getting a little self-confident in these areas.  That can be good in some ways, but as a mom, I am constantly concerned she will lose her balance at the top of an escalator or run out into a street a little early.  Speaking of all the traffic, we even saw a man hit by a car a couple of days ago.  I think he was okay, but he probably is pretty bruised up right now.  I am hoping that we can move out of this busy, busy area when we find a more permanent residence.  

Now that I have gotten my venting out, I can move onto some more positive points.  The kids are loving being here.  We see and do so much everyday.  Bedtime has never been so easy in my entire parenting history.  Even if there is a meltdown at bedtime, if I can just talk the child (usually Aubrey) into laying down it is over in a minute or two.  I am actually trying to get them to stay up a little longer.  However, I could not talk Carter into staying up beyond 7:45 tonight.  He was tired and he was going to bed no matter what.   

We met with our "relocation experts" at Relocations Australia yesterday.  I was so excited to get going on looking at potential houses/apartments.  But, we are not going out for another week.  I am just so ready to get settled, even though our stuff will not be here for another month (at least).  We decided to go check out a property today ourselves that was open for inspection in Mosman, a close suburb to Sydney on the North Shore.  We really like Mosman, and we think we probably will settle there if everything works out right.  Everyone talks about how family friendly it is while still being close to the city.  The apartment was okay, the location was awesome for convenience, but I am thinking the area around the apartment is too busy.  It is so hard to know what we want.  I guess that is why the "relocation experts" thought we needed another week prior to looking for the longterm.  I guess there may be some method to their madness.....

There is so much to think about.  Yet, I cannot help but be a little jealous of Sean that he has a job to go to next week.  I do not have a job, thus I have no distraction from the goal of getting the family settled.  I guess that is why I am so focused on this house/apartment hunt.  I forget how much of a goal-oriented person I am until my "usual" goals are taken away.  We are all in a big period of adjustment.  Aubrey has really done the best; I guess we should all follow her lead.  Just chill, act like you know what you are doing, and it will all work out.