Hiatus

The bluebells are out in full force. It seems heartbreaking to leave this place now, but also wonderful to be enjoying it at its best one last time. I think this will probably be my final post to bluebellview. Departure day is almost here. This time next week G and I will be loading up the van.

I still can't believe it's happening. The move, the trip, all this change. I have pottered along these last few years - emotional turmoil notwithstanding - and my home and work have been a great source of comfort and security. G and I could have probably continued to potter quite happily together. Things change, and you wonder how it happens sometimes, but this change has been deliberate and determined. I've been surprised just how much effort it has taken to change paths and do something completely different. I don't just mean coping with all the admin and bureaucracy, it has been a challenge to detach from normal day to day activities and cope with the physical and emotional uprooting.

But I am excited and thrilled that it's my last ever Monday in the office. Well this office anyway. I know it's the right thing to be doing and I'm definitely feeling ready. If not entirely prepared.

It's been a whirlwind of goodbyes the last week or so. Since Tabi and Sam came to visit, we've been in goodbye mode. Lara and family came for a final visit last Sunday. It was a magical day with walks in the woods and lovely times and (too much) chocolate cake. I'll miss her so much. Mum and Dad have been to see us again en route to helping Dad's elderly Aunt move house (an experience probably best not blogged I think. It got everybody thinking about what it'll be like to get too old to really know what to do with yourself). Coco has had her last walk in the woods. Friends have been popping in and I've spoken to more people at work in the last few days than in the last few years I reckon. We said goodbye to G's brother and family over several bottles of wine on Saturday night and tried not to think just how much G's two year old nephew will grow up while we're away.

We're pretty much all set to go.

After one last sniff of the bluebells.

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