AWOL without notice

So I apologise, it's been too long. Things have been incredibly busy, and this included a week without WIFI connection so I had my reasons for disappearing.

So I had started a post a couple of weeks back but it's been so long, I felt that this post should be more of a recap to highlight what has been going on and what is to come.

Firstly, we moved house.

We were moved into a brand new, 3 bedroom apartment in a great location, surrounded by only school staff members.

It's perfect and we now feel happy and a lot more settled.

The temporary accommodation was far from appropriate and we stuck with it for so long because we had the words temporary in our heads.

Temporary turned into 8 months but I shall no longer moan now that we are where we are.

I now have...

natural light in my home

enough bedrooms for the kids to sleep separate - meaning that one child isn't waking the other (cough Jackson cough)

floor space ... so much room for activities

storage space

we're closer to better facilities/local shops etc.

So far, it's just perfect and in the 2 short weeks we've been here, we've already spent more money on furnishings than we did in the 8 months of living in the old apartment.

As you can imagine, it took a while to get the WIFI reconnected.

You think the UK are bad for scheduling technicians/engineers .... come here and don't ever complain about customer service in the UK again.

However, it's all sorted now ... how else would I be writing this post.

So since we've been up and running with internet, I've been too busy to brush off the dust on this laptop.

Amongst sorting the house and still doing school runs etc, we've had something bigger on our minds.

I go home in less than 2 weeks.

Home, as in, back to England.

Just for the summer. Although summer counts as almost 3 months.

I'm excited, of course I am. I'll be around family and friends.

but I'm leaving Adam for 4 weeks.

With Ramadan approaching here in the UAE, and there being very little to do around this time, we decided it was best that me and the kids fly home early. Leaving Adam to finish off the last 4 weeks of the school year.

In all honesty, at the time we decided this early leave for me, I was in a pretty terrible place. I didn't want to be here, I wanted to be home and needed to book a flight for as early as possible.

I was selfish, although it was majorly Adam's idea.

It's going to be hard. Really fucking hard.

I have a friend that went back to the UK for a few months without her husband and I'm not sure how she's done it. I don't see me coping for 4 weeks - so I definitely see her as AN incredibly strong woman.

With the day of flying looming, it's evident that both Adam & I are getting more and more anxious - and of course emotional.

Saying goodbye at the airport, and not being able to kiss him (because of where in the world we are) will be the hardest thing.

Also, trying to explain to the kids - Alf say's he understands but I'm not so sure.

But stop, this is a good thing.

It's only 4 weeks.

We get to be home for the whole summer.

We will have the best time with everyone we love.

Adam might learn how to clean the house whilst I'm gone.

Everyone's a winner.

So my aim from now, is to post at least twice before I fly back home.

One to finish the post I started previously and one closer to fly day.

Hopefully, I don't forget or get distracted, which is easily done these days.

Anxious Mother, out.