JANUARY
Home from Malaysian holiday. Jonah turns 7. Mum’s and Anne’s birthdays.
John resumes running. Edit book.
FEBRUARY
Planning application submitted. Planning application rejected. Edit. Singapore. John stops running. Planning application no longer ‘urgent’.
MARCH
Google ‘schools in Singapore’.
APRIL
Nail new school. Inform current one. Tell friends. Edit. Cornwall in Easter. Sister’s birthday.
MAY
Packing list, to do list, house refurb list. John visits Singapore, chooses home. Finish book. Send to friends. Buy swimsuit, start diet.
JUNE
Queen’s birthday. My birthday. Cats leave. Sobbing. Sports day. John leaves. Wardrobe falls on Jonah. Give up diet.
JULY
School ends. Sobbing. Holidays, packing, eBay eBay eBay. Sob. Holiday camp. eBay. Felix and sadness. Temporary smoking. House sets sail. Move in with Dad. Begin goodbyes. Stop smoking, start drinking.
AUGUST
More goodbyes. John back. Olympics. Taxi sobbing. Airport sobbing. Singapore. Heat. Pool! jacuzzi, beer, pool! Pork buns. Orienteering. Storms. Universal studios. School uniform. School bus. Nightmares. Three in a bed.
SEPTEMBER
Coffee, school, boy-sobs, John back in training, coffee, jacuzzi, beer, jacuzzi, beer, jacuzzi, beer, coffee. Dad’s birthday. Skype. New book edit. Teacher terror. Skype. Boy sobbing. Karate. Skype. Lizards and monkeys.
OCTOBER
Coffee, choir, beer, UN Day, half term, Ipoh, Aunty Rosy, chicken and rice, Pangkor, John’s birthday, edit, beer, posh buffet, more karate, book edit, Pam’s visit, witches by the pool.
NOVEMBER
Storms, beer, jacuzzi, Diwali, lights, tinsel, more storms, school carols, choir carols, book edit, Cold Storage carols, parent’s evening.
DECEMBER
Marathon, proud sweaty pictures, Christmas carols, Orchard carols, school hols, what book? Shop, shop, posting, shop, wrapping, shop, airport, sister! Beer, beer, Langkawi, beer. Sleep. Christmas. Sleep. Sun, swim, eat, sleep. Home, cousins, fireworks, beer, airport. Sob. Sleep.
RESOLUTIONS
Learn Mandarin. Finish the damn book. More holidays. More sun. More postcards. Less sobbing.
Happy New Year, Mooo. We miss you a lot and walk by your house every school day and say hello.
Now, you would probably prefer to get postcards or even emails rather than thoughts, and possibly that will happen. It’s on my to-do list, which I put somewhere safe.
Much love and sunshine. I can also send some sand from Devon; we seem to have brought a lot of it back in the car.
Soffiiiaaaa! Happy new year, hope this is a good one for you. We miss you lots too. We should be sending you cards and we will do. But a Skype should probably happen between our boys as well. Let’s arrange. Back to school on Mon 7th for us – you as well? Hope foot better. Have a good holiday-end. Mxxx
Enjoyed this-especially the bit about Easter in Cornwall-one of my dream destinations! The homesick does get better…happy new year!
Hello Jennifer, glad it gets easier. Loving your blog, have been following and find it very reassuring. Happy new year to you too!
Yes, back on Monday. How about Friday morning my time, that should work out to be sort of supper time for you, right?
S xx
Hello hello!
It’s me.