Highs and Lows

Well, life has been action packed at the moment. I applied to Auckland for the Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Primary). After a nerve wracking interview I got in!!! Much excitement ensued as I looked forward to beginning the program January 20th 2014. I am also finishing my Playcentre course 2, doing a first aid course and, of course, finishing my degree.
And then, Chris applied for and was accepted for a post-doctoral position with Manchester. So, my teaching qual will be delayed until Cam is in school, and we will spend the 30 months hightailing it to sites of interest. So, much planning has begun as we begin to look at when we go (Nov 11, the day of my final exam), where we will go (we're thinking Glossop and Todmorden, or someplace with a half hour commute to Manchester in a rural setting). We have begun costing out furniture removals, and getting the cat over (2k!!) and other expenses. And then, after collecting boxes from the delightful Dr Doyle on a glorious warm sunny day, we took the cat to the vet for his final post-pneumonia check-up. He's not fit to fly, and has a chronic lung condition. So now we have to try and find a home for our poor loving little boy. So that will be the focus for us before Chris heads off to the UK in 4 weeks.
Apart from that life continues as normal. The boys are doing fantastically well. Cam has mastered basic fractions and is beginning to count in 5's, Kieran's writing is flourishing, Chris has lost weight and I got to go to a Trivia night, where I won a $300 Avanti bike. So, highs and lows.