.........IMPACT !!

So the two worlds have definitely collided... The impact is being felt...

I have been in the City World for over a month now and it's been difficult. Amazing, but difficult. There's been highs and lows, fun and laughter, stress and tears. Life is so different... Sometimes I handle everything okay but other times it just makes me cry.

It's all the little differences that make it hard... Like needing to change the words I use so people know what I'm talking about...
I call it a brush and tray - people say it's a dustpan and brush...
I call them joggers - nup, down here they're runners..
I call them swimmers - oh but here they're called bathers... 
I call it a dish drainer - apparently it's a dish rack... Or something like that..
etc...
It might not seem like much, but trying to make sure people know what I'm saying all the time - it gets tiring...
 
At home, we're amazed if like 5 cars go past our community in one day... Now everywhere I go there's hundreds of cars on every side.. And the people! Ohmygosh there's so many people - all around me.. So much talking.. So much rush and hustle and bustle and busyness... And gee, I can just take a casual 5-10 minute walk down to the shops if I need to.. Seriously!? Shops are like 5 hours away normally! And the weather - cold one day.. Hot the next... Sunny one second.. Raining all of a sudden.. I've adjusted well - I'm pleased about that. I handle the cold days relatively well and don't need to pile on the clothes like people expect a bush girl to... The hustle and bustle doesn't bother me TOO much.. Apart from the days when I just want to get a loudspeaker and announce "Hey everyone.. Slow down.. Take a chill pill.. Look around.. Smell the fresh air... Tell your family and friends you love them... Give a massive cuddle to the person you love... Smile when you pass people in the street... Life is too short to waste it rushing around tiring yourself out..." etc...

I have a car!! My own car - wow... It still mind boggles me...
I have a job! For around a month I was struggling with applying for nannying positions and not receiving any reply. But God reminded me of a friend who had offered to help me find work, so I got in contact with her... A few days later she gave me work at her house. So I am a housekeeper 3 days a week - at this point in time. On the two other days I'm helping out a lovely friend who is busy homeschooling her 5 youngest children. I'm working with her two youngest boys. I'm really loving it because I miss teaching. 
My boyfriend is doing EDFL umpiring so he umpires a game on Saturdays. Then on Sundays, we go to church and spend the day with my boyfriend's friend's family.
So my weeks are pretty much planned out which is a bit tiring for me, but it's good.

My boyfriend has been a constant support for me.. We've had our own days where we've needed to discuss issues and sort out some misunderstandings and all, but at all times he's there for me. His love continues to amaze me. No longer being in a long distance relationship - it's inexplainable.. Being able to see him every day still doesn't feel real. I don't know when I'll be able to make myself believe that this time I'm here for good... I don't have to leave.. We don't have to be apart again. It's just too amazing for my brain to understand and accept...

So the collision is over... The effects are still being felt, but I'm recovering... I'm sure it will continue to be a struggle at times, but then life normally is. God's giving me strength and my boyfriend continually helps me, so I'll get through.


Matthew 6:25-27: Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air, they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

Philippians 4:6: Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.