paednurse Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Ok so we have only 6 days left in the uk until we fly to Brisbane! I had pictured this week since we first started this journey 18 months ago.....we would have both finished work, chilling out catching up with family and friends and being mega excited! However, I am the complete opposite, stressed beyond belief!! Gary is still working, wanted to work right up until the end for maximum cash. I still have a list as long as my arm to complete and even though I've tried so hard to be organised and can't actually think of a day in the last few months that I haven't done something related to this 'big move' I still feel like there is so much to do in the last few days!! Everyone wants to see us 'one last time' which is lovely but I just don't have enough hours in the day, especially with a 6 year old and very hectic 19 month old!! I feel exhausted and drained by all the emotional goodbyes to close family and friends and I've still got the worst ones to do, my parents and maternal grandparents! I am not doubting what we are doing at all but think that by the time we get to Brisbane ( don't even want to think about that flight with the pre mentioned 19month old lol) I'm gonna be on the verge of collapse!! Its only the thought of our two weeks of chilling on the sunshine coast before I start my full time nursing job (something else I'm very stressed and anxious about) that's keeping me going at the mo! Just so so tired and exhausted.....please tell me this is normal?! Lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calNgary Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Its normal,, LOL,, You could probably find a similar post from me 6 years ago when we were due to leave,lol, I think we go through the stressed out OMG what am i doing phase.. Hang in there, everything will fall into place . As for the flight,,, its really not that bad with a little one..Honest.. Cal x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munchkinella Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Yep totally normal :hug: Many will have felt how you do now. Just think my lovely, in a weeks time you will be in Aus and beginning your wonderful new life. May it be everything you've dreamt and more. :wubclub: Jxxxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahara77 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Oh yes so completely normal we did the flight seven months ago with an 8 year old a 4 year old and a 19 month old and went pretty smoothly good luck x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blobby1000 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Yes its tough times. And it gets worse...... The final goodbyes were the worst time imaginable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blobby1000 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Oh and me and my wife are both nurses here....you have nothing to worry about. The standard is so poor you will look like Forence Nightingale!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicF Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I didn't go through this, but only because my OH took two and a half weeks off work to get ready for the shippers comming to pack up and I finished work nearly a month before I flew out to Aus. Oh, and my kids are 7 and 11 so at school most of the day and able to help out or entertain themselves the rest of the time. There is no way I could have done the move with a 19 month old. There is no wonder you are feeling stressed. You have both my admiration and sympathy. Good luck with the move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny&Em Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 We`ve got a few months and already getting butterflies, esp now looking at flights!!!! Brisbane bound too.. So keep us updated!! Good Luck and ENJOY!!!! Oh.,., and we did a Reccie with little Callum - 11 months old.,., he ws a superstar and i`m sure yours will be too. (Remember sitting on the beach 10 hours later saying to Em, `that flight seems ages ago!`....and she said `yeah` .,., so i must have been right. :wink:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiftyfifty Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Totally understand I am feeling exactly the same! We are leaving on the 12th, eeek! Thought I would feel excited but more anxious actually. Shipping company is coming on Thursday and I am SUCH a disorganised person... trying to sort though everything meanwhile the estate agents are showing potential renters around, not giving the best impression! We won't be in Aus for a couple of months though, backpacking in Thailand, Cambodia etc, but already worried about finding work and all that, when I should just be enjoying this chance to see the world a bit. Good luck with it all, I bet we'll all look back on it and wonder why we were so stressed! Nx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest17301 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 All normal. Been there done that. Horrible at the time but once on the plane...you'll just feel excitement. You'll be fine. Make the most of the time you have left, enlist peoples help, kill 2 birds with one stone, ie help me with the tip runs and then we'll have coffee etc...Make the time to see those who matter....it might be years before you see them again. You'll be right....(you really will...) now breathe, relax and wine.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Emma, firstly have a huge hug :hug: We have all been there infact I refused to sign the house over to the new buyer, I just sat in our top field and cried. When we got here our emotions were still all over and jet lag didn't help, but we love it and have never been back to the UK since arriving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Totally understand I am feeling exactly the same! We are leaving on the 12th, eeek! Thought I would feel excited but more anxious actually. Shipping company is coming on Thursday and I am SUCH a disorganised person... trying to sort though everything meanwhile the estate agents are showing potential renters around, not giving the best impression! We won't be in Aus for a couple of months though, backpacking in Thailand, Cambodia etc, but already worried about finding work and all that, when I should just be enjoying this chance to see the world a bit. Good luck with it all, I bet we'll all look back on it and wonder why we were so stressed! Nx How exciting backpacking around Cambodia etc, I'm jealous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiftyfifty Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I know- I should get more excited! On one hand we are impatient to get to Aus and get on with work and life but want to take the now or never opportunity to travel... plus OH's partner visa still hasn't come through and it's going to be cheaper in Asia whilst renters take on our place in London. That's our excuse anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paednurse Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 Thanks all! im glad I'm not the only one! Lol! To make matters worse we took a massive risk and went ahead with our move before we had sold our house! We should have exchanged today but it has been delayed until tomorrow now! really stressing that we are going to have to delay our flights if it gets delayed much more!:confused: Is exchanging on our house 5 days before flying slightly crazy!? :wacko: Infact don't answer that! Lol! Hey ho, we like to live life on the edge! I just really really hope it is all worth it in the end, still hasn't really sunk in yet I don't think!! Fingers crossed it all works out for all of us! Xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Ropey HOFF Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Oh and me and my wife are both nurses here....you have nothing to worry about. The standard is so poor you will look like Forence Nightingale!!! You have worked one place and your an expert on all of Australia, give it up mate, your embarrassing yourself every time you post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicF Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Is exchanging on our house 5 days before flying slightly crazy!? Xx No. My OH was already in Australia when we exchanged and I flew out less than a week after we exchanged (exchanged and completed on the same day). I would have still gone even if there had been a delay, and just left the keys with my folks or the estate agents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northshorepom Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 It's all normal We also exchanged a couple of days before we flew. I was stressed to the max hoping nothing fell through but actually exchanging then was quite nice, it was a good feeling having cash land in your account a few days after you get to a new country Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndoe Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Oh and me and my wife are both nurses here....you have nothing to worry about. The standard is so poor you will look like Forence Nightingale!!! Is that intended to be helpful or just point scoring against Oz? To the OP. You have enough to worry about without contending with the above inane comment. It may well be the experience of the poster, but I can assure you that it doesn't apply to Oz generally. My wife has never looked back since she took a nursing post in Brizzy. More professional development, more autonomy, less of that "class" thing that existed between doctor's and nurses back in the UK.............my wife finds that doctors treat nurses as equals here, and the nursing standard in most cases is on a par, if not better than the UK.................it's simply different in some cases which is not to say that difference is sub-standard. She loves it, as do all of her pommy friends who work in a wide range of hospitals around brizzy. Edited to add: Some of the poorer nursing standards emanates from some nurses trained elsewhere that the Uk and Oz. My wife does not view this/them in a derogatory manner but rather sees it as symptomatic of the training in other countries and not the fault of the nurse. As an educator, she sees it as a challenge to raise the standards of such nurses and finds that once those nurses are "corrected", the majority become excellent ambassadors for their vocation. good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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