We’re living in a semi-detached rented house, trying to put down some roots. The red tape is mighty frustrating but you have to stick with it and keep pushing for what you need. It’s taking a while for me to get registered as a teacher. We can’t wait for our stuff to arrive from Scotland; our house is empty apart from two camp chairs. We’ve been sleeping on the floor and using an esky (or ice box) as a table. Not comfortable. Our stuff is due to arrive on January 19th. Counting the days.

Complete disaster – our removals company says there’s been a delay and the shipment is still in Glasgow. To make matters worse, our route has changed so instead of taking 30 days it’s going to take 60. I go ballistic, but it’s sorted with help from our OE consultant and we reach a solution.