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Moving on in March

Well here we are again - at the back end of another phenomenal Cycle Tour silly season and wondering how it all passed by so quickly AND with us relatively unscathed! Full days, long hours and sacrificing most of everything else for the sake of your peak period at the office is a decision I
have made once a year for eight years...and every year I 'move back' home and count my blessings!



Arriving home yesterday afternoon, the kids wasted no time in getting me reaquainted with their favourite post-school hobbies - swimming, running amok while Dad braai's dinner, early evening showers, puzzle making, colouring and reading. Yes...we did them all between home time and bedtime!




And I was so glad to be home to share in this with them.

I am grateful...for the opportunity to have been apart of this event for another year. For the people that I work with, for the chance to be a team player in a worthwhile cause and for the enjoyment that I get out of this work.



I am grateful...for the team that stands behind me at home - taking care of the kids, the chores, the meals, the lift clubs and the diaries while I am away. With every year, the responsibilities grow and our support structure adapts and performs, taking care of my family. We are so blessed to have them.



I am exhausted...and relieved to have some quality time at home to catch up, recharge and Ash-organise some things! Not to mention, parent-teacher meetings and progress reports coming up at the end of Term 1, next week.

I am looking forward to...The next chapter. Even though I can't quite move out from under the 3 folders of admin, 1 pile of folded laundry waiting to be packed away and the not-made-up bed in my immediate vicinity right now, I am expectant of another exciting season. And of course, that much desired afternoon nap later!

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  1. michelleMarch 11, 2016 at 9:19 AM

    Welcome back! And welcome home! Enjoy!!

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  2. michelleMarch 11, 2016 at 9:22 AM

    You deserve all your blessings.

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  3. michelleMarch 12, 2016 at 5:07 PM

    Good to be expectant! You never know what you will receive!

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