The Big Move – Step 1
Posted by wildaura on Friday, March 14, 2008
Well the time is encroaching on me. I’ve got the house on the market, very reasonably priced due to a drop in sales and it being a buyers market in Real Estate in New Zealand as shown in statistics at REINZ. I’ve had one open home, a couple of people through but nothing on paper as yet. The agent is holding another open home this weekend. It isn’t much fun selling your home. It was the first home I’d bought on my own, I had a great income before the injury and bought the house solely on that with limited deposit. Little did I know 6 months later I would be in hospital with a brain injury.
Anyway’s, moving on, the house is on the market, the furniture is up for auction online. New Zealand has a wonderful site called TradeMe.
I’ve sold a number of items on here and have a few more due to close all with bids and have hit reserve. I’m not going to bother with a garage sale, any of the small items like dinner ware and ornaments I will give to my family, probably my sister. She has number 3 child due within the next three weeks and I know her and her partner could do with the extra gear.
It is a stressful time trying to coordinate all this, especially while also negotiating with my ex ( the father of my children) to have him take over care of the children while I go to New York and get settled. In 4 years of living in the same town as him, he has rarely had them overnight. Except for when I was bed bound in hospital, of which, apparently I forgot to thank him for. Not sure when he thanked me for raising them for the last 10years but that doesn’t seem to be of concern right now. Don’t worry, I’m not going to go on about personal custody issues. This is an exciting time through all the stress. I’ve been to the USA before for three months. Took all three children with me at that time. We flew to LA then took the bus to St Louis, stayed in Mascoutah, Illinois for one month then visited friends in Wisconsin, Indiannapolis, family in Kentucky and I even managed to get to a Euchre Bash in Ohio (with online gaming crew from MSN). 
The kids and I spent a day in Chicago doing the tourist thing.
Visiting Sears Tower,
Navy Pier ,
Millenium park etc.
Who would’ve thought a solo mum with three children would be standing in the middle of Chicago with them at my side, I had to pinch myself a number of times to make sure it was real.
When I came back to New Zealand I had every intention of returning to live within the year. Its been nearly 4 years but I’m ready (nearly) to return. It is a big move to go from Christchurch- New Zealand, to New York, I’ve been applying for employment opportunities online, have a boyfriend in New York keen to get started on our future together. Now to make it happen. Step 1 has started….soon as the house sells and finances are tidied up, I am on that plane…
