Once again I am sitting on our balcony, Joshua is still at school soccer, Matthew (and Robyn and Dave) is watching him, Bella is at tutoring and Kaela is studying.  So I thought I would take this moment to catch up on my Blog.    I was finally going to write about New York but a few things changed my mind.  Firstly Bella left the house in a huff to go off to tutoring - why do our children get so 'huffy' with us.  On reflection it doesn't seem to matter what country you live in teenagers get 'huffy'.  Mind you it has made me realise that we are well and truly settled in Viet Nam, how did I come to realise this?  Well life has got busy again - when we first arrived life was simple - none of us knew people, no-one played sport life revolved around just getting by - but now we are busy, maybe not as busy as we were in Sydney but busy nonetheless.  Conversations tend to revolve around who is going where, when they are going and how they are getting there/home. Life has become an endless strategic manoeuvre.

But I wouldn't have it any other way.  This week has reinforced how much I love being a part of my children's lives.  Zander is swimming Conference, which is a major swim meet for him and the colleges in his District, and I so desperately miss being part of it.  I can send all the wishes I want but it's just not the same.  I still get nervous and excited for him which has me waking up through the night checking results.  He skypes me and tells me about it but it still has me envious of all the parents that are there supporting the whole team.  So to Kaela, Bella and Josh sorry but I am going to remain an annoying, pestering, nagging, asking questions kind of mum, for some time to come.