A whinge...I'm good at that.

There are some things that suck (for lack of a better word) about living here in Emerald. For starters (and this is the biggie) we have no family here. No mami or papi, granny or pop, brothers and sisters, aunties or uncles and all our cute little cousins to play with. Instead, they're miles away. Also, no matter how hard we think about where to go or what to do around here, we just seem to end up in the same 3 places;

 1. The park  2. Coles  3. The muddy dam.

Lastly- and this is what kind of brought up this whole whinge- when you need something, wether it's something as small as an easter egg basket or something more useful like a new car battery, you might as well be looking for a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow!

A few days ago, my car battery died. Of course, no-one in Emerald had my battery in stock, and of course because Brisbane is on the other side of the world (NOT!), it took 10 days for my battery to finally arrive.

 I did a lot of walking during that time....a lot! But still, that didn't stop El and Noah from getting cabin fever... or myself. I felt like the whole time it was just me, the kids, and my thoughts. Then, the evenings would come and the kids and I would bombard Joe (a new person, some-one different, another adult!) and fight for his attention. Of course,  I'd step back, and let the kids have all the time with their dad.  But then, when the kids are in bed and Joe at the gym, I feel like it's just me again, just me and my thoughts.

 I could count on just one hand how many hours I've spent talking to another adult or used my brain in a non- mummy way over those last 10 days. This worries me a little. What if my brain turns to mush!? Seriously.
I even considered starting that children's book I've always wanted to write, just so I could use my brian again. But I'm worried that i'll just end up with something lame about a lonely puppy or a 'misery moo'- kinda like the subject of this post.

Clearly, I'm home sick. I miss my girl friends who are also stay- at- home mums now. I miss having endless amount of fun places to visit, eating-out options, big shopping centres... oh shopping, how I miss you! And of course, I miss being close to family. I'm hating that I have a brand new little niece right now, that I could be kissing and cuddling. But instead I'm here, in little ol' Emerald... whinging.

 Arrrgh! What a sob story, forgive me. At the end of the day, we chose to be here. Things could be worse.There are so many other things to be happy about. I am a whinger and knowing what I'm like, I can already see myself writing that other post in the future, the one I'm going to title as "I miss Emerald..."

 But the whinge is out now, and I feel better already.Tomorrow is a new day. I have a car that moves again and though I have no where to go, the option is there. I'm sure i'll wake up in the morning and be my lovely, happy, optimistic (I wish) self again. Until I find something else to whinge about... because clearly, I'm good at that.