Emotions 

I think it's all getting a little too much for my girls, missing daddy has become a rollercoaster, with a lot more downs! I surprised the girls with an impromptu dinner with Tays best friend from her old school tonight, went so well, the girls were clearly happy to see each other. Finally get home and all my poor little munchkins wanted to do was call their daddy. After we had finished my poor little Tay burst into uncontrollable tears, she just wanted her daddy!!! Finally we were able to hop into bed, still crying, where she finally fell asleep, cuddling/smelling daddy's pillow, still with one last tear streaming down her face  my poor big baby girl! I think we are all missing him dearly, but affecting us in our own little way, heartbroken for my poor little princess tonight! I love my little family, cannot wait until we are all together again!!!

Taking the day off 

My 3 little babies seemed to be feeling somewhat neglected yesterday, tiredness has left to their emotions showing and two little princesses crying to stay home with mummy  so, I had a little chat with my boss and she agreed, take the day off  ... So, first thing will be the zoo, naturally ;), then we will head to the shops and get some ingredients for some more cooking, and bake the day away, cookies, chocolate balls and white Christmas ... I'm looking forward to spending a day with both of my girls too 

Just sent the girls into bed while I fiddled in the kitchen for about 5 minutes, when I finally walked in to the bedroom there was Felicity, kneeling on her bed, hands folded in together, looking out the window, praying to see her daddy again sometime real soon  oh, my poor little girl, missing daddy has been hard on us all, I especially can't wait to see their little faces when they finally reunite with their daddy again, I can't wait to see him again too, precious 

Looking Forward!!!

Just when my day had completely bottomed out, all I wanted to do was cry some more, my wonderful hubbies name flashed on my phone, needing to hear his voice I quickly answered to hear the words "we got the house" ... Woohoo, we will soon be residing in a nice new house only a walk to the beach!!! I can't wait!

Having a moment, I'm just a sook!

Gaaaahhh ... Trying so hard to be brave, it's so hard! The girls got teary quite a few times tonight, I was able to hold it together for them, but failed miserably once they had fallen asleep! I felt like I was doing so well today too, I have missed him from day one, but felt like I had it together! How do people do this all the time? It's only been 3 days! Right now I would do anything for a hug, and so would the girls  ... Only 5 more weeks and 4 days ... I wish so much that I wasn't such a sook 
Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day for us all, then work on Wednesday, fingers crossed that keeps me busy ... Trying to be positive now 

Keeping busy while dad is away 

Day one : A day at the park in the sun, and an all of a sudden, out of the blue rain cloud came over, so naturally, we played in the rain  we might be missing him terribly, but we are determined to make the next 6 weeks fly by by simply having as much fun as possible!!! Zoo tomorrow for breakfast! I really hope this plan works, I hate not having my boy around!

Easter ... Almost as exciting as Christmas!!!

Its Easter again, and for us, that means things are VERY busy again! Good Friday is the only day of the year that the pub is closed, so that means, the only day EVERYONE can attend the staff party, so yesterday was the annual Bersy staff party! Generally speaking, what a great afternoon/night! There was an enourmous sprinkler for all the kids to run around under, honestly, its even bigger than what you could possibly be imaging! So big in fact, the adults were even able to play a game of footy under it ... With plenty of room to spare!!!Then there was a mud slide, YES, real mud, from the ground! The kids had an absolute ball, once the first one went down it ... I really wish I got photos of that now that I think about it! Ofcourse the adults without kids thought it was great, telling the kids to throw them at mum and dad, or give mum and dad a great big hug! Thankfully our girls went running for Andy (Dan's assistant manager, who we have become quite good friends with) and he copped all the mud ... Ha Ha Ha Ha, hehehe ;). The food was awesome, the drinks got drunk, and as always, there's the one clown to make a fool of themselves! All in all though, what a great start to the Easter festivities in the Sykes household :) !!!

Today Dan is working, so the girls adn I are having a healthy day in preparation for the copious amounts of chocolate I plan to eat tomorrow. Tomorrow, Dan will actually get to put his feet up for the day, we will be eating LOT'S of Hot Cross Bun's, chocolate ones, for breakfast, and then we will head over to Camille's house for an Easter Egg Hunt outside, lunch, and some glasses of wine with some friends! Im pretty sure by Monday the kids will be literally bouncing off the walls after the amount of chocolate they will be eating, it's one day in a year ... Yes, I am finally taking that chill pill and realxing about the idea that my kids are going to be lunatics for an entire day or two, I just might join them :)

I do wish we could be with our family again, it's these times of the year that especially bring out the crunch! Times like this that make that eventual hug so much more sentimental ... <3

Back to Looking up!!!

So, it seems I just needed to get all of that negative energy out! Since my last blog, everything has had a sudden turn around, yay!!!

Thankfully the floods are not looking as grim as they were, each day the expected peak has been dropping, it is now expected to be 7.3m, and not to reach the Rocky sector until late tommorow night, or even Saturday morning! The day doesn't mean so much to the victims, but the level on the other hand is a big deal. At this level, many people will still be affected, only blocks away from where I live mostly, but nowhere near as bad as it could have been, most people in this area are prepared for this level and have therfore raised their homes, at this level these homes shouldn't have water above their floorboards, I bet they are breathing a sigh of relief. So, apart from water in their yards, and Ergon switching off their power for safety reasons, they won't be affected anywhere near as bad as they could have. I am also breathing a sigh of relief, I don't think I could have watched it all again, it was heartbreaking enough the first time around, but to happen straight after most people have begun recovering (and many have finished), it is just not fair, you would have to feel like someone really had it in for you!!! Good news!!!

I have been offered another job again ... But, for once I am happy to decline, because WE ARE MOVING TO BRISBANE!!! I am so unbelievably happy about this move AWAY from Rockhampton! Dan has been offered a Bayside Tavern. At this stage I am not totally sure what the name of the tavern is, but we have the figures and know it is a bigger and better pub than Trinity, and the paypacket is much nicer too ... So, as you can imagine, Dan is feeling pretty proud of himself, and I am feeling pretty proud of him too!!!

For the second time this year Taylah has come home with a great award!!! She got Student of the Week at the beginning of the term, today she came home with a Gold Award. A letter also accompanied this award explaining how the colours work, Gold, obviosuly the top award, then Silver, Bronze and a Blue award ... Makes it so much better knowing just how great she is compared to others, not that I am bragging, or anything ;)

Aaaaargh ... Just letting it all out ... Nicely!

I haven't blogged in a little while, not because I haven't had the time, unfortunately, but because nothing seems to be going right at the moment!!!

I lost my job, not for my performance, but company finances, being replaced by someone younger really hit home that I am getting older. It has never bothered me before now, but the realisation that there are alot more cheaper people to hire out there other than me has me hating the idea! I have no idea what I am going to do! I am bored, broke and now days classed as old and expensive!!!

Dan's tavern got held up, AGAIN!!! I just don't understand how these people go to sleep at night! Thankfully they got caught this time, and were refused bail!!! They were also found guilty on a couple of other armed robberies, the mistake they made this time was actually firing a shot!!! In a way I am glad though, these two in particulars have held up 4 pubs now, terrorising locals and staff, it's just not fair, I really hope they go away for a really long time!!!

Rocky is back in flood ... At this stage the expected peak is between 8 and 8.5m, which in hindsight is lower than the last flood, and the waters will go down a little bit faster. I think the hardest thing I am dealing with is the lower level isn't sparing people their houses, but sparing the highway and airport. Living only a block away from the affected area's I have watched first hand the heartbreak and despair in people's eyes while they watch their homes go under water and there is nothing they can do about it, but the mayor and council continue to assure us that it's not as bad as last year because we won't lose our airport or highway ... Well, I wish it could be the other way around, these people don't deserve to lose everything again, the highway still hasn't been repaired properly, let it go under!!!

While everything feels like it's crumbling in Rocky right now for us, we have lot's of exciting things to look forward too! Moving to the Gold Coast is high on that list, for many reasons, most in particular to be close to some friends and family again will be nice, and to be in a town with cheap airfare's back home to Cairns, that has got to be one of the most exciting things (in my opinion) ... Taylah is counting on the theme parks (me too) and Daniel is keen to get back into surfing!!! The girls and I would also like to get into it too, a nice family adventure I am assuming ;)

We are excited to have already planned 2 trips back home, coming home to meet the new bubba Hope, and a new member of the Sykes family too!!! These two occasions will certainly be the highlight of 2012 I think! In my (possible depression, but more likely just needing attention, lol) I have even started planning actually getting Taylah (hopefully both girls, if it is going to be possible) baptised!!! Better late than never I guess! I am literally praying she gets into a Catholic school when we get to Goldy, the public system is HORRIBLE, and really, I just want the best for my girls, and I do honestly believe the Catholic Education System is the best for them!!!

Another new job ... How very exciting!!!

Although I wont be meeting too many new people, I will definately be learning ALOT of new things! I never would have seen myself as a Childcare Admin Assistant, or in a position related to anything childcare, but I am quite excited at all the new prospects that should hopefully come my way! I can see myself being happy in this job, and learning alot more than I ever could have imagined ... Me ... Childcare ... Who would have thought ... Luckily Im office based ;)

Overall, Im just very excited to get started already!!!