So, here's the thing- I have a restless soul.
Lately the hubby and I have been casually talking about moving to Australia as "Our Next BIG Adventure!" The more I think about it, the more I like the idea.
I've always wanted to live outside of the country. Serving a mission didn't help cross that off the checklist, like it does so many LDS people. I've had friends that have lived elsewhere and loved it and I just can't seem to get that out of my head.
I used to think life would be so simply laid out and goals easy to envision. Turns out none of that is true. Life is a lot different than I imagined it and mostly in good, but still surprising, ways. Like Molly Shannon says in Serendipity, "Life is choas, personified." Couldn't agree more.
It breaks my heart when people that I know just settle in and head full force into the rest of their lives (imagine Morgan Freeman's voice). And where I grew up they start this at such a young age. The typical road map- get married, have babies, and hopefully buy a house near the grandparents. Blah. I need a little more adventure than that! I realize that there are many people who are fine with their lives being this way and some that probably wish it was. Not I. Since life is crazy anyways, I say we turn it upside down voluntarily. Let us embrace the unexpected and the unfamiliar!
I suddenly am having these images of vacationing in the outback, picnicking near the Great Barrier Reef, celebrating Christmas in the summer, watching my toilet flush "backwards," teaching my kids to sing Waltzing Matilda, eating chocolate bilbies and vegemites, attending cultural events at the Sydney Opera House, playing boomerang in the park, and driving on the "wrong" side of the road.
Aaaah. That sounds like a great life to me. Now only if Australia had their own Disneyland... the biggest drawback for me, because I am definitely NOT raising my children with no Disneyland.
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