To Do List - and my no. one enemy - PROCRATINATION!

Does a "To Do List" never end!  LOL! (laugh out loud and not  "lots of love")

Although I have lots of positive traits, I have really one bad negative one called PROCRASTINATION!  I will do all sorts of things instead of doing what I really should be doing.  The problem - I always manage to complete whatever I need to do in the nick of time - bigger problem that spurs this on - I work well under pressure and don't fold easily until after the event.  Again - LOL!

I had just started re-looking at my "to do list" when somehow (can't even remember how) I found this blog I started a while ago.  I thought to myself - I should really carry on doing this cause it would be good for me to review in a few years and see how far I have come.  Then,  I didn't like some of the initial settings, and design and ... and  ... and... and now nearly 2 hours later, I am finally adding a post but have not looked at my To-Do List (which is what I had originally set out to do!)

I still have all my Xmas presents to buy - well actually have organised my boys already so that is out the way (thank heavens), and only have 2 weeks to do it in.  This week is hectic with 2 luncheons (was 3 but one was cancelled), school outings, a holiday on Wednesday and Uli away for the week.  Then one week left and then we fly off to SA - Yippee Yeah.  But haven't finalised our itinerary in SA yet either ... however, I do always believe that everything will fall into place, so I am not really stressed.

Also have a few commitments with the IAC - a few tasks that I need to finish as well today and will.

Okay ... so now sitting outside at 14h14 sipping a glass of wine (feeling a bit better - really felt crappy earlier on and yesterday with sore throat, sore joints, sore sinuses), waiting for Uli to come home from the office (he is having a computer problem and they needed to sort it out before he flies of to the States tonight).  Michael was throwing his toys cause his new Xmas present (a mountain bike with fancy gears) lost its chain while he was cycling up our hill (a really steep one at that) - shame!  I really feel for my boy!  He has had a bad weekend - yesterday he fell into the pool with his iPod in his pocket - his passion is music - so you can imagine the mood he is in!

Anyway ... Uli just arrived home ... enough PROCRASTINATION ... have to look busy ... LOL!

Where in the world are we now?

Maybe that is what I should have called our blog page - Where in the world are we now?

Our lives changed very suddenly in December 2009 - My hubby got an offer from his current company to co-ordinate business for Central and Southern America.

Hubby arrived here on the 25 February 2010 - 2 days before the BIG Earthquake - very traumatic for us all and leaving us with a nervous feeling in our tummies moving to one of the earthquake centres of the world.  I can deal with hijacking, crime - but I cannot deal with things over which I have no control - like natural disasters - how does a mother look after her brood in situations like this - with difficulty me thinks.

We arrived on the 29th March and this is really a story about the change we have had to go through, our experiences and my emotions!

Change is never easy!

It still doesn't feel real being in Santiago de Chile. I am not sure what it feels like to be honest. The one thing that I do know - everything is different. From driving on the wrong side of the road, to the language, to the rhythm of people, to the food - to everything.

I think the most difficult is of course, the language. I think I would probably be coping a lot better if I could speak the lingo. I must actually make an effort to learn it quicker but maybe Uli's right - I seem to be avoiding it for some reason.

I nearly succumbed to tears quite a few times this morning! Why? I heard a South African accent! The chairperson from the South African Ladies Association called me - I must say I was quite taken aback when someone spoke in my native tongue. Anyway, we might be braaing with her family on Saturday. She has 2 children - a girl of 16 and a little boy of 10 - ideal for Nicholas and maybe a bit too old for Michael!

I am exhausted but have to wait for Brownies for Michael's cake sale - an initiative for charity.