Kickin' up dust, silly circus and grieving...

The days and weeks in Tembag fly so quickly and are fun-filled. It's a good and bad thing. We love keeping busy but we get exhausted! I love this place and Hannah and Mason are flourishing.
Mike and I were able to kick up some dust at the Redpath Stampede. Like I have said before the parties here are out-of-this-world amazing. The décor was, as always, perfectly western with a Spanish flare. They had great food, a flamenco dancer, live music and even an electric bull. The bull cracks me up because we are hard pressed at times to get just the staples of food that we need but we can get an electric bull. ? Odd. It was a fun evening.
The kiddos are doing well in school and have been blessed to have a small group from Australia who are in a circus has come to teach them. They have been here for almost two weeks and are a fan favorite amongst the kids. They have taught them several balancing tricks and acrobatics. The final show is Wednesday night where they will get to showcase their newly learned talent for us parents. It's a very important and special opportunity for them because there are very little extracurricular activities. It's a shame. But we work with what we have. So silly circus it will be.
We've have checked off another month of survival here. Jokingly of course. But the process of this transition is interesting. I compare it to the process of grieving. I know that, that sounds weird but coming from two people who have barely traveled and have been pretty much isolated throughout our life, it's been a huge emotional experience. For example, for me in particular, I was excited to move and for the tremendous opportunity but the realty has been difficult. Don't get me wrong it's a true blessing but not without it's challenges. Just as the steps of grieving, I have experienced denial, anger, bargaining, depression and I am now at the stage of acceptance. The panicky feeling of needing to go home or extreme feelings of doubt are fading. The validation is being witnessed in my children's' continuous laughter and development, the increase in strength in our marriage and the ever-growing knowledge within Mike's career. We are very lucky to be here and, with all things, accept and acknowledge that there is always good and bad wherever we will be and need to make the best of it.