Everything Crossed

This started out as a place for me to write about our adventures while we lived in the Middle East and travelled around a few other places.  We have since returned to Australia to live (much to my dismay) as my husband (Mr H) got a job offer back home and had been wanting to return home for a while.

Living in the Middle East can really get under your skin after a while - in a good and bad way.  As with most places there are pros and cons of living there.  The major con for us was that I could not get a job in the same country as Mr H  (Qatar) so I moved to Saudi Arabia to work (I had worked there before so knew what I was in for), we did this for 2.5years.  How we kept our relationship alive was me travelling back to Qatar every two weeks or so.  And it worked really well.

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We have now been home in Australia for one year - and I have such itchy feet - I want to go back.  And yes I would go back to Saudi Arabia - there is something about the place that I like, and of course there are many  things that I don't like.  So all I have to do now is talk Mr H into it.

The main reason for this is my current job.  I am a nurse and I work in the community, I have been doing this job for 10 months and it started out  working four days a week and it was so busy.  But something is going on (don't know what and neither does anyone else) but my workload has decreased -  for instance tomorrow I am visiting one patient.  I have gone from visiting in a fortnight sometimes 60 patients to maybe 20.

On the Gold Coast there are not that many nurse jobs around. I lived away from Mr H for nearly three years and we came home to be together so I don't want to work weekends or night duty - so I guess my options are limited - and these are the jobs that everyone wants.  Or maybe I should just change my career - but to what I don't know....

But on the upside Mr H has started applying for jobs in the Middle East - I have everything crossed.  At least I know he is open to the idea - even though he loves his job at the moment.  But moving overseas again is good for his career progression.

You might be questioning my sanity - me wanting to live in one big sandpit where every little crevice is constantly filled with sand (I always used to say that I had a small sand dune forming in my lungs), where you don't see blue skies on a regular basis and the temperatures often exceed 45 degrees C especially since we live in this beautiful country called Australia - well maybe I am a little insane LOL....

Do you think I'm mad????
Have you changed your career late in life?????

Watch this space.....

Happy Australia Day

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Its Been A Long Time

Wow I know its been a long time since I have posted on this blog.  Its supposed to be all about our travels - but we have not been any where since June last year.  But I guess there is no reason why I can't blog about just anything that is remotely interesting.

I have started the new year with a new outlook and have decided to get healthy and motivated.  On January 2nd I commenced on what was going be a 30 day juice fast.  I decided this after watching the movie Fat Sick and Nearly Dead - it really is a very inspiring movie.  Its about an Australian - Joe Cross who went to America to do a 60 day juice fast and lost an astonishing amount of weight - and he has kept it off also.

I started out strong then got half way through week two and decided that I needed to add some food into my diet - so I have been juicing and adding raw foods and small amounts of cooked protein into my diet.  I am now up to Day 24 and have lost weight - so far 3.4kgs which I am really happy about, considering this time last year I was 9kgs heavier.

I am feeling good - well not yesterday.  But overall feel much happier, much lighter and feel like I am doing my body a great favour.  The interesting thing is if I have any processed food or chocolate I feel awful, and the sugar just puts me on a real high.

To make myself accountable for the food that I put into my mouth I created another blog - so I could be honest with myself and share my journey with others.  I have been amazed at the amount of people who have read the blog and are being encouraged to change their eating habits because of what I am doing.  So I am really grateful for this.

I have not had any caffiene, no bad fats, only a small amount of chocolate (which made me feel terrible), no alcohol in the 24 days.  I have sat here and watched my other half eat chocolate, bacon and eggs, takeaways and drink alcohol - so I think I have done really well.

If you want to check out my blog please do so at:  http://ditchingthesugar.blogspot.com.au  - this is where I spend most of my time these days.

So happy reading.