Home again - for now

I haven't been blogging much of late, it's been a crazy busy few weeks - but there is now light at the end of the tunnel. Phew.

I've just got back from Tassie from a full on work trip, plus immediately prior to that we finished our very own magazine and industry annual report - both of which I'm extremely proud.

I'm super tired, but again super proud of our efforts. I'm looking forward to just chilling out with my gal for a few days, but given the current hectic nature of our life it's probably not going to happen.

And just when I felt like I could start to relax, I found out that my 'property dispute' with A's father is due back in court on Wednesday - I just feel like 'when oh when will this ever end?'

I feel ever so slightly in limbo, I know I've rabbited on about this before, but I can't move on with my life until A and I know where we are going to be living. She wants to put the Christmas tree up, and wants to clean out what will be her cubby house - and I'm stalling. I'm stalling as I don't want her to get all excited about things and then for us to have to move house. I haven't even mentioned the possibility to her as that is something little people shouldn't have to worry about.

I have been looking at other houses, but none of them measure up to my place. I designed this place, I oversaw it's construction and I picked out every little detail - all with no help from A's father.

It is my home, our home, and I am determined to stay here - but that said, it's out of my hands at the moment, and now in the hands of our lawyers - the only people who seem to be 'winning' out of our sad situation.

Hopefully we won't have much longer to wait, although it has been almost three months since our last court date, 12 months since the court process started, and 19 months since A's father left us.

With those timelines in mind you can imagine how I am keen to move forward, to start planning my and A's life, so that we can get on with things knowing that we have a permanent home.

Many people have said to me that A and I would make any house in which we lived a home with our warmth and love, and I tend to agree, but I would just like to know where the house, and indeed that home, will be.

So keep your fingers crossed that our matter is resolved - I have made an offer which everyone I speak to considers to be more than fair, so I hope that A's daddy finally agrees.

I'll let you all know how I get on.

Mwah, Ellie xxx