No it’s not a typo or a reference to the film of a similar title, there really is something about May.

Let me explain.

I’m lying here wide awake at 5.30am on Easter morning waiting for a little boy to wake up and excitedly see what the Easter bunny has left. I should really try and get a couple more hours sleep but the birds are chirping, the sun is shining through the skylight in my bedroom and my brain is typically wired.

After sending through a link to my blog to a friend late last night, I realised that it’s been a really long time since I’ve written anything. There are two reasons for this, firstly I just don’t seem to have the time these days, and no that’s not a lame excuse, I really do struggle to find any time for extra curricular activities, especially anything that requires me to think!

Term time feels like running on a treadmill with no stop button for six weeks straight and with very little control over the speed at which I’m going, or the undulations along the way. This wouldn’t be so bad if I was actually running, treadmill or otherwise, because that would mean I’d be doing some exercise at least, but sadly no!

When you put together school runs, some semblance of domestic duties, nine hours of driving to and from work each week, teaching 20+ classes in five days and trying to be a good mum too, there’s not much time left for creativity, just sleep!

The second reason is that I mostly seem to write when I need to process something that is happening in my life at a particular time, or if I’m struggling with something a bit challenging and writing helps me work through it, but lately I just haven’t felt the need.

I realise now though that I’ve actually missed it. I love getting lost in my own thoughts and arguing with my inner self about whether something sounds ok, or if I should even post my ramblings at all. Then there’s the over obsession with with making sure there are no spelling mistakes or an extra word here or there, only to be picked up by Goele once posted, regardless of my neurotic efforts.

So as I lie here enjoying the suns rays and the fact that for once I have nowhere to be, I start thinking about Ambitions and how it’s coming up to 12 months since we started our epic adventure. I suddenly realise that many other big moments in my life have also happened in May.

May-be it’s just coincidence and it probably is just that, but there definitely seems so be something about this time of year that brings about change and exciting times for me.

So what will this May bring I wonder…hmmm? Well, now you mention it 😉 there are actually lots of exciting things coming up in the next month. Ambitions has BIG plans, Flyaway is going through lots of change, my little Aussie house will have new tenants, we’re hoping to move house here soon and Patrick and I are off to Corfu at the end of the month (can’t wait). Oh and I plan to launch my new business – Eek!!

The holiday is booked so that’s a definite and while the other things may or may not happen (ha ha), we’ll embrace whatever comes our way with excitement and an open mind.

I have lots of dreams and goals and I’m always thinking about what’s next but I’m getting much better at living in the moment and enjoying the little things as well as the big ones (children are good like that!) I’ve also learnt that it’s good to reflect once in a while to see just how far we’ve come.

Eighteen months ago, Patrick and I embarked on an incredible adventure with no idea how it would work out. We still don’t really, but we’re having lots of fun doing things we’ve never done before and going places we’ve never been before and meeting lots of new people. We’re spending time with wonderful family and friends, making some fabulous new ones and managing to staying in touch with those who mean so much to us on the other side of the world.

Change is scary, the unknown is scary, doing something for the first time can be scary – but sometimes you’ve just got to embrace it and do it anyway.

Right now though chocolate, sunshine and an excited little boy are calling me – May can wait a few more days 💕