Tomorrow, Will is starting a weeks work experience at a local Primary school, about 20 minutes walk away, which he is looking forward to.
I have been looking after Natalie's daughter, Chiara, for 2 days a week since we returned from the UK. Nats parents usually look after her on the days that Nat works, but they are in the UK for 8 weeks, so I am doing it. Very different to looking after boys - we spend all day playing "make believe" with the dollies!
We have had some news in the last week, neither of which are good. The Australian Government has decide to axe a tax benefit to temporary residents called LAFHA (Living Away from Home Allowance). It has been in the pipeline for ages, but it was understood that for those people already on it, it would continue for another 2 years and they would just stop it for newcomers. However, they have decided to stop it for everyone as from the end of July. This means we will be $3000 worse off a month, $36,000/year, which makes us wonder whether it is worth staying since the cost of living is so high over here.
We have also learnt that the owners of our house wish to return to it in September, so we are now looking for somewhere else to live.
I am thinking of signing up for a course to be a Personal Trainer, but this will take 6 months to achieve so am looking for a part-time job as well.
So, it could be all change in the Morgan household....
