After the seemingly endless days of cold, and grey and gloom and rain, yesterday, the day my girl was coming home to us, was a glorious warm Sunny day.  Josh and I walked down to the station to meet her.  She got off the train and just clung to me and it was so good to have her in my arms again, my beautiful Emily Rose.  We were going to get a taxi home and I rang for one but they said they were really, really busy and it might be a wait.  We decided to walk so I cancelled the taxi.  We only got across the road from the station when a wheel fell off the suitcase.  So I had to ring back again for a taxi.  We stood on the street corner waiting with the big suitcase.  This old bloke walks past and says "Waiting for a train are you?"  Oh yes we always wait OUTSIDE the station, across the road on a street corner for our trains.  LOL It was all we could do to not laugh. 
So she's home.  And so glad to be here.  She enjoyed her bed last night after 9 nights of sleeping on Kate's dodgy couch. 
And Phill got his first pay yesterday since the whole job drama.  That feels so good, to know we can pay all our bills etc again.  We have been relying on credit which will need to be paid back, but we can do that now.
Today we went and got a big grocery order and called into the Tourist Information Centre to see about Em (and me) volunteering there.  They have heaps of volunteers so that might not work out, but Julie, Em's old mentor is running the place now and I was really more interested in the Arts Centre which is part of it and right next door.  I asked if they needed volunteers.  The lady came out and we told her about Emily, and she said they might need helpers with the school holiday art classes for children, which would be right up Em's alley, she is very artistic and loves kids.  My idea is for her to get out there into the community and make contacts and get herself known.  It's the only chance she has to get some work in this town.  It's a matter of who you know, and we don't really know anyone.  I also rang one of the preschools to see if she could volunteer there and she wants to see Em on Monday morning.  This preschool also advertised for an assistant part time, no experience necessary so we have applied for that.  Even if she just does volunteer work for the rest of the year, she will be on the spot if a paid position comes up and they will know her and know what she can do.  And it will get her out of the house. 
We went into Target and asked if Em would have a better chance now she is in the system and has done her induction in Perth and the manager virtually said "not a chance". 
So it looks like we will be moving to Wagga after Christmas if we can get out of the lease here, if not it will be May next year.  It will be great living in a city, albeit a country city but we'll have the best of both worlds.  And if Josh goes to uni in Wagga it will all work out well and we can all still be together.  I am sure Em can get a job there, it's such a big centre.  When she is 18 she can do her RSA and maybe get a bit of bar work.  So many more possibilities in a big town. 
I am feeling so much better, and actually feel happy for the first time in ages.  Phill has been behaving himself, and I'm still not sure what the future holds for us, but the kids are our main priority and that is something we both agree on.
Emily has learned to appreciate her parents, and how much we love her, I have realised I don't want to be away from these, my last two children and that we really do have much to be thankful for.
Going to make Lemon Chicken  and fried rice in my new wok that I got with my supermarket points, tonight.