It was another busy week at work last week so I was really looking forward to the weekend. We had a really good dinner at our favourite local Japanese place on Friday night, where we enjoyed a hugging hotpot that made us all warm and fuzzy insider. We indulged ourselves with a “Hokkaido Crepe Cake” to finish the meal and the delicate, light and delicious dessert was wonderful, like being kissed after being hugged and kept warm by the hotpot.

On Saturday, we slept in, and woke up rather late. It was another cold morning. When we woke, we had a quick coffee and toast brekky before taking the little guy for a leisurely walk, where we took our time and just enjoyed the crisp, chilly mid morning. We stopped by a property auction that started at 10am – we did sleep in and took a late walk – and stayed to see where the sale was going to end. It ended with a healthy premium over the asking price and being only a couple of streets away from us, it started us thinking even more about our plans that had lurked in our minds in recent days.

Later, pretty early in the arvo, we headed back to the noodle soup place in Mitcham that we went to last Saturday. It was a bit more crowded as it was later than when we got there last week. It was only a short wait however, and we had another wonderful comforting warm soupy fare to soothe the cold day.

The rest of the weekend was more of the same, but front and centre were thoughts about looking for a place up north. That venture continued and various options came and went. I said to Tress it is all very daunting. We have lived – more or less happily – here in Melbourne for a little while and we’ve become so comfortable in our current circumstances. While it is an exciting prospect that fills us with anticipation, starting the process to respond to these wonderful events is – can be – so very unsettling. I guess the good thing is that we’re moving from a warm and fuzzy state to another that will be filled with hope, aspirations and one where we will be building a future for and together with people that mean so much to us both. In my mind (and heart), that is worth yanking ourselves out of a familiar and comfortable situation.