Why I Wouldn’t Mind Moving to Australia

***Disclaimer: I am not moving to Australia. There has been no indication, with the exception of one little short comment, that we might even entertain the idea of moving to Australia. But nonetheless, I’m still thinking about why I’d like to live there.***

Experience: I’ve never been outside of the United States. Well, when I was a teenager we drove to Alaska, stopping in Canada along the way. All I remember were some really nice ladies in a laundry mat. A mother and her grown daughter. The mother only spoke French so her daughter translated. I don’t even recall the conversation.

They drive on the wrong side of the road in Australia. How cool is that? They don’t use ‘z’ for words like ‘realize’ and ‘recognize’. The culture, although there are some things that are the same, is bound to be different. My kids would be able to visit a place that they would otherwise probably never go to. Ah, but the kids…they don’t want to move to Australia.

Excitement: Going back to the first reason: the experience would be super exciting. Even if only for a short time. Who knows- it could be exciting the entire time. The whole entire continent is new. There are animals there that I’ve only seen in photos. Some I’ve never even heard of.

Growth: Talking to my pastor’s wife, who’s lived in Japan twice, she pointed out that we grow each time we go somewhere new. Even if it’s just to another house or another city. We are forced {ugh, yes, forced} to grow. I cannot even imagine the ways I’d grow but I do know that I would. It would be inevitable.

Change: I am such a creature of habit that thinking of moving to another state, in the same country, makes me nervous. Meeting people I don’t know, even though I’ve talked to them online, makes me nervous. Making phone calls to places I don’t know, makes me nervous! I’m just a nervous wreck *wink* -not really.

But have you ever wanted to just…change? I’ve been thinking that I want to dye my hair but then I don’t really want to; I just want change. What a change moving to Australia would be. Boy howdy!

Rest from cold: One thing my dh and I love about where we live now is that you can see each of the seasons visibly here, and each is not just a few days worth. Many of the places we’ve lived, the seasons are really winter and summer. Very cold and very hot. Australia has a mild more consistent climate- with no snow.

As I look at my list of why I wouldn’t mind moving to Australia, none of it really is convincing enough to argue with someone that doesn’t want to move there. Ah, well, I can still think about it even if it isn’t a reality for me. And then I’ll move on to the here and now.