... is paperwork. So much paperwork! It just seems like an endless stream of forms to fill out, documents to provide, fees to pay.
At the moment, I am knee deep in travel related paperwork. The fact that we have no plans to travel for a little while doesn't matter since we need to be ready to jump on a plane regardless.
In the last few weeks, I got new passports made for myself and for Eloise. My passport involved two trips to Sydney, whilst Eloise's will thankfully come in the mail. I also ordered a new id card which I'll have to go pick up in Sydney as well; a trip I'll be hoping to combine with picking up the kids' French passports as well. Although since there are quite a few steps before getting to that point, these might end up needing two separate trips.
I have also started looking into applying for my Australian citizenship since after 11 years here, I might as well stop having to renew and pay for various visas. The process itself isn't terribly complicated but will of course necessitate loads of documents and a trip to Sydney to take the citizenship test. I am hoping the ceremony can take place in Newcastle.
Once we all have Aussie and French passports, I'll start tackling the US ones... which, if not counting Chris', will leave me with only 9 passports to manage between the 3 of us.
Adding to that is the multitude of forms I have filled out in recent weeks to get Hugo enrolled in a pre-school for next year. (Good news, we got into Montessori!), let alone the admin stuff we need to do to claim the various family rebates we are eligible for from the governments.
All of this isn't even too bad but it certainly takes a clear head to try and keep track of it all... or a good pin board. However, If I'm completely honest, there is a small part of my slightly OCD brain that does enjoy crossing things off to-do lists. That's what's keeping me going :)
At the moment, I am knee deep in travel related paperwork. The fact that we have no plans to travel for a little while doesn't matter since we need to be ready to jump on a plane regardless.
In the last few weeks, I got new passports made for myself and for Eloise. My passport involved two trips to Sydney, whilst Eloise's will thankfully come in the mail. I also ordered a new id card which I'll have to go pick up in Sydney as well; a trip I'll be hoping to combine with picking up the kids' French passports as well. Although since there are quite a few steps before getting to that point, these might end up needing two separate trips.
I have also started looking into applying for my Australian citizenship since after 11 years here, I might as well stop having to renew and pay for various visas. The process itself isn't terribly complicated but will of course necessitate loads of documents and a trip to Sydney to take the citizenship test. I am hoping the ceremony can take place in Newcastle.
Once we all have Aussie and French passports, I'll start tackling the US ones... which, if not counting Chris', will leave me with only 9 passports to manage between the 3 of us.
Adding to that is the multitude of forms I have filled out in recent weeks to get Hugo enrolled in a pre-school for next year. (Good news, we got into Montessori!), let alone the admin stuff we need to do to claim the various family rebates we are eligible for from the governments.
All of this isn't even too bad but it certainly takes a clear head to try and keep track of it all... or a good pin board. However, If I'm completely honest, there is a small part of my slightly OCD brain that does enjoy crossing things off to-do lists. That's what's keeping me going :)
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