How about we spend the whole Summer somewhere?Transitions and Autism often don't mix too well. Journeys, change, being stuck in a car, not knowing what tonight's bedroom will look like, not knowing where we'll go tomorrow, too hot to enjoy running around outside … Then, once you get used to a place - maybe after 7-10 days - you have to think about leaving, and doing the whole travel/uncertainty routine all over again.
So how about we decamp to somewhere remote, for the whole summer. Minimise the travelling, maximise the holiday, I suggested. But how would we do it?
A couple of things needed sorting out:
- Vix's work
- My work
Well, item 1 was easy: Vix suggested she would just quit her job in time for the Summer, provided we went somewhere "amazing" … Ah, OK, I was kind of thinking reasonably low budget, maybe an Airbnb near a beach in Cornwall, especially if we're giving up jobs to go there. But Vix applied for term-time only working, and it was accepted.
What about item 2? Well, there was precedent (I'd seen) at my work, so I requested a remote-working arrangement for the Summer, with me working 3 days a week... and they too accepted.
Crikey... then it was just a question of where to go.
So, here we are, on the eve of travelling to Italy for five weeks (and a day), with the kids' first every experience of flying, and a beautiful old farmhouse in the middle of nowhere, with pool, trampoline, table tennis table, an olive grove and …
… apparently lots of scorpions. But hey, you can't have everything.
