It's the end of our two-week school holidays, and it’s been a pretty low-key break at home, our first one on the Gold Coast without visitors. It’s been a really great break that we all needed after a very full on Term 3. Now that we live here, I don’t really feel the need to go anywhere on holiday. Since this used to be our holiday destination, it still feels a bit novel to be living here, like we’ve gone on vacation without leaving home. The weather has been amazing: consistently  warm and sunny, quite the opposite of Melbourne at this time of year where every day the weather would be completely different. It’s felt like summer already, with blue skies and temperatures between 25 and 30 degrees almost every day. Pretty perfect. Most days have been pretty slow: pottering around the house, ticking off a few jobs, reading, exercising, and spending time in the pool and backyard. It’s such a nice feeling to be content just being at home. When we were renting in Melbourne, I never quite...