I Packed Up Our Seven-Bedroom House Alone and Cried on the Floor: Moving to China (Part 1)

He said we had to move for work... and within a week it wasn't Hong Kong, it was China.Three kids, a seven-bedroom house, a two month timeline. I rang my mum hysterically crying and she just went... Hong Kong, China, what's the difference!! So we went full steam train. One day to find a driver, the schools and the apartment. Then the furniture left and I ended up on a bare mattress, crying on the floor.This is Part 1... the decision, the pack up, and landing in Shanghai during Chinese New Year when you can't even buy milk.What you'll get:• Why one week changed everything• How to sell a hard move to your kids• The breakdown nobody saw• Surviving with zero MandarinChapters:(00:00) Hong Kong becomes China(02:36) Telling the kids(04:46) Packing up alone(06:54) Selling it to yourself(08:09) No milk, no Mandarin(11:02) Recreating home(14:50) Chinese traditionsSend your own messy decision to the podcast DMs... we read them.Follow:Newsletter: https://wildlyappropriate.substack.com/Instagram: @wildlyappropriatepodcast (https://www.instagram.com/wildlyappropriatepodcast)TikTok: @wildlyappropriate (https://www.tiktok.com/@wildlyappropriate)YouTube: @WildlyAppropriate (https://www.youtube.com/@WildlyAppropriate?sub_confirmation=1)Krissy on Instagram: @realkrissymarsh (https://www.instagram.com/realkrissymarsh)Krissy on TikTok: @realkrissymarsh (https://www.tiktok.com/@realkrissymarsh)Listen:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/wildly-appropriate-w-krissy-marsh/id1790057838Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1TIH5sHckXXmnh8qjMb43SProduced by Dreamers Mediawww.dreamersmedia.co