Is it only a week since my last entry?

It seems like weeks since I was last here writing.  It's not getting any easier.  It's so quiet.  I don't even bother to turn the TV on now, there's just nothing of interest to watch, and I can't get the sound system to work properly.  If she were here she'd sort it no problem.  I"m sure our cat must feel the difference too.  When I wasn't here my daughter often was so the cat had company for much of the day and could go from one bed to the other.  Now there's only my bed and a spare single bed which hasn't been used since my older daughter left home years ago.
However, I'm counting down the work days until both daughters return for a brief holiday in December.  We will travel north for a few days and then to my brother's place for Christmas.  Really looking forward to it.  Just 25 working days - five weeks.  The year is drawing to a close so rapidly.
I don't want to live here anymore.  The weather is cold and damp and I'm so alone.  I don't have friends calling me let alone dropping by.  I went for a walk yesterday through a bushy part which was similar to a path through trees in a nearby park.  I remembered walking my dog there with the girls, and sometimes alone when they were at school.  I miss my dog so much.  People say get another dog, but it wouldn't be her.  She was the best.  TEars well up even now after 6 years.  I would love her company right now.  It would get me out of the house.
In other news, I have applied online for a job in the city where my daughters live.  It doesn't pay as much as I would like but it's a starting point, a foot in the door of the country I want to live in.  I'm jealous of anyone who's moved there.  I want to be there now, as soon as possible.  If only I didn't have to go through the huge undertaking that it involves - much greater than just moving to another city - moving to another country!
Strength.  I need strength.
I haven't even written what I was going to write - that this month I'm keeping myself busy with creative endeavours - Nanowrimo, a blog post a day, a photo a day and a sketch a day.  Insane but I've managed so far.  Anything to keep me busy in this starkly quiet house.