For the last four and a half years, he has been travelling to Sydney and back, every day for work. (Before that, he was travelling between Sydney and Wollongong depots, randomly).
He would leave home by 5.30am and wouldn't be home until after 6pm.
He was often on call, meaning he might be 5 minutes from home, but then have to turn around and drive back to Sydney and not be home until hours later.
Some days, we would be getting up to start our day and Dad would only just be getting home from work.
There have been times when we haven't seen him for days at a time.
He has often had to miss important events and appointments, because of his work.
But, something is about to change in our house!
As of Monday, Dad will be starting working at the Wollongong depot! He won't have to drive to Sydney!
Dad has had to take a pay cut, but he has chosen us.
We love our dad and it will be so much fun having him around more regularly!