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Halfway to the beginning….

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Ok ok.. I know. The last thing you want to read is content-less posts about just how tasty that sandwich was at lunch time… BUT hey, what else do you do when you have five hours to kill at Sydney airport and can’t leave? So here I am at a free kiosk, with Centrepoint tower to our left out the window, visions of the opera house snuck out of the plane window as we landed fading in memory (or is that just lack of sleep?).  Anyway, we had a smooth flight in – well, it was in terms of the kids’ behaviour – but plenty of turbulence to keep them excited!

Oh – and you may have noticed… from now there will be more than one blog-er on this blog ! So from now, we will just let you know who is penning at the beginning of the post (altho I think you will easily tell my posts apart from the true word-smith of the family!)

Anyway, I promise no more “here we are in an airport with nothing to tell you” posts! Signing out – Rob!

PS – Grandpa managed to get rid of a fair wad of Aussie $$ on a bag-full of Darryl Lea peanut brittle and biscuits – despite the fact we have a bag of goodies anyway! “For Rach,” he said…..  Yeah right! Ah well, I’m not complaining.

sweet tears

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

When we set off into the wide blue yonder eighteen years ago, as an only-just-married-two-days-ago-couple, it was all adventure. I don’t think I shed even one tear. It was all too exciting.

This morning we said some good-byes, and I cried.
Last night we said the hardest goodbye, and I cried.
I still had a lump in my throat after driving right across town.

But I am so pleased.
I am so thankful to have precious friends, who we are going to miss.
Soulmates.
We are incredibly blessed to have special people to be sharing the journey with, even though right now our paths will diverge for a time.

When we left in 1990, we had very little idea where we were going, and the plans we did have became null and void when a government, which shall remain nameless, refused to issue us visas.
We changed our plans.
Now, in 2008, we have a broad outline, we know theoretically where we will be laying our heads tomorrow night, but we don’t have a detailed itinerary for the next year. And we remain at the whim of the Russi*n government! Some things don’t change, though we hope desperately, the outcome will be different this time!

And so we stand on the verge of stepping off into the almost-unknown.
Anticipation mingles with apprehension.

And a few tears are shed.

Gonna miss you guys.

Last Night At Home

Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Another family moves into our house in the morning. There's no going back now! Even though Malaysian Railways have cancelled our train tickets, M6 officially has bronchitis (and it took us sitting at the doctor's surgery for an hour and a half ... [Continue reading this entry]

four days to go

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Today is Moving Day (though we'll sleep here on mattresses on the floor in our own rooms tonight). Tomorrow Cleaning Day. Now I see why Rob decided to work up to the last minute ;-) Though how he is going to get much work ... [Continue reading this entry]

nothing’s new under the sun

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Our *Live and Learn* section in the sidebar has seven categories, and I don't know if you've ever noticed, but they are in alphabetical order....m..n..o..p..q..r..s...only problem was, we didn't have anything for *r*. Then one day the inspiration came "R ... [Continue reading this entry]