Wednesday, January 2, 2019

4 sleeps....

So now just 4 sleeps to go until I fly. Amazing how fast it's come around! It feels like "groundrush" - my best friend Chrissie explained this is the term when you are coming into land and it all goes v.fast!

Since my last blog it has been a sea of tears. Truly I'm an emotional wreck! On Sunday my little one got married and she was a truly awesomely beautiful bride. Little Sebby (puppy) was perfectly behaved throughout the ceremony and the afternoon/evening reception. What a clever puppy! She wore her bow tie with style.

It was fantastic to be there with all of the young people to celebrate such a fab couple. It was of course super-sad to say goodbye to the Scott tribe, I won't see them for a long time - no other weddings on the horizon!


And great to be there with my best mate, Chrissie, who had travelled down from Berwick for the day - we spent many hours giggling and reminiscing, as well as enjoying the big day. My sister Jane also flew in from the Isle of Man with gifts from my mum for the happy couple.

Bridesmaids and ushers were all fab and it was a very cool event - lots of stylish arty designs and photos, as you'd expect from a graphic designer!


So lovely to be a mother-in-law again - twice in six months!
 And these are my special two -- both married off now and living their lives in London. So proud of both of them. They are delightful human beings, with genuine hearts.

So, at the wedding I had to say goodbye to my sister and to Chrissie, who I won't see for a year at least. I'll have to get used to the time difference and use Whatsapp/Skype to keep in touch and cackle away as we do.

And then on New Year's Day I drove up to Pickering to see my lovely friend Vanessa and her new house - a huge and very unique house, steeped in history and with a massive garden which she will enjoy in the summer I'm sure. So sad to say goodbye to her too, and again, I'll be using Whatsapp to keep in touch.

And the final tears this week - my cats went off this morning on their drive down to London to catch an evening Qantas flight to Singapore. I've put my pjs in their crates so they can smell something of home - they have two very long noisy days now before they get to quarantine in Melbourne. I can track their journey online from 9pm tonight, so I'll be checking how they are. They've been living on raw steak (Squeak) and roast chicken (Pip) since I came back from the wedding - spoilt because I feel so guilty at putting them through this trauma! I'm so looking forward to collecting them on 14 January from Brisbane - their last flight hopefully!


The packers came early too, so the house now looks like a packing depot with boxes everywhere. They have been taking the p*** out of me for the huge number of shoes and clothes...!  I'm chief tea-lady - I'd bought Kitkats and Twix bars for them so they're happy. Already today I've been to the tip and recycle depot to take cat transport boxes and more rubbish - it's bin day but with the removal truck in the way they might not get down to this bit of the estate.

I've also paid off a big chunk of the mortgage today with the off-set account funds - feels better to see a figure now only 5 digits!  I've managed to FINALLY cancel the energy account - they wouldn't talk to me until it was 2 days before the move! And I've been in touch with the tenants about taking on the energy, and telling them I've left cat food pouches and bix as I can't take it to Oz.

I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and just do one thing at a time - I've got a couple more calls to make to Inland Revenue so will just sit in a queue! I've had lots of lovely messages by text and on LinkedIn, wishing me well. I still can't quite compute in my head that on Sunday I'm going - but I know I'll be back for long visits and that people will come and see me. This is one heck of an adventure!















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