Woke at 5:00 am! Still coughing, but after a good night’s
sleep. Read one of my new my E- books. The print was so small, I had to bump it
up to largest possible font and still struggled. It has been put into a format
where the entire page is one page from the book, creating a very long width of
text. So I almost needed a finger to try
to track while reading. It is written by one of my favourite authors, but even
the story line is a bit of a struggle. It might end up returned unfinished.
Usual routine in the morning, except this time I changed the
sheets, washed, dried and remade the bed. Packed my bags after breakfast.
Always a challenge, except this time I had two to use. My carry on is the
lightest it has ever been. The small one, left here from the wedding, got all
the heavy things and the big one has tons of space. By 11 it was time for a
cuppa.
Unlike previous days it was overcast, with a cool wind, so
no sitting outside. Started on today’s diary and had time to sew. The trip has
been so busy, there wasn’t much time to do any along the way, but it has been
good to sit in the shade and sew over the last few days. Given that this is a
night flight, I won’t be doing any on the way home. Churro sat with me while I
sewed – quality checker? Not much quality sewing, when she thought she should
be resting on the sewing. She was fast asleep when I went to the toilet and
came back to find her shredding the tissues that had been on the couch. More
quality control.
Teagan came home, so we took Churro for a walk around the
block. We met Troy on his way home. Susan came home. It had rained on the way
down to work and there had been a burning truck to cause traffic chaos. We took some family photos.
At 5:30 we all got in the car and made our way to the
airport. Good run until the last section, when it was bumper to bumper but
moving. The return side of the road was stop/ start! Sorry about that Susan.
Arrived just after half past 6 and the kids helped me take
my bags up to the check-in. Bonus No one in the queue! AND (fingers crossed)
the Qantas check-in man said I have no one next to me –Well that didn’t happen!
Through security fairly quickly, but only one set of scanning
machines working- good luck to any crowds later on. Got a tea on the way to the
gate 152, found a seat next to a power point, but problems logging onto free
WiFi. Once again a security issue. We boarded on time but sat on the tarmac for
a while and didn’t take off until 11pm. (3/4 hour late) Good flight, GF meals
for me- but no snacks, lucky I had my own. The most remarkable thing about this
flight was that I actually slept for about 4 hours. Due I am certain to taking
a phenergan tablet for my hacking cough/ phlegm. I watched a few movies- The
Man who knew Infinity, All the way, Ratchet and Clank and Angry Birds and got up to get many cups of
tea.
We landed 30 minutes late and I was off the plane and
through immigration very quickly only to stand at the baggage carrousel for 45
minutes waiting for my bags. Then I joined the hundreds lining up for customs.
3 international planes landed within a short time of each other. Despite my
concerns about the dream catcher, there was no issue with it and I went
through. Cranky to find that they have effectively blocked access to the quick
pick up spot and you have to walk all the way down to Domestic to cross the road.
It was freezing cold.
As I waited for Heather to pick me up, I got my jacket out
of my bag. The roads were clogged with traffic because of all the road works. I
arrive home at 11 to a soggy spring garden. The house was cold, so the heater
went on quickly as did another thicker jumper. I unpacked and went shopping.
Grabbing lunch on my return to go out again to the masseur. Lots of sore places.
I returned home to open mail and tidy things away. Dinner of sausages and
vegies. After that I sat in my recliner and dozed until falling asleep. I woke
up at 12:30 am with a stiff neck and trundled off to bed.
Woke up at 6 am. The end of another wonderful trip.
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