Taking the long way home…

I’ll spare you all of the details from the memorial service but it was fun, touching, funny, heart wrenching and basically everything a funeral should be.

I’m now on my way back to Sydney, but trust me kids, I’m taking the scenic route. Tampa to Washington to Boston to Dublin to Abu Dhabi to Sydney. All in one trip. I’m a good traveller but this could even test my limits!

So far, I’ve made it to Dublin, about 1/3 of the way, and I’ve been travelling for 17 hours, if not more already. I left Tampa on an 8:30am flight and it’s now 6:30am in Dublin the next day. (1:30am in the US). Yikes.

And the worst part is the waiting, I have another two hours to kill in Dublin airport so I’m enjoying a Baileys chocolate mocha at the chocolate lounge. It’s 5 o’clock somewhere right? And I figured if I’m going to drink on my own at 6:30am in an airport disguising it in a coffee was a good move.

Oh well… See you in Sydney…. Eventually. I hope.

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And we’re off!

Watch out Ireland, here we come!

As if we hadn’t been busy enough in the past 6 weeks, today we’re leaving for an overseas adventure!  2 weddings, a week of wedding planning and my Dad’s memorial service in Florida.  4 cities, 3 continents (including our stopover in Abu Dhabi), all in 20 days.   I wouldn’t call it a holiday, but hopefully it will be fun!  

The Runner can barely walk, poor thing, after his amazing performance over the weekend and I’m so tired I can barely see straight-  but it doesn’t matter, we’re getting ourselves sorted this morning and heading to the airport.

So see you Sydney!  And best of luck to everyone at work (we’re  they’re hosting an event with Richard Branson on Friday)!  Very sad to miss it but I know it will be fantastic, we’ve put in a lot of work over the last few months so fingers crossed!

 

Right, no time to dilly dally, I need to finish packing!

 

Next stop….. Ireland!

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Ok, so there probably won’t be palm trees….. or sunshine…. or warm weather, but a girl can dream!