i took this user pic myself.

[caithness]

i'm leaving work last night, and a coworker of mine is ringing up a mother and son. son is about 4. she's buying him candy canes. he offers one to my coworker, and she kindly accepts. i sneak out and head for the door, admiring the cuteness

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[seaninaustralia]

oh, you know i'm monitoring your LJ from overseas! i arrived yesterday, and i'm staying at my cousin's place in sydney until friday (which happens to be your thursday), and he has internet access set up.

I landed in one piece yesterday midday. Whatever anybody says about it being a long flight, it was the best 24+ hours (including layovers) I've spent in many many days. The way the time changes, it was so easy to sleep (I hit somewhere around 10 to 12 hours), there are more movies than you could watch in total, Qantas has the friendliest and nicest staff and good meals, and so on and so forth. I finished reading "In a Sunburned Country" and caught up on a couple travel guides. We did have a brief stayover in Auckland, which made me REALLY want to go explore around there, but Sydney should hold me over as well.

If you treat the flight as a joy and not a burden, it will be so great. Oh yeah, sleep and drink wine, but also drink lots of water (they fill up bottles if you ask, I brought my Nalgene) and get up to stretch every once in a while. And pack a toothbrush and toothpaste in your carry on bag. It's nice to do that.

Enjoy the trip!