So, here I am in Sydney Airport. The predicted temperature is 39 C. Back in Toronto, they're being buried in snow.

This should prove interesting. Especially since I didn't pack my boots. Hmm.

Great holiday, btw. Caught up with the family, spoiled my nieces rotten and had a great send-off BBQ last night. Love you lot so much.

I have arrived at my parent's new place in Wodonga, I have successfully bribed my nieces with belated Christmas and birthday gifts, and, most of all, I have gotten online with my own laptop! The password took some finding, but finally got there. Yay for me ( Read more... )

Just since communication has been tricky this weekend - I'm at msss's house, have been fed, tea'ed and my bed is made up and looking comfy. :) We have a Plan to get me to where Mum's staying (she and some golf friends are at the Australian Women's Open this weekend), with a Backup Plan should the first one fail and another Backup Plan should we be late ( Read more... )

Made it to Wodonga in one piece, albeit a rather tired piece. The older I get, the tougher that trip is...

Plane's starting to board, so time to close up shop. See you all from Australia in 22 hours. ;)

Meme grabbed from honorh, in lieu of thinking content since my head is stuffy.

( 2011 thoughts )

In the process of reading about Lego's new 'girl' range (ugh!), I saw mention of Lego dinosaur sets. My niece Zoe loves dinosaurs. So I thought, "hey, why not see what's around for kids her age?" and hit Google. Results turned up the most amazing Duplo sets, basically zoos with dinosaurs, which was just perfect. Except ( Read more... )

My first Christmas in Canada, the roomie's mum and stepdad welcomed me into their home for the holiday ( Read more... )

Given certain news from the roomie's family viewpoint (it's a locked post and I don't know who's on the filter, so I'm keeping vague), I'm probably going to be a bit stressed and out of sorts for a bit. There's good news in the form of the roomie getting the job he wanted today, but there's still plenty of bad, and it's going to be tough for us on ( Read more... )

So, I've booked my flights for my trip back to Australia next year and handed in my leave request. The itinerary is:

January 23, 2012, depart Toronto at 6:00 p.m.

Toronto-Vancouver-Sydney-Melbourne - 27 hours. Arrive January 25 at 1:35 p.m. (gives me time to catch the train back to Wodonga ( Read more... )