Sep 20, 2005 21:26
A week from now my mother, her husband and my two sisters are going to Australia. They're going to live in Brisbane for 6 months. It's funny, until now I've been really happy for them (and a little bit envious of course) but the closer the departure date gets, the sadder I feel... It's so strange that I won't see them for so long. No more Saturday lunches, gardening talks and schoolgirl chatter for a while. And they won't be here for christmas... Feels like I won't have a home to go to for six months. But I'm sure time will pass really quickly, it usually does. I've got lots of plans for this autumn and winter, but I'll probably still find time to miss my family horribly...
We all lived south of Sydney for 8 months back in 97/98, and I feel kind of sad that I won't be a part of it this time. I'm preparing goodbye presents for them, I hope they'll like them. The positive thing is that I'm going to see them in January, if my economy improves! (Stop spending money, girl!)
To make things worse, I've got a killer toothache...
But the autumn is beautiful. I must take time to go into the forest and kick leaves around.