After my reval, I was supposed to just have a few quiet days on reserve and days off before work started in earnest, but when offered a 4 day trip with bucketloads of overtime, it was impossible to refuse.
This trip had me covering Sydney flights, overnighting at the Gold Coast, right beside the beach. It was odd being so close to home (90 min drive) and a pity that D couldn’t join me due to work, but the location was amazing!
Four days began to feel like a really long time before I finally got to go home - for one short day!!! It was then off again, overnighting in Cairns this time, where it rained and rained and rained.
I got home late last night at 2300 and quickly packed to travel to Hobart this morning, this time for “fun”. Getting up with my alarm at 0415, I felt like a zombie well after arriving at the airport. Scraping onto the flight with the very last standby seat, I am now using the QF free wifi to blog on my way to Sydney - where I will hopefully scrape onto the mostly-full flight to Hobart.
This is a big weekend: today is when I meet D’s daughter, C (9), and tonight we are going to dinner with his ex and her new partner. I have to say I am a lot more nervous to meet the ex than to meet C! However, it is very important that I do so, as we are really hoping that C will be allowed to travel up to Brisbane in the upcoming school holidays.
There was a really beautiful rainbow over the house when I left for work a couple of days ago, so here you are! An early morning K&D residence shot, with a rainbow. Or two.
In other news, it’s just a couple of weeks now until I can go climbing again! My wrist is still somewhat sore when I use it, and aches quite a bit at night time, but with lots of heat pack and massage treatment, it is continuing to heal well and strengthen. I doubt it will ever be 100% but I will keep working on it!
Anyway the cabin crew are bringing around breakfast now, so i
