Well we are home and it has to be said loving being back in our own flat. It’s so nice to be surrounded by our own things and have luxuries such as drawers, a cooker with an oven and a proper washing machine which is actually in the kitchen and not in a launderette. It’s also lovely to find a whole new wardrobe (clothes i dissed and didn’t take on holiday with me) to wear as I was getting so sick of seeing me in the same thing all the time and to be honest most of the clothes if not already thrown out are enroute to it as they are falling to pieces. The sunshine has also helped us settle in. I love our flat when its sunny, we get so much light and it is such a nice place to be.
The flight back was tinged with some sadness at the thought that our trip had come to an end, although it was mostly a happy one as we were so excited to be getting to see friends and family again and celebrating our news with them (it was also a very anxious flight for me, I have become a very nervous flyer these days, too many flights and too much turbulence equals emma happy not to be in the air for a while, poor Ricky’s arm is a mound of fingernail marks).
We have spent the weekend mostly doing washing and clearing out the giant pile of mail which had accumulated whilst we were away. In amongst it were some beautiful cards and some long and eagerly awaited wedding invitations, so thanks to all who have been thinking about us and sending their best wishes. Luckily there were no surprise major bills so it’s nice to know the only people we owe money to are the credit card companies. We also paid a visit to Glasgow to pick up Ronnie and had a lovely lunch with Rikke (he is a lot tamer now than when we sent him to Glasgow, Rikke your calming ways have obviously done the trick). And we had a visit from Russell, Sandra and the Kids – man they have grown (the kids, not Russell and Sandra), it was great to see them all and we had a very lovely picnic out in the park.
We both headed back to work this morning (it was really strange to see Ricky in his suit again with his very manly man bag) and I think it’s been nice for both of us to settle into a bit of a routine again. I think it takes going back to normal to fully appreciate just what we have had and what we have done and to remind ourselves just how lucky we actually are. However, if it wasn’t for the wedding, round the world trip mark 2 planning would definitely be in operation right now (you know i cant not have things to look forward to). And before you ask, no we haven’t really had a chance to think about the wedding yet but don’t worry when I have some idea as to what form it will take and when I will be letting you know.
I cant believe we are embarking on another adventure so quickly and I think we will keep the blog open for a while yet so we can keep you up to date with how operation get emma down the aisle is going. That’s if you don’t mind – please feel free to tell me to stop clogging up your inbox if I start becoming bridezilla.
As well as getting all of the exciting tasks of laundry and shopping out of the way we have also been spending a bit of time looking through our photos and thinking about our time away. For those of you who know me, you will know that I love to make lists so I thought I would start pulling together everything we have done and places we have been to, to give you an insight as to our favourite as well as worst moments of the holiday. It is so much harder than I thought as there are so so many amazing things to choose from, so I think I am going to ponder it for a bit longer. It wasn’t so hard to pull together what I thought were the biggest disappointments so I have started list season by putting them underneath. There were a few that made it close to being top 5, such as Ricky’s driving, American drivers, too much rain, too many overnight flights (Fiji to LA deserves a special mention) rubbish washing machines and a lack of clean socks, however these are things which can be overlooked, the items which finally made it are unforgiveable and unforgettable in their own weird unique way.
Top 5 worst holiday moments (in no particular order)
- the big Mac in the US being the exact same size as it is in the UK – poor show
- The ginormous spider which invaded our Burre in Fiji – much bigger than the ones in Oz and hairy – hairy spiders are far more scary
- The smelly van in NZ – when you started the engine it seriously was like having 10 bean eating, lager drinking, methane emitting cows in the back seat (we loved the van just not the reak)
- Seeing Susan Boyle on TV in the US - what a great ambassador for Scotland she was
- Having to leave New York – yes I know its soppy but its my blog and I will write what I want to
Anyway more lists will follow as well as some more pics – promise xxxxx
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