well..........

today is monday. i leave wednesday morning to go h-o-m-e. home. oh home. family. friends. mountains. summer.
which means i have to leave here in order to have that. well. right now, i am ok with that. this has been such a wonderful adventure, and it still is. it's just not over yet. so soak up the rest of what's left of it. so yesterday was the last time i would go to hillsong, at least on this adventure. and it was wonderful. and later in the evening, the family and i went up to mount coot-tha and looked at the city. it was beautiful. we spent the evening sipping on riccadonna and eating cheese and crackers. and then i went and had octopus...calamari if you want to be all fancy schmancy. and well...i don't need to try that again. but the evening spent with the family was very memorable, just watching the sunset and looking at the city and enjoying one of the last times with the family. tonight was the last time we all ate dinner together as a family. and it was just full of laughter and great times. the kids acting like they always do and me trying not to laugh so that it doesn't encourage their behaviour...uh oh. how is this going to work when i become a parent, if that's where God wants me to go...i sure hope so! oh well...these kids are wonderful enough (and i only say that because despite all the struggles i have had with them, i sure do love them to death. this trip wouldn't be what it was without them...) as i write this..xavi is jumping in my room and trying to scare me...he got me the second time! oh how i am going to miss walking out of the bathroom in the early hours of the morning and have a heart attack from him scaring me. ha. can someone please keep this up for me?....i am going to miss it. no matter how angry i get at these kids, i treasure every moment with them. they just want to make you happy. and you can't help but smile at them when they achieve a goal, understand a concept, and all the other daily surprises that happen throughout each day. aww....if this is just a glimpse of what it's like to have a child...oh man, i can't wait to have one of my own one day and rejoice in his or her daily growth! awww. ok. "mother moment" over, it won't happen for a long while and i can just rejoice in the daily growth of the kids that are in my life right now.
so today....olivia did my hair...she made it look like how i did hers, 2 ponytails....it's cuter when your hair is short and you are 4 years old. but she was so proud for her work, so i went to kindy with it in and she showed it off to all her friends. aww. cute!! and i went and dropped off thank you letters to the people that made a difference in my time here...everyone i met were just huge blessings. thank You God for all these people that You placed in my life. thank You thank You thank YOU! they were so wonderful and relationships are a beautiful thing. thank You!
and then tanya and i went to riley's 3k cross country race....daaaang. he got 2nd for the school and 18th overall....and he ran the whole time! and i can be proud in him....and sorry...another "mommy moment"...woah! to be so proud of your own kids...i love that feeling!
ok. and then let's see.....today. well. not much else. another beautiful sunset. daaang. these are master pieces out here!
and so the plan for the rest of the time here:
tonight. try to go to bed at a reasonable time and to fall asleep and sleep the whole night. we shall see....i have been really anxious the past couple of nights. nights are my struggle points of time. i just lay in bed and i am exhausted (i work out to tire my body out and read to tire my mind) but i end up just laying in bed for hours and hours. so maybe after a couple of days of this maybe i'll sleep tonight. it's my last night sleeping here. aww. that makes me sad to say that. so i'm going to enjoy it!
tuesday morning: wake up early, go to school with tanya and riley and drop them off at school.
then come back and get ready for the day...then at 10, go and see the firemen that are going to olivia's kindy class. need to have my one last look at these fine australian men.....daaaaaaaaaaannnnng! :)
and then go see my good friend heidi. and talk to her and tell her see you later. thank you jonathon for teaching me this concept of: it's not goodbye, it's just see you later. because i would love to see everyone one day again, and who knows. maybe i will. and it makes it easier to part.
and then take olivia out of kindy and go take her on a coffee date with me. and if we have time, go visit the police station. i still have to get a picture of a police car to show you all back home. they are so funny. i cannot take them seriously. and their little uniforms. i have the urge to play checkers when i see a cop. haha! and then pick up tanya from work. and then pick up the boys. and then hang out with tanya for the evening. eat dinner. make the kids' lunches one last time....and then the plan is to stay up late...or just pull an all nighter so that i will sleep on the plane. and leave the house at 6am on wednesday...and then be at the airport at 6:45, check in....and fly home at 10. home. home. home.
so i leave australia at 10am on wednesday.
it will be 6pm tuesday in utah.
i get to la at 7am la time...8am utah time....midnight australia.
and then get to utah at 1pm wednesday.
5am australia time on thursday.
so....what the point of this is....i will be flying all day australia time (all night utah time) and so i will want to sleep when i get to customs but i will need to be awake at that time and to get to my correct terminal and flight stuff when i'm in la...and that la airport is huge and thank goodness for the 4 hour layover...especially so early in the morning. but i need to have some sleep. so if i pull an all nighter, i won't be able to help it but sleep on the plane. and it will make the 13 hours fly by a lot faster. so....that's the goal. and i will accomplish as much as i accomplish.
and then..........i can't believe it. 3 months felt like i just started. and it's coming to an end. and i just got adjusted to everything a couple of weeks ago. why is it ending? :(
it's not the end...it's just time to go and work on a new challenge.
and i still have yet to figure out what that is....maybe working on being who i am here at home. not going back to the old me. but fighting to keep this new me. i like who i am in Christ right now. who i was 3 months ago....no thank you!
well....what can i say...? life is good. see you on the upside!