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Our last night in Dormer Cottage was great fun!! Well, it actually started quite early on in the afternoon at the beer garden of The Chequers Pub over the road (very handy indeed!!) Our friends had met us over there and then they came back to the house. It was fab! It went on long in to the night!
The next day was hectic to say the least! Jacob's play school was holding a leaving party for him, so Nige had already been to pick up his Mum to spend the day with us and then he dropped Jacob off and carried on into Worcester to buy some trainers!! Can you believe it??!! So I carried on at home working off my "to do" list with a severe hangover!!!
We all went to Jacob's party which was lovely. They made a real fuss of him.
Our friends Neil, Steve and Sue helped immensly by taking stuff that we didn't need to the tip. We were so grateful. The dreaded time came to take the keys over the the village store for them to pass on to the tenants. I couldn't speak! Great, some would say! Dave, Gill, Anneke and Neil came to take us to the airport. It was a very strange feeling driving away from our lovely house, our lovely life. I know that Nige was thinking the same as me.....are we doing the right thing?
We arrived at Birmingham airport and checked in our luggage which was overweight by 30kg! We'd already spent hours swapping things around to make them even weights!! The Manager came over to help and offered to pay half the amount, so we ended up paying £240.00!! We had a leaving comittee waiting for us (I reckon they were just making sure that we actually went!!) We had my Mum, Auntie Lyn, Uncle John there along with Nigel's Mum, Dave, Gill, Anneke and Neil. It all of a sudden seemed real!!!!
Saying bye to everyone was horrible and it was the worst part by far. I remember walking off up the corridor and kept looking back waving and then round the corner and they were gone. I was sobbing and I think I saw a little tear in Nigel's eye! I was still blubbing when we went through security. I looked like a mad woman, but I really didn't care!
We flew from Birmingham to Dubai and then Dubai to Bangkok. As we got off the plane at Bangkok, Jacob developed a really high temperature, so I dosed him up with Calpol and we continued through the airport following everyone else to queue up again to board the plane. As soon as we got on the plane he was sick! So a doctor was called on the plane with other medical staff and he was taken to the front of the plane. Meanwhile the people around us started putting their masks on. We felt like "the unclean"! After an AUD$80 bill, 3 lots of medication and a 2 hour delay we set off. They didn't know what it was, so they gave us meds to cover everything! They said that if he wasn't any better upon arrival at Sydney, we would have to go straight to the hospital!! Great!! What a start to our new life in Australia! We had the air blowers on him to keep him cool and kept giving him water. After the 10 hour flight, he had eaten some food and was looking better. We had to fill out a form to say that he'd been poorly on board and received medical attention, but the guys at Sydney airport were not interested. We flew straight through immigration and passport control and within no time at all we were outside in the glorious sunshine waiting for a cab!
The next day was hectic to say the least! Jacob's play school was holding a leaving party for him, so Nige had already been to pick up his Mum to spend the day with us and then he dropped Jacob off and carried on into Worcester to buy some trainers!! Can you believe it??!! So I carried on at home working off my "to do" list with a severe hangover!!!
We all went to Jacob's party which was lovely. They made a real fuss of him.
Our friends Neil, Steve and Sue helped immensly by taking stuff that we didn't need to the tip. We were so grateful. The dreaded time came to take the keys over the the village store for them to pass on to the tenants. I couldn't speak! Great, some would say! Dave, Gill, Anneke and Neil came to take us to the airport. It was a very strange feeling driving away from our lovely house, our lovely life. I know that Nige was thinking the same as me.....are we doing the right thing?
We arrived at Birmingham airport and checked in our luggage which was overweight by 30kg! We'd already spent hours swapping things around to make them even weights!! The Manager came over to help and offered to pay half the amount, so we ended up paying £240.00!! We had a leaving comittee waiting for us (I reckon they were just making sure that we actually went!!) We had my Mum, Auntie Lyn, Uncle John there along with Nigel's Mum, Dave, Gill, Anneke and Neil. It all of a sudden seemed real!!!!
Saying bye to everyone was horrible and it was the worst part by far. I remember walking off up the corridor and kept looking back waving and then round the corner and they were gone. I was sobbing and I think I saw a little tear in Nigel's eye! I was still blubbing when we went through security. I looked like a mad woman, but I really didn't care!
We flew from Birmingham to Dubai and then Dubai to Bangkok. As we got off the plane at Bangkok, Jacob developed a really high temperature, so I dosed him up with Calpol and we continued through the airport following everyone else to queue up again to board the plane. As soon as we got on the plane he was sick! So a doctor was called on the plane with other medical staff and he was taken to the front of the plane. Meanwhile the people around us started putting their masks on. We felt like "the unclean"! After an AUD$80 bill, 3 lots of medication and a 2 hour delay we set off. They didn't know what it was, so they gave us meds to cover everything! They said that if he wasn't any better upon arrival at Sydney, we would have to go straight to the hospital!! Great!! What a start to our new life in Australia! We had the air blowers on him to keep him cool and kept giving him water. After the 10 hour flight, he had eaten some food and was looking better. We had to fill out a form to say that he'd been poorly on board and received medical attention, but the guys at Sydney airport were not interested. We flew straight through immigration and passport control and within no time at all we were outside in the glorious sunshine waiting for a cab!
