We're Almost (Over) There

Wow, so it's about three days till we (Chrystal, Isaac and I) will be on a plane heading to see my wonderful brother and our wonderful almost-sister and her wonderful family. I'm very much looking forward to meeting them and even more-so seeing my brother again. It will be a decent plane trip, and hope that iBoy is able to get some sleep and refrain from climbing all over the plane.

He has just started to go nuts with the crawling, and if you take your eyes off him for a second, all you will see will be scorch marks on the ground, leading to where he is powering towards; he is usually heading to an area of the house that he doesn't spend much time in - he is acutely aware of everything that he has seen before and items/places/people that he has not. Ergo, his toys are largely left un-played with, while the cords that lead to the back of my computer are endlessly fascinating. He is so funny sometimes - he tried to poke his head into the shower while I was in it the other day and ended up with a wet head and a mouth full of metal shower frame. He also likes attempting to put screwdrivers in his mouth - I gotta get a shed to put those tools in.

Anway, we leave Thursday morning, and I am extremely excited. Andrew (a good friend) will be kindly minding our house while we are away, which I hope will be of benefit to him as well :)

Our itinerary looks a little like this:

20-24 September - Northeast, Maryland, America (the highlight of which is my brother's wedding on the 22nd - still gotta write that best man speech!).

25-28 September - London (The Globe here I come!)

29-1 October - Genova, Italy (mmmm, pasta).

2-3 October - Frankfurt, Germany (where we see our good friends, Sophie and Nathan Percy)

Actually, the 3rd of October is the day that I will be leaving to go back to Aus. Chrystal and Isaac will stay in Germany with our friends for about three weeks. I am very grateful that Chrystal has that opportunity - I would've liked to stay in America and Europe for longer too, especially the US to see more of my brother, but my work calls. I will try not to cry when Chrystal and iBoy see me off at the airport. No, you're right, I won't try not to cry; I just wanted to put that link in.

Speaking of work, it looks like my job (which was a 1 year maternity position) will not be available next year, as the person I was covering for is coming back. Interesting. In many ways, I will be sad to leave Southwood. There are some amazing kids here, and some really wonderful staff members. We will see what God does next year - looks like he's got me on a very interesting path and I am looking forward to seeing where it leads (those of you who know the story so far will know what I'm talking about!). If you think of me, please shoot up a quick prayer about it :)

Ok, back to marking. Enjoy yourselves.