Here is my first blog entry after returning from our trip to Canada. We started our journey back at 6pm on Monday, March 12th with a ride to the airport from Jennifer. Everything went smoothly at the TO airport - both Dad and I received first class seats for the leg from TO to Vancouver. That was nice as Dad and I were both able to get a good sleep on the lie-flat seats. When we were in Toronto, we were told that only one of us would be able to get upfront on the way to Australia (it was Dad's turn), but then, when we got to Vancouver, we were told that one of the seats up front was broken and so Dad had to go into the back - that was disappointing. We were given three seats between the two of us, though, so we were able to get some sleep on the way from Vancouver to Sydney. Once there, we were able to get onto a flight to Brisbane at noon. However, we were told that the two flights from Brisbane to Hervey Bay (HB) that day were full except for one seat. We kept our fingers crossed that someone wouldn't show up so that we could both fly to Hervey Bay that night (it was Wednesday by this time). The first flight was completely full and so we kept waiting around the Brisbane airport. When it came near time for the final flight (at 7:30pm) that night, the passenger service agent gave Dad two tickets to the Brisbane-HB flight and we were so relieved! After landing in HB, we caught our usual shuttle right to our front door. We were SO happy to be home after such a long trip! Chantelle had gone shopping and left some food in the fridge for us to have for dinner when we arrived home. Both Dad and I jumped in the shower to get fresh and clean after our long trip, and after a yummy supper of a meat, cheese and tomato sandwich, we fell into bed and had a lovely sleep. :-)
Thursday and Friday were spent resting up. We did some grocery shopping, went to the library, and went for a lovely walk along the beach - I had really missed the ocean! The water was incredibly warm and I wish that we had brought our swimsuits to go for a swim - we will get to that one day this week for sure! Saturday, I went with three friends from church to a Primary leadership meeting just over two hours from HB. My friend (and counsellor), Maureen drove and it was a lovely drive - Maureen has a top of the line in comfort Toyota and so the trip didn't seem so long since we were so comfortable. The meeting went well and we all came away from it with some ideas to help make our Primary run more smoothly. Today (Sunday), has been a lovely day (birthday). It started out by us going to church of course - we got so many hugs and people telling us how glad they were that we were back - we felt loved! :-) After church, we had our friends, Robyn and Geoff over for a late lunch. Dad barbecued some chicken and we had salads and vegetables on the side. Dad had also bought a pavlova for my 'birthday cake' and we enjoyed that for dessert. It was a lovely way to end my birthday! :-)
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