Izzy's back! YIPPEE!!

I left Bubby and Greg and the in-laws at home on Monday and took the trip up to Cairns to meet Izzy at the airport. Mum and two of her linedancing friends departed for a holiday in Sydney that afternoon so it coincided well and I was able to take them all up to the airport as well. We had a bit of time on our hands when we hit Cairns so I was able to pay a visit to my favourite op-shop where I snagged some bargains, while the ladies had a cuppa at Gloria Jeans. Then I had another leisurely 4 hours to idle away in between dropping the girls off and going back to pick Izzy up. They say time flies when you're having fun, and it did.

I went to visit my gf and her daughter (who loved the black JustJeans jumpsuit I thrifted for her). They were a little suprised to see me so far from home without Anakin, but we made the most of it by having a beautiful (uninterrupted) vego meal, followed by my first ever marathon session of Singstar. That was loads of fun and when, against the odds, I beat Tiff singing The Cure's Just like Heaven I gave her shit saying that was because I was the bigger fan. She hated me for that which gave me a good laugh...

Anyway at the airport I enjoyed watching everyone's excitement growing as they waited for their friends/family/lovers to arrive and seeing all the cuddles they received at the end of their wait. I could of guaranteed I wasn't going to get any cuddles off my young man - he's primary love language is definitely not physical touch and sure enough when he trudged up the ramp with his backpack on and I went in for a hug he brushed me off saying "Now, now Mum. It was only 2 weeks." He was glad to see me though and talked my ear off half of the two hour drive back home. Which was a good thing as I've only been getting about 5 or 6 hours a night lately and that drive was a total killer!

I had to really dig deep to get us home in one piece. I don't like driving at night at the best of times but on Monday night it was absolutely bucketing down with rain the entire way, so I was crawling along at 80ks, there was heaps of confusing roadworks, I couldn't use the high beams coz it was making my eyes hurt with the headache I had and I was dead tired. I felt like Elias from Clerks II, blinking too much with my head bobbing around strangely. I tell you I was sending out some prayers for the stamina to get us home to our family all right. Which I managed.

My boobs where rock-hard after having missed a couple of Anakins feeds and he woke up on cue just as I stumbled in after midnight. Izzy was glad to collapse in his own room too.

Anyway. Greg's been flat out building a chicken pen so I'll be a happy lady when that rooster is saftely cooped up away from my exposed ankles. And as everything he builds it is of superlative construction.