What a day, what a day! I woke up at 3:30 and could not fall back asleep. Tyler set an alarm for 5:00, so that he could do one last load of laundry. And Parker slept in until 6:00. Despite Tyler's worry that we could not get everything cleaned, we finished with time to spare. At 10:30 I headed to campus one last time... Parker had a bump on his eyelid that I wanted looked at by the doctor. Turns out he did have a small infection, so it was good I played it safe. While Parker and I were at the doctors, Tyler took a taxi with all of our bags and checked into a hotel in the city. We are staying the night at the Travelodge (the same hotel we first stayed at when we moved to Sydney). We both met back at the apartment around noon. Our checkout was scheduled for 12:30, but the property manager did not show up until 2:00. While we sat waiting, a huge storm started brewing with lightning, thunder and lots of rain. The checkout went very well, one of the real estate agents commented "did you guys even use the kitchen". It also helped that Parker was quite the charmer, shooting cheeky smiles for everyone to see. It is safe to say that we will be receiving our bond (deposit) in full!
After they took our keys, we hung around in the apartment waiting for the rain to calm a bit, just as we decided to cut our loses and make a dash for the bus stop... it stopped raining! We made it to the hotel around 3:30. Neither of us had eaten anything all day, so Tyler made a mad dash out to his favorite kebab shop for some much needed grub. He also stopped at a corner shop for some TimTams. Even being in the hotel seems like a whole new world. For one, I am sitting in a chair at a proper table instead of balancing the computer on the arm of the couch. We have heat, and carpet and a real bed (two actually, his and hers... Brady Bunch style)! Not long now until we head to the airport and begin our journey... we leave Sydney on Tuesday at 1pm and arrive in Billings on Tuesday at 6pm. That's 21 hours of travel but only 5 hours on the clock.
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Can't wait to read your reflections when the big adventure is all over. Sorry I haven't been on to chat lately. Josh and I finished cleaning out the apartment last night at 10, and I'm not so sure we will be receiving our bond in full, but am overjoyed to have it done. Off to the Dr. today, a million errands to run, still no bed for baby, but everything else is good. We're praying for safe travels home. Love you three! L&J
Only one more day:)
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