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At this point I should play the bugle!
It was a very long and boring journey back and unbelievably cold at Heathrow!! It had been raining for 3 days before we left so we should have felt right at home in the drizzle here but NZ rain was a hell of a lot warmer. It was sad to say goodbye to the friends we made in New Zealand but lovely to be seen off at the airport.
Chris was back to work almost before drawing breath and has been so happy to be back and to be busy. The children had a week of half term before returning to school (by my reckoning that brought their total attendance at school since July 2005 to about 9 weeks!!). They settled back in like they had never been away! I have found it harder to re-acclimatise than the others and still yearn a little for the NZ dream. I have decided to set up my own photography business, something I have wanted to do for a while, and my website is here: http://www.images-by-vanessa.co.uk/ - see what you think.
We have been back in the UK now for 6 weeks and yesterday, the majority of our household goods arrived. It feels very odd (again) to see the stuff that was packed up such a long time ago. All we need to do now is sell the house and car out there and buy a house here - it sounds so easy!
On to the next chapter, whatever that may bring.
It was a very long and boring journey back and unbelievably cold at Heathrow!! It had been raining for 3 days before we left so we should have felt right at home in the drizzle here but NZ rain was a hell of a lot warmer. It was sad to say goodbye to the friends we made in New Zealand but lovely to be seen off at the airport.
Chris was back to work almost before drawing breath and has been so happy to be back and to be busy. The children had a week of half term before returning to school (by my reckoning that brought their total attendance at school since July 2005 to about 9 weeks!!). They settled back in like they had never been away! I have found it harder to re-acclimatise than the others and still yearn a little for the NZ dream. I have decided to set up my own photography business, something I have wanted to do for a while, and my website is here: http://www.images-by-vanessa.co.uk/ - see what you think.
We have been back in the UK now for 6 weeks and yesterday, the majority of our household goods arrived. It feels very odd (again) to see the stuff that was packed up such a long time ago. All we need to do now is sell the house and car out there and buy a house here - it sounds so easy!
On to the next chapter, whatever that may bring.
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