WEATHER: Wet and rainy ALL day 30C
HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY: I’m alive
BUMMER OF THE DAY: I’m alive
WORD OF THE DAY: Vodka? Ughhhhhhhh
OM Goodness. You
know when you first wake up after a drinking session and you know you are going
to feel like crap. Well I woke this
morning and actually didn’t feel tooooo bad.
I felt bad, but not too bad.
Nothing some more sleep wouldn't fix.
Frog knocked at the door at 9.30am for a breakfast run which I thought about
for like a second and said no thanks and went back to bed. I got a second knock at 10.45am by the girls
for the second breakfast run to which I threw on a dress and we were downstairs
with 10 minutes of breakfast time left.
The kids were down already and Jase and Hunter were back at the room as
Hunter was not feeling well at all with a chuck and a sore tummy, we’re not
sure what is wrong thinking it may be dehydration from all the dancing he did
last night and not drinking enough water.
The girls have been waiting patiently for the wedding day
to come and go so that they could now get their platted and braided. So that was what they were off to do after
breakfast this morning and after a few prompts from Shelly and Sandy to join
them I declined and decided to stay at the hotel and relax. I offered to look after Hunter, so that they
could all go and with the offer taken up they dropped him at my room with a
book and some things to do and I switched the channel to the Cartoon Network
and we both lounged on the bed for the next 3 hours. I attempted to pack for a few minutes as
today is my last day in Thailand. I am
on a 6am transfer tomorrow to the airport with Bob and Jen, so it is an early
start tomorrow but it will be good to leave in the morning from somewhere and
arrive on the same day-it has been awhile since I have had a flight that does
that. Hunter was sick twice while he was
in my care and I felt so bad that I all I could do was rub his back while he
was throwing up in the toilet. I have to
say he was an amazing patient and once he had done his business he was right as
rain. He didn’t have a stomach pain and
no headaches so I really am not sure what to make of it all. The weather outside had really turned by this
point and there were some pretty serious thunderstorms and dropping of
rain. I was so glad that we didn’t go
and decided to stay indoors-hang over or not.
Hunter was collected by Jase just after 4pm and the girls
were still not back from having their hair done. Shelly had sent a few text messages and they
were still at the hair place. It was
taking FOREVER and each of the girls had a woman each doing their hair! Can you imagine if they only had one lady to
do all three? I guess it wouldn’t have
happened. I used
this time to knuckle down and get the packing done, so when everyone was back I
would make the most of my time with them rather than packing when I could have
done that while they weren’t here. I
have decided to leave some more things for Shelly to take home, a few tops, 2
dresses and a few bits and bobs. My bag
is now looking better than it ever has, I have been able to close the expander
zip and it all zips up nicely without any effort now. It is more important now as portions of my
Sri Lankan trip are on public transport so I had to make it more manageable so
I didn’t look like a freak to other travelers.
The girls were back at 4.30pm after a mammoth 4 hours
getting the kids hair done. Shelly asked
if I knew it would take that long and that is why I passed, but their hair
looks great and the ladies have done a good job, all for the cost of 10AUD per
head. The girls love hearing the sound
of the beads clicking at the bottom of their hair. In my drunken stupor last night I said I was
going to go and get a few braids, not my whole head, but a few, but decided not to due to my hang-over this
morning and as cute as they look on the kids I sometimes wonder if the adults
look a little silly with them in.
Brother Brad and Star joined us for a drink in the party
room as it was Brad’s birthday today. I
had to pass on the alcoholic version and settled for a coke, just the thought
was not a pleasant one and then we were heading out for a birthday dinner with
the birthday boy. I was so tempted to
pass up dinner and just get room service but this was my last night and it was Brad’s
birthday so I sucked it up and joined the Ryan’s and Elks for dinner. Sandy and Jase were staying in, so we decided
to leave the weary children with them and ordered them some nuggets and chips
for dinner and this is where I had to say good-bye to Zoe and Tess. I picked Tess up and asked for a massive hug
and before I knew it she was bawling her little blue eyes out-she was
hysterical. She was saying that she didn’t
want me to go and why couldn’t I stay and she just wouldn’t stop crying. I tried explaining that she would see me after
8 week-ends to make it sound better than 2 months but nothing would pacify
her. I then gave Zoe a big big hug and
even though she had a few tears in the eyes, she was very brave and like the
fact that 8 week-ends didn’t sound much and that she hoped Zeme can come next
time I come home. Oh me too sweetheart,
me too….. So with hugs to Hunter, Hads
and Sandy it was time to leave a crying Tess on the bed and we headed to
dinner. We had one more stop and that
was to Trev and Dayna’s room on the way out to return the suit. It was nice to be able to say good-bye to
them and we will be seeing them over Christmas at some stage.
Dinner was back at the place we had taken the kids our
first night. It was close to the hotel,
it was cheap and the food was good. Star
couldn’t believe that they had a lobster on there for 10AUD so she ordered it
out of curiosity and said it was just divine.
Who would have thought you could get a 5 star quality lobster for 10
bucks! I also caved and ordered a lemon
and lime frozen margarita and even with the alcohol in it really hit the spot,
so much so that I had another one over the course of the meal. Well that didn’t take long to get back on the
drinking wagon again did it!!! The small
restaurant found out it was Brother Brads birthday and bought out a pineapple
drink with a sparkler on it and sang him happy birthday which was nice and a
great way to end a recovery day for me and my amazing last 4 days with my best
friend, my family and my god-daughters in Thailand.
We were back to the hotel at 9.30pm, I checked to make
sure both party rooms were fast asleep and then said my good-byes to Shelly and
Shane and with bug hugs and waves till I got to my room, one door down I kept
reminding myself that it is only 8 week-ends till I am back in Australia and
hopefully I will have Zeme with me all going well. I have a lot to do in the 4 weeks that I am
home, I think about it now and it is a little daunting, but with one step at a
time I will just have to do as much as I can with what time I have. Shelly and I thought 7 weeks wasn’t enough-how
the hell will we cope with 4 weeks AND this time we don’t know when I will be
back to Australia…. Now that I think about the finality of just that thought
brings a tear to my eye but a flutter the stomach to finally be back in reality
starting a new life with some-one I love with new friends, a new job, a new culture to
learn adding to my ever growing new experiences.
This is life and we need to live it to the fullest.
Goodbye Thailand and goodbye to my family and see you on
the 26th November.
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