Exactly a week ago I was sitting in a Qantas A380 and only a few hours from landing in Melbourne.
It took a few days to get my sleep patterns back in sync, the first few mornings I was up at about 5.00, but now it is all back to normal.
Work has been fairly full on, in only four weeks away I have realised how much I have had to catch up on. With my Co-Deputy Principal finishing up yesterday to take maternity leave I have a fair bit to do to keep up the great work she has started, massive shoes to fill.
Also, our Principal is taking the first 3 weeks of next term off with long service leave, so I really have to step up to the plate.
Needless to say, these holidays will be spent getting a lot of things in place for the start of next term.
For the past year and a bit I have had the benefit of working really closely with two great people, and the reality that they will both be gone when school starts next term has not been lost on me.
Our home life has changed dramatically as well.
When I left to go overseas, there were four of us in the house. Now our youngest has moved to Melbourne for Uni, and our other son is often out with work, Uni, sport or socialising.
Jen and I are now finding that it is just the two of us at home, something that we will have to become increasingly accustomed to.
So what does one do after a month away?
As we live on a semi-rural block with lots of trees, there is always the hassle of leaves, twigs and branches dropping on the yard. After 4 weeks away, and lots of heat (which makes the trees drop even more rubbish) I came back to a fairly untidy yard, something that always bugs me.
So, today was the day to do something about it, and after 5 hours I finally got it raked and cleaned up.
It always looks good at the end, so you can imagine my anguish when the first few leaves start dropping on it again!!
Keep in mind that I am going into hospital on Tuesday for surgery on my shoulder, something that was meant to be done last December, but got postponed after I developed a DVT in my leg after knee surgery.
I'm rapt that the yard is now cleaner, but the payoff is that my shoulder is killing me tonight. I suppose that it was already sore this morning, and tonight it is only a bit worse and it is going to get fixed anyway, so what's the big deal?
This doesn't really show how much litter was on the yard, but it was enough to bug me big time!
Half way through the job and things are warming up.
The end of the day and it is back to what suits me. Could do with a decent drink too! (The yard that is)
And last night I see a photo posted online by a former housemate from my teacher training days way back in 1983. It really brought back so many happy memories of those times, but also the fact that I need to make time to catch up with these mates, and many others in the near future.
Although it doesn't look great, it only brings back happy memories with these boys.
My footy team, Richmond, won last night in a fairly ugly match, but I'll take any win, so that meant I woke up happy this morning.
Some more home maintenance tomorrow while I can, as I know that for the rest of this two week break I'll be laid up after my shoulder surgery.
It's always hard to keep my blog interesting after an overseas trip, but I only see this as a further challenge, so hopefully I can keep it interesting!!
Until my next post...
Cheers!
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