KittyFit90 258 Posted December 21, 2020 The tropics suck, its humid and the carpet in our hotel room smells like its rotting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KittyFit90 258 Posted December 24, 2020 A very Merry Christmas to all around the world. As I get set to celebrate with my entire family beside me, I think of the rest of us in other countries who are not so fortunate, COVID has had a terrible effect on the world. I will raise a glass to all those missing out on being with their loved ones, seasons greetings from Australia! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phil83 40 Posted December 24, 2020 Happy Christmas to you and your family too Kitty. Happy Christmas too to everyone else here. My Finnish Christmas didn't happen this year because of the ban on travel that was applied on the UK on Monday. Flights were cancelled literally hours before we were due to go to the airport 😔 At the end of the day though, I am here with my wife and kids and we are able to celebrate it together. Others haven't been as lucky as I am right now so I am grateful for that. Let us all hope and pray that next year will give us some good times again and allow us to get back to some kind of normality. I think we deserve it. Happy Christmas all xxx 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KittyFit90 258 Posted December 25, 2020 Beginning the long trip home today, because of the COVID cluster in NSW we can't go back the same way we came. Cairns to Longreach, Longreach to Bridsville, Birdsville to Woomera and Woomera to Adelaide. An extra day, an extra 600km and an extra 4 hours flight time. We may not do the last leg as wifey says she might be too tired for a 4th leg and we can take the bus for that last bit and she will leave her plane at the RAAF base in Woomera and collect it later. Hope everyone had a good Christmas day! my highlight was my little 3 year old great nephew very shyly asking me if I was 'the didosaur fessor' while hiding behind his mums leg (my niece) and when my answer was yes his eyes lighting up and him jumping into my lap with his new dinosaur encyclopedia and spending the next hour looking at the pictures and talking about dinosaurs...what a cutie! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KittyFit90 258 Posted December 29, 2020 Home at last, flying like that may be 'easier' than the whole airport/security/waiting malarkey but geez its not nearly as quick! My wife is exhausted too, me and my dog are feeling sick...lucky I'm able to relax and take it easy, wifey has 1 day off now, then she takes command of the squadron for 2 weeks! She won't admit it, even to me... but I know she's super nervous... I will barely see her now, she'll be working 12 hour days, leaving early and getting home late. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UP100 1,152 Posted December 29, 2020 We have snow now! 😮 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KittyFit90 258 Posted December 29, 2020 2 hours ago, UP100 said: We have snow now! 😮 Nice! The weather here is very mild, mid to high 20s mostly and a few days in the low 30s. A bit unusual for December, January is the hottest month statistically tho. No days above 40 for summer so far which is very strange (one day of 40.4 in late november), last summer we had 9 days above 40 (7 in Jan). The heat here is much better then where we were for chrissy, no humidity in Adelaide, our summer weather comes off the desert and is very dry! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KittyFit90 258 Posted December 31, 2020 Happy New Year guys 🙂 I'm not making it to midnight tonight so I'm a bit early but what the hey, you'll read this way before its 2021 in your timezones anyway! This is my first new years night without booze in maybe 12-13 years! I'm very proud of going sober and for losing 16.8 kilos too! 2020 was an awful year for so many, lets hope 2021 is the turning of the tide. Best wishes! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phil83 40 Posted December 31, 2020 Happy new year to you Kitty and everyone else here 🎉 On a personal note, I feel like I have become a better person this year. I have more of an appreciation of life and those around me and despite the **** we have endured, I'm the happiest and most content that I have been in years. Looking forward to what the future holds! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KittyFit90 258 Posted December 31, 2020 8 hours ago, phil83 said: Happy new year to you Kitty and everyone else here 🎉 On a personal note, I feel like I have become a better person this year. I have more of an appreciation of life and those around me and despite the **** we have endured, I'm the happiest and most content that I have been in years. Looking forward to what the future holds! Me too, I went through a bit of hell last year (last year sounds nice yay) and I've come out with a better understanding of myself and a greater appreciation of the great people in my life 🙂 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites