Cherry Mistmas!

'Cause I was running late with posting and didn’t put a card in the parcel I thought that I would write a short note to you.

I really hope that you all like your presents, I enjoyed shopping for them.
I can just see Mum fluffing around with both of hers!

I want photos of everyone and their pressies okay?

This is the first time that I have really been away from family for Christmas (once I was in Brisbane with Brett) and it will be a very strange experience for all of us.

I even believe there may be a touch of homesickness to be had - probably lots actually.

I know that I will be missing you three terribly.

Goodness me what will you eat?
Who is going to marinate the little chops?
Who is going to make the potato salad with just the right amount of mint sauce?
Who is going to annoy they boys into at least pretending to be festive?
Who is going to play Santa?
Who is going to buy presents for people that break windows?
Who will Brett go and sit at the beach and have a beer with in the boiling hot sun?
Who is going to know exactly which order to give the presents out saving the best for last? (Lucky I sent instructions!)
Who is going to buy the wine?
Who will buy Mum her Camembert cheese?

I am sure you will manage but not too well I hope.
I want the job held for me when I get back!

I have absolutely no doubt that I have made the right move by coming over here and I am having a great time.

The New Year will be great with me starting a new job close to home, being able to get a lot more settled and make plans in advance (like weekend trips to the continent) without having the fact that my temp job could end at any time in the back of my mind.

I really appreciate the support you have given your crazy daughter/sister who packed up and moved to the other side of the world for no apparent reason other than she could.

Remember that although I am far away from my home and family and friends on Christmas Day, I am not all by myself.
I live with a great bunch of people who are in the same situation as me and we are all planning on having a good time.

If I cried on the phone it is only because Mum made me!

Lots of love and great big hugs and heaps and heaps of misses!