So far, so good!

Well, I left for RDU on Wednesday around 3pm, to get to my 5pm flight. First I had a little trouble with my suitcases, but eventually it got sorted and actually ended up working a little better than I had hoped! Hopped on my flight at 5 and we took off shortly after--four hours and fifty five minutes later, we landed in LAX, at 7:20pm. Let me just tell you. This airport, is ginormous. It has basically an entire other section for international flights, which is about a 5-10 minute walk. Ate some delicious pizza with my new friend, Ally, and then went on our way to the gate to Sydney. Our lovely flight, of 14 hours and 55 minutes, left at about 10:05. Yuck. Not a fun flight. Though the seats were a bit bigger than the seats from RDU to LAX, they still weren't super comfortable. But the flight attendants on the plane were much nicer--as they weren't American (lol). They served us a couple meals and some snacks, and there were TV screens on the back of the seat in front of us--pretty sure I watched about 5 or 6 movies and slept for a few hours. All in all, not a terrible flight, but still pretty long and boring. We arrived in Sydney at 6:15 Friday morning. (Pretty sure I didn't have a Thursday, but don't ask me, it makes my brain hurt). And then I had to book it to the other end of the airport because my flight for NZ left at 7:10, and the boarding started at 6:25. Lovely. So, running to the other side of airports--not my favorite thing. Made it with heaps of time to spare before we actually took off, sweaty for nothing. Woot. We touched down around 12:10pm and made it through customs without a problem (although a couple of the people working it were laughing at me for not knowing what to do--stupid American. But without too much hassle, I made it to the baggage claim, got my two bags (Thank you, Lord that they were there!) and met Allysia at arrivals! We drove back to Cambridge which took a little over an hour--and I tried to adjust to riding on the left side of the road. Weird. Allysia told me she'd take me out whenever she drove so I could get used to it, and said Aaron (her husband) would take me out to learn how to drive properly--that'll be interesting. Didn't see very many sheep--which was a smidge disappointing as I was told sheep outnumber people here. We'll see. We passed a few things that I'm excited to do--like going cave exploring! We made our way to Cambridge and arrived home. I unpacked, showered and felt a bit more refreshed to meet the rest of the family. The kids came home with their dad and came into my room to greet me :) They are adorable. We ate some dinner, read a book, and then pretty much all went to bed--at about 7:15. We'll see what the rest of the week holds!

My sweet little kids: Jorja, Layla, Stirling, and me (left to right)