Yep- still doesn't feel like Christmas at all. It's amazing how much the snow affects that. I thought I would be a basket case away from our families- but the sun and booze is actually making me very okay with things.
We finally made it to Cairns and I can't even describe how hot it is here. I managed to get us into our special Christmas room way ahead of check in time by sweet talking Ken at reception. Turns out we're both orphaned at Christmas- his family is in Thailand. Our internet service is shotty- but we're going to try and SKYPE with our families tomorrow morning.
We are not leaving this room until we settle a fairly large dispute between the two of us. Buck & Doe VS. Open Reception. It's actually not a large dispute, I just think neither one of us cares enough to make a decision. I personally will need to be drugged up on Vicoden if we have a Buck and Doe because I have anxiety in large groups... or the other way I combat this is with booze. My friend's can testify. However, I think Nic just wants a party. A giant party. So, I feel like the Grinch. But then I suggested we don't have a buck and doe but we do an open reception instead of closed. However, the downfall to this is that we wouldn't be able to do the open bar.... do you know how much an unemployed teacher makes?? Well, it's not much kids. So, I dunno. That way Nic will still get his giant party but I feel like my parents won't be able to relax because they'd be so worried about someone getting in an accident on the way home. I get the point of buck and does, but I just don't "get" it. I mean, it's like Southwestern Ontario is the only place in the world that has them. How did this come to be?
So, our plans include the Great Barrier Reef on the 26th. Basically, that's all we've planned. Nicki's birthday is on, well I actually don't know what day it falls on, but it's the 30th. We've been to many a shopping centres but I still haven't got him anything. FUN FACT: Did you know Nic and I are complete and total opposites according to the cosmos? Yes, June 30 & Dec. 30 are two different tropics and the furthest apart. Yea yea, I read a lot in my spare time. It's something I see between us everyday. I went to great lengths for his birthday last year.... so maybe I can just have a pass. Like, I can't even bake the kid a cake. I miss having an oven, bath tub....mixing bowls. It's the little things. My mom always went WAY out for our birthdays, I think that's why I think they are such a big deal. I make them huge events in the classroom too. In fact, I make every holiday a huge event- my mom sent something in my lunch box for every holiday. Especially Valentine's Day- which is her birthday.... Nurture over nature.
Well kids, this is all I have to report. We are well, healthy and tanned. ANNND for the first time ever in my whole life- I have saved money. It's one of my proudest moments. I actually have a small little amount of savings.... which I must credit to Nic for teaching me how to save & make it grow. I am actually really proud of it... and sad that I'll be handing it all over to my parents when we get home.
Herb has been a darling boy and has become the apple of Nic's eye. There are a lot of overseas people traveling this close to Christmas, so we meet some interesting characters most places we go. I think we met the biggest hillbillies in Australia... yes, I got to sit with them while Nic was absent and they discussed every under cover police car and how to get drunk and avoid them leaving the bar. I held my tongue back for fear of them cutting it out and turning my head into a lamp.
I hope that you all get to spend quality time with your families this Holiday season, because as a girl who can attest to being half the world away- our friends and family is what makes it. We only get out of this life what we put into it.
So Merry Christmas to my family, my soon to be family, and to all of our friends. There are many days where we see something that reminds us of you... or we exchange stories that make mecringe with disapointment over what he's done with his friends. You Clinton/Varna/Bayfield Boys---- you are lucky to be alive.
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