Launceston

Dropped Kate off and sent back some of our warmies.  Paul reckons we wont need it that much.  ‘Yeah right’ says miserably cold Christine.  We had a great time with Kate and really enjoyed her company.  It’s great for Alex to have a big sister to boss him around.

The best thing about being in Launceston is that I finally got to catch up with my long lost friend Lee and his family.  The freaky thing about seeing  Lee again was that he left Emirates in 2007 and I joined exactly 12 months later.  We were such close friends in Singapore and I agonized losing contact with him and especially his Mum who I love to bits.  Lee, unfortunately,  has just been made redundant and is looking for work again.  Hopefully he finds one closer to us in QLD.  It was great meeting Lee’s lovely wife Charlotte and son Marcello.  Marcello and Alex got on like a house on fire and played with the Lego the whole two days we were there.  Charlotte looked after us so well especially given I had never met her as Lee married her after he left Singapore.  I also got to SKYPE with Lee’s Mum – Aunty Lumu – who doesn’t seem to have changed much since I last saw her.  She was practically speechless when she saw me on the video and I kept trying not to cry.  Aunty Lumu was like a second mother to me when I went through a rough time at home.  I am so glad to have got in touch with them again.