"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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> Evelyn wrote:
>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I'd kill for all of it! We drove 950 km's home yesterday. I had
>>> cleared the fridge before I left, eating everything in sight to
>>> conserve funds for the trip south. We stayed with daughter and
>>> grandkids so no accommodation costs but we still needed fuel, a
>>> motel on the way down and Xmas... We drove for 12 hours yesterday,
>>> normally I could do the trip in 10
>>> (over two days) but my son came back with me (missing mummy and all
>>> she does too much!) and he is limited to 90kph on his licence and it
>>> also rained almost the entire way including several times where
>>> visibility was down to almost nothing because of torrential rain. We
>>> also took a different route to avoid the main highway and its
>>> problems, thought it would be better for son, lol. He certainly
>>> learned a lot yesterday! Like how to drive while aqua planing, how
>>> to drive along narrow, tight roads through mountains while there is
>>> cloud around you, torrential rain and water running across the road.
>>> That route was also 120 k's longer so we did ok all things
>>> considered. Once we hit our state he was able to drive to the local
>>> speed limits, no limits here (sadly IMO). I had been driving in
>>> front of him most of the way to make sure his speed stayed right -
>>> the police presence was enormous and one fine, no matter how small
>>> is the end of his licence. Yesterday being a public holiday meant no
>>> shops open at 8.30 last
>>> night when we got home, the kids shared a packet of corn chips and
>>> some salsa and crashed, I had nothing for dinner and just ate toast
>>> for brekky with PB, no tea (out of tea and milk).
>>>
>>> I just looked in the freezer and figured I could feed the kids a
>>> pretty filling meal tonight if I get some sausages today Got
>>> frozen mash, frozen corn and frozen peas and a can of instant gravy,
>>> lol. Some carrots also lasted the last 17 days in the fridge
>>> vegetable crisper. Two more days before I can shop properly.
>>
>>
>> Hope you had a chance to catch up by today! Sounds like it was a
>> good time!
>
> I want to sleep for a week! I usually break the trip half way but we
> couldn't do that this time. I have never driven that far in my life in one
> go. Pity I am moving in 3 weeks time or I would sit on my butt for the
> rest of the school holidays. Most things are packed up but I still need to
> pack a bit more and clean cupboards etc before the big cleaning jobs
> (carpet, blinds, windows and frames etc - carpets and blinds have to be
> done professionally as per my lease but I will do all the windows). So no
> rest for the wicked


Good luck, and I hope it goes smoothly. IMO, moving is the closest thing
to hell....... ;-(

When we moved here 9 years ago, hubby and I just about swore never
again.......

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Evelyn

"Even as a mother protects with her life her only child, So with a boundless
heart let one cherish all living beings." --Sutta Nipata 1.8