Farewell Brisbane

Well it was a tough night for us last night as we said goodbye to family and close friends at the Brisbane domestic airport leaving for Sydney. As we were one of the last to get onto the plane, we had to make the long journey down the aisle towards the back and we got many curious glances at my tear stained face, hopefully they were not thinking that Ed had contributed to it!
We arrived in Sydney exhausted but stayed up chatting with Celz and Jules till 1am in the morning! At least we could sleep in..they had to go to college and work respectively at 8 the next day. I think the lack of sleep I've had all week resulted in me waking up at 11am, I must've really needed it! So the next few days will be spent catching up with family and friends in Sydney then we're off to London on Sunday afternoon arriving Monday morning 5:30am local time. We are planning to take sleeping pills even though I've never tried them before so feeling a bit anxious about it. I'll try to sleep on the first half of the trip (Syd to Kuala Lumpur) without the pills and if I can't, I'll have to take them for the next half. Ed has tried sleeping pills before and taking 2 didn't knock him out, just made him more uncomfortable. So he might have to take 3! Please pray for us that we can get enough rest before the trip as I have an orientation day for work the day after I get there. Crazy I know but I get two weeks holiday from the 30th of March...such is life as a teacher!