Monday, 11 May 2009

Home At Last - Feb 2008

- Me and my big brother
Our Domonic n his big mouth!(seen this picture before oz!)
Our David n his funny face! Bless!
-The kit finally unpacked!
Dennis, me n my mam!
The Clan (missing Adam tho aw!)
Cheeky faces!!!
- The big Accident (Scar Face!)
Hi Everyone
Well thats it the big trip is all over and I'm back safe n sound in Kettering with my brother and his family, my mam and stepdad Dennis came too to see me. Coming into land at Heathrow I can remember thinking back on what a fabulous adventure I had had and how many new friends I had met who I know will be with me for the rest of my life and yep I can tell you I had a few tears when those wheels finally hit that London tarmac, I was back in the UK. No more waiting around in the airport for the next boarding, no more looking for where need to be and who was I going to meet. But hey life is for living and I really felt like I had lived it to the full this last year.
Our Steven met me at the airport, with my flipflops n jeans n t\shirt I looked bit worn out but happy to see him, I didnt realise till then how much I had missed my family and friends back here in the UK. As you all might know now it was a sad morning too as we got news of my cousin Trevor death which was totally unexpected but looking back now will be a day I will never forget, the end of my journey and his! We headed home to Kettering and had lovely family meal and the Tamworth crewe headed over to see me too which was lovely. Then headed over to Bridlington for few days where I had all my boxes of goodies I had posted back home. It was like xmas for sure and brought back so many memories, definately the best thing I did was post them all home.
I headed back home the next week and met up with all the girls which was fabulous and yes unfortunately I had an accident yep the pool table and pint glass won the fight!! The scar is fading now but its there on the face as a reminder, what can I say go right round the world and not a scratch and hey back in the UK 2wks and I'm in A & E ha ha!!!!!
Back in my house and started to unpack the boxes and try to settle back into real life again. This was hard initially but gradually the routine slips back, headed back to work April 2008 but a week later than usual as got a really bad flu virus. I thought I had malaria ha ha honest was bit scary but hey I survived!!
Well time to sign off and this will be my last every entry in the blog. I am going to get it published into a book so I can look back when I'm in my nursing home and remember 'when I went round the world'. Can see me now sat rocking ha ha!!! But before I end I need to say a BIG THANK YOU to each and everyone of you, famliy, friends, work colleagues and anyone else who followed my trip through my blog. THANK YOU for your lovely kind,positive comments, for the new friends I made, the laughs, tears and treasured memories. They are all locked away inside my head and I am sure they will get brought back to the fore over the next few years for sure.
Luv n hugs always Kaye. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx