HOME CHAOS ... HOLIDAY FUN !!

WE'RE HOME ....

Well, so much for leaving a clue the night before we left for our holiday!

On Friday (the day before we were to leave) everything turned to chaos ... no power - power poles fallen across the road in our street, no hot water, no phones !@#?!!

What are the odds ???? You book a surprise holiday to celebrate your 10th Wedding Anniversary ... a natural disaster hits in the form of flooding, massive seas etc .... and where are we going .... ON A CRUISE !!!!!!!!!!! OMG!



Thank god i had everything washed and dry, but that's about as good as it got!
We had to pack UN-IRONED CLOTHES by candlelight, boiled water on the camp stove to all wash from the sink ... what a sight! and received news that Sydney Harbour had been closed due to massive seas.

We were up at 6.00am and having to make contact with P&O approx every 20-30 mins for an update to find out whether we were still going ??!!

In the meantime our back entertainment area, laundry & garage had flooded (no big deal on the grand scheme of things) and poor 'Soxy' (our little dog) was doing "doggy paddle" around the back yard !

Just after 9am we got word that our cruise was going ahead ... wasn't sure if this was a good thing or bad thing at this stage ... so we left Mum & Dad with the house keys to sort out the chaos and we jumped in the car and headed for Sydney.

Will fill in all the details and pics of our holiday on my next post, but ironically it ended up being a good week to be away 'cause our power was not reinstated until THURSDAY (that would have meant nearly a week without electricity & hot water ... eeek!)

Anyway, we're good, great holiday (in between the first & last night) ... still have a sever case of swaying - haven't got my "land legs" back yet but home safe and sooooooo looking forward to sleeping in my bed tonight!

I hope everyone else has faired ok in all the chaos and started to dry out a bit. Thoughts and prayers to those who lost loved ones (we were keeping track of the events by SKYNEWS on the ship).

JULIE x