#1858 Friday 3 August

Welllll....  I won't do that again!  The flight home was mid afternoon.... and the airports at both ends were very crowded.  The waiting in line for customs is very tiring.  I usually fly home on an early flight around 7 am..... and there are no crowds.... no long queues.

Naomi says that Kaylia was very keen to come to the airport.... she coped well with the long wait at the airport...... and she was clearly very happy to see me again. There were many flights arriving at the same time and the queue for customs had 6 overlaps! Gee it was hard.

#1857 Thursday 2 August

Last morning...  I've been hearing about the stormy weather in Perth and wondering if it will be an exciting landing!  I always remember the landing after my first trip to Bali.... the 747 landed in the middle of Cyclone Alby and its was a very wild landing.

Today I go to the airport around midday.  I usually go early morning.  I'm told that a midday airport trip will take a long time...

#1856 Wednesday 1 August

It's been a quiet day at home.. supervising repairs and inspecting.  The gardener is doing a very good job but there's one high traffic area where the grass is really suffering.... so we discussed trying different grass varieties.... and if these don't take, then we may have to pave the area.

Now at 5pm I've gone out for food.... I haven't eaten much today so I've ordered a double serve of beef rendang.

#1855 Tuesday 31 July

I'm sitting in an upstairs coffee shop across the street from Hardys....  the trip has been eventful so far.  The flight up  was marred by an incident in which an elderly passenger.... who clearly looked mentally challenged.... was alleged by a loud mouthed Brit to have videoed his children.  It was unpleasant.

Yesterday was rest time ...  and then I realised that I had failed to pack the box containing my medications!  Disaster!  

Today I can feel the effect of the absence of the medication  and I'm trying to get a copy of the prescriptions via email so I can see if I can get them locally.  If that doesn't work I'd have to either "grin and bear it".... or maybe see if I can change flights to go home early.  We'll see.

On my daily trip to the DVD shop,  I explained that I copied the DVDs onto my computer..... and found out that the shop will do that for me!  I give them a USB and they will rip them for me! Great!

Medication problem solved.... I remembered that I had list stored in my records..... took the list to the apotek.... and hey presto! Medicine as needed. 

Now it's time to relax a bit.  Today I've been teaching the staff how to adjust the sliding doors.  The doors gradually sag and become difficult to open..... so adjustments are needed. It's quite simple but the staff need to be taught the little techniques that make the task easier. 

Now it's 5pm and I'm having tea at Gardenia. 

I like the way that many of the people we deal with remember Kaylia and look forward to seeing her again.