Plane Brain

*I apologize for bad grammar and spelling as my brain isn't really working from the long haul flights that I have been on up to now*

So I am currently sitting at a window at Brisbane Domestic Airport awaiting  my flight to Emerald. I have a six hour wait before boarding my flight to Emerald and being able to have a shower and unpack. I fear that I smell rather bad but that's what long haul flights do. I left England on the third of August and it's now the fifth so I have been travelling a while. I spent the last few days of my trip to England (I would say holiday, but it wasn't a holiday trip really) saying goodbyes to my family after a beautiful funeral and wake for my Grandma. The funeral mass was highly attended by at least 200 people, followed by taking my Grandma to the Catholic Cemetery where she was buried with Grandad, who passed away 3 years ago. I said goodbye to my Mum, Dad, Sister and her boyfriend at Manchester Airport and began the arduous journey home. I flew out of Manchester Airport with my Auntie, Uncle and Rebecca (my youngest cousin) to Dubai Airport. It was really nice spending that time with them, Rebecca was kicking Uncle Christopher's butt at checkers for most of the flight. I however enjoyed watching the whole second series of Downton Abbey ... amazing. I then spent 3 hours at Dubai Airport where Uncle Christopher proceeded to fill me up on pringles. They then boarded there flight to Perth and I went through my gate and waited to board my flight to Brisbane. I was luckily sat next to a nice girl who was just coming back from a six week tour of Europe. I did get a reasonable amount of sleep so the thirteen and half hour flight didn't seem as long as I thought it would, but it was still reeeaaaalllly long.  So now I am sitting at Brisbane Domestic Airport just waiting ...

The 10 clone-like Grandchildren of the beautiful Valerie and Raymond Heselwood

This is what my Grandparents started ... and isn't it awesome!

I have really enjoyed my time in England, spending time with my family doing things like going to Legoland, shopping, having my hair cut, going to the Museum of Science and Industry and most importantly attending my Grandma's Funeral. I feel totally blessed to have known this amazing, faithful woman, I know she is looking down from heaven on me and my family and keeping her protective gaze upon us all.

The Family. Me, Mum, Louise, Dad and Damian

The weather outside currently is amazing ... the skies are totally cloudless and there are planes surrounding me taxiing in and out all coming and going to their respective places. It's interesting watching the people working, the planes make the ground staff look tiny and ant like. I'm still waiting for my gate to be announced, but it will be a few more hours before it is announced.

So I must be off as I am going to have a baby wipe bath and brush my teeth, then I don't feel as smelly as I look.