Last day of work!

Tomorrow is my last day at work - I hand in my car, phone and everything.
Things are really starting to look sparse here. I packed up all the kids' toys today, to give to someone at work for his child.
Most of the furniture is gone, most of the cupboards are empty.

I've had lots of farewells - too many for comfort. I had a farewell lunch from my team, and the next day a tea at the office. My close friends threw us a party, then we had a farewell book club meeting, a farewell from Brad's side of the family, and the big one my sister organised for friends and my side of the family. And tomorrow some more friends are coming over for a "last supper". All these people keep saying "See you at the airport!", like they didn't get my memo that I don't want anyone at the airport.

I went to Woolies today to get some food. It was so weird, shopping for only 2 days.

The kids are still miserable and wake up frequently, making a noise and keeping us awake. I don't know how we'll survive 2 nights at our friends' place - they have a small baby and my children are going to cause havoc!

I keep trying to tick things off my to-do list, but the next time I look, it's grown longer by a few inches! I'm really worried we'll be getting on the plane and still shouting instructions to our parents: "Don't forget to take the meat from the freezer! Please go close my bank accounts! Let us know when you've sold our car!..."

I still haven't had a chance to sit down and reflect on how cool it'll be when we get to the States. I'm just dealing with the heaviness of the goodbyes for now, and trying to get everything done by Thursday. Once I get on the plane, I'll try to put it all behind me and focus on the future. It'll be hard to forget how much our parents will miss us and the kids though...