Coming Home!!!!

This is the Megan that arrived in Oz!...Then the Megan that left Oz!!!

Well it's almost 4 weeks until we return home & we cannot wait to see all our family & friends!. When we arrive we certainly hit the ground running & it looks like October is goin to be a busy month...no time for jet lag, the first weekend it is Shelley & Carls wedding & Marks Stag doo!, the following weekend it is Dianes Hen doo, the weekend after that it is my birthday (don't know if I should be celebrating the age of 32!!!)..the weekend after that FREE!!!!, the weekend after that Diane & Marks wedding, then it is November!. In between all this socialising we have got to find jobs to pay for all this!!!!. I don't know if my body will be able to handle it!

Well as you all know I have longed for this day probably since after about 6 months of being here! (well I have been described by those who know me here as "Me not even getting off the plane")...however it is no secret to many of you that Ian does not miss much about the U.K bar the obvious things family & friends (which he misses very much!). Alot of things are better for him here, work he gets paid more for less hours therefore he gets to see his children more, he gets a pension paid by his employer, football etc,etc. However he has been very understanding & supportive of me & is prepared to come back for me...to be honest I think he was sick to death of seeing me crying!!!!...I think at one point I cried every day for about 3 months!!!!. It has certainly been a hell of an emotional roller coaster & I don't expect you to understand cos I don't think I would of until I had done this (although I wouldn't recommend it if you want to keep your marbles,cos I think I have lost mine!!!). I have met 2 couples, one of which being Sarah & Lee. Sarah is now back in the U.K, she decided after 2 months of being here that she needed to go home, Lee is still here because of the job situation in the U.K & like Ian he still likes it & feels that they have not been here long enough (however he is now living in a garage by himself after owning a 4 bed detached house in the U.K & running his own business!, however Sarah is now returning back to Oz). The other couple Andrea (who helped deliver Lexi, small world), has now seperated from her husband since being here, she is still undecided whether she will stay?. So as you can see from 3 families it is a very difficult move!!!.

At my darkest moments here if I could of tunneled out of here I would of...however I do not feel as bad as that now!?...Ian at one point thought I would of preferred to live in down town baghdad than Australia, although I do still feel that it has alot of faults (don't get me on about them, he used to take the mickey out of me saying smell that air, smell that dreadful Australian fresh air it stinks!!!!, ha!) I do now see more of the beauty of it!...I don't know if it is because I know I am returning home who knows????. I often think I wish I had never started this adventure, but I know you should not have any regrets in life & hopefully it has made us stronger!. I have become alot more understanding to Ian's feelings & I do believe being together is about compromise.....But anyway we are for now gonna take a breather & take each day as it comes & look forwards to seeing you all for lots of weddings, birthdays & Xmas!. I have to thank Oz for one thing though giving me a Beautiful Baby Girl!.