Leaving again

We woke very late for a change and neither of us wanted to get out of bed, but as I hadn’t eaten in the last 30 plus hours my belly had other plans, so we showered and headed to Celebrations for lunch, whilst there we watched the Olympics on the TV, the rowing was on and we watched as our British ladies rowers received their gold medal and then watched the men’s races.

After lunch it was off home and for a quick catch up with Olly and Manda before we dropped Manda at work, then it was coffee time with my ladies, once again at Celebrations, I met in with Shona and Sandra and we had a girly afternoon catching up with each other.  The time passed so quickly and soon My Beloved arrived to collect me and take me home.

The Little Prince’s were collected and we drove to Inverurie to meet Manda, Tony, Dave and Elaine for a meal at Via Roma, we had a lovely meal, the wine flowed and the chatter was endless, Lainey telling us how she hates to be touched, Tony and his Muscles and Manda trying to decided about 50 Shades, turkey thighs and fat bellies, and Christmas, we had a ball, our evening ended with luscious desserts and we waddled out of the restaurant and drove home.

We eventually went to bed and I had another sleepless night, I had ran out of energy to keep tapping my foot and stop My Beloved from snoring……..

Wednesday 1^st August

Early start, the bags were finished and loaded into the car and it was time to say goodbye to Manda and Olly, Tony had his goodbye the previous night as he was up early for work and I knew I wouldn’t see him, I will miss little Olly singing to himself in the mornings, its amazing how happy the sound of a singing baby can make you.  The journey to the airport was quick as the traffic was low, and we dropped the car back to the car park and headed for check in, the boarding passes were printed and we were on our way through security, My Beloved set the bells off for the second time this trip, and just as we were collecting our things we had a tap on the shoulder and someone mentioned a full body search, luckily for us it was Hamish who happened to be walking through the airport at the time with some work colleagues, a little disconcerting as he is a fire fighter at the airport and I really didn’t want my plane delayed.  It was lovely to see him if only briefly, we have seen only half the people we wanted since arriving in the UK, but at least I will be back in September, I may catch up with the other half then.

Lou Lou collected us from the airport and whisked us home, we spent an evening with the family, all my lovely nephews, Krista and baby Lydia who we introduced to Gummy bears on you tube, the funny thing was she started to dance just like Olly, she has the arm movement down pat.  Dave and Denise arrived and we chatted whilst watching the Olympics and then it was time for everyone to leave, Dave and Denise promising they will be over probably sometime in the New Year.

Olly

We have had a very busy time in the UK, and unfortunately with family being at different ends of the UK we have spent a lot of time on the road, and we have logged many miles on the hire car, but it was worth it, my favourite moments have been the family BBQ at David’s, shopping at the Metro Centre, the family wedding of Craig and Silvia, the family meal at Lou Lou’s, and our meal out with good friends and the Little Princes the night before we left, everything else in between has been great but these were my favourites, oh and of course staying at Manda and Tony’s and listening to Olly singing in the mornings and dancing to Gummy bears that was just heavenly.