Well, it’s just about time to get going here. Early tomorrow morning I leave Adelaide and begin the arduous journey back to Massachusetts. Hopefully my bags will actually arrive with me this time!<\/p>\n
At the moment, I’m charging up the iPod and my cell phone before we leave and packing up the last few things. It has been wonderful – and wouldn’t you know it, just as I go to leave it starts to get warm out! It was 99 degrees out today, and it’ll be just as warm tomorrow (though we won’t be here for it, as we’re leaving so early). In Sydney it’ll be around 70 or 75, and of course you can imagine how cold it’ll feel when we step outside at Logan Airport. Ah, home.<\/p>\n
Well, my next post will be from my home computer. Once more, away I go!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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