despite my best efforts

I've gone and caught the lurgy. The one where your head hurts, you sneeze all the time and you need to lie down a lot. :L( RUBBISH. I'm off work for the second day in a row today; I'd only end up sneezing and wheezing at pupils every hour on the hour.

As i woke up this morning I was greeted with the TV show Wanted Down Under. There was a couple (a rather odd couple one was 30 one was retiring at 65) who were thinking of moving to Cairns. They had a budget of £250,000 to spend on a house and wanted to live by the sea. It was a very strange experience. Firstly, being thrown over there for a week is not long enough to make a proper decision. Especially when they hook you up with work experience etc. Although a paid for trip would always be welcome I suppose. Secondly, it upset bot LOF and I (LOF is working from home today) as it was just another reminder of what we've left behind.

As the sun refuses to shine it's getting harder and harder to stay enthusiastic about England. As much as I am always envious of it's beauty (particularly in the countryside) and it's eventful weather - the snow was AWESOME. I can't help but wonder whether we shouldn't go back sooner that we planned. LOF is particulary happy to just get back on a plane... I on the other hand missed my family and friends sooo much that I'm not ready to do that yet. I am also aware that it won't be long before the sun does start to win a few battles with the rain. Surely, it won't be much longer before I can turn of the lights in the middle of the day! PLease???

I really need to walk along the beach in the sunshine right now. That would make me sooo much better. I need a latte and a veggie Focaccia from Strada cafe, LOF longs for a trip to the Marion and a frozen coke at the cinema. Ahhhhhh why is the grass always greener on the other side?

Give us time. I'm sure we'll get over it.
lol