....we leave Australia.
OK - I missed several days again, the time where we go to the Australia Zoo and then head back to Brisbane before heading out on a plane to Sydney.
The 16th will be a very long day, as we get up early from our hotel by the Sydney airport to fly out from Sydney to LA. This flight has us landing in LA at 6:30 AM. We actually have a hotel booked for the night before, so we can roll in and get some sleep. My plan is to try and limit it to 4-5 hour nap, and then roll out of bed and perhaps go to the beach or a little sightseeing.
The trip is now 5 days away...we packed our main suitcases over the weekend, and were able to get away without shipping our winter jackets. It's 3 heavy bags to lug around for 4 months, but don't see as we have a choice.
We've had moderate success with shifting our times. DD has been staying up until 10 PM, and has been sleeping in until 8 AM. We can't really go further than that just yet, but I feel like Thursday and Friday we may go a little later. I've been trying to get DW to stay up until midnight, but she has been unable to sleep in past 6 AM. I've had slightly more success, staying up until midnight I woke up at 6:40 AM this morning, so rather a moderate time-shift for me. Again, we'll we wanting to be up at 6 AM in LA on Sunday, so getting DD shifted by 2 hours is actually pretty good.
Everyone is asking me if I'm excited. I am I guess, but I the main emotion feels to be "distracted". I can't really focus at work, as I keep going over everything in my head and making sure I have everything I need.
I am honestly a bit nervous too. I consider myself a "world traveler" but its been so long since I've done a real "world" trip that I feel very out of my comfort zone. I think once this grand adventure starts, we will be enjoying ourselves and thrilling to it. I just doesn't feel like It's really almost here.