Welcome Home... and Happy Birthday

 Well this week saw my beautiful (though mysterious) wife T-chan and our wonderful little boy, L-kun, arrive back in Adelaide, after about 2+ months away in Japan. That's a long time, but about on par with our annual family migration. But, whilst it may be "normal" it's still a struggle. I have to say that I was genuinely relieved to  see the two of them coming out of the customs area in Adelaide Airport... safe and sound. I could have happily cuddled L-kun all the way home.

I had taken a couple of days off, and was enjoying spending time with both T-chan and L-kun... especially as it was L-kun's birthday. It's a bit weird to celebrate a birthday after having traveled such a long way. L-kun was still full of beans even after 24 hours of traveling, but T-chan was getting very sleepy by the start of the evening. It's always a very draining time for her to say goodbye to her parents. It's also always a draining time for me to be apart from them all as well (i.e. draining through lack of good sleep, good diet, exercise, and not least of all... cuddles).

We were still able to enjoy a nice birthday cake together, before L-kun went off to bed, and we both followed shortly after... it's been a long 4 weeks since last I saw them in Japan. I was so happy to have them both home, and it whilst it's always enjoyable to have our annual trips, it's also nice to be able to look forward to just plain old 'normal' relaxing time.



Welcome home, and happy 4th birthday L-kun!