What I’ll miss most about Brisbane
- Leading a life that’s not perpetually on the brink of out-of-control
- Time to think and to follow my own priorities rather than someone else’s
- Claire Wainwright and my other new friends and colleagues
- Watching our kids make friends and expand their views of the world
- Great family time
- Sun, sun, sun!
- Awesome adventures in Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand and Russia
- Living in a squeaky clean modern apartment with a pool and gym, 5 minutes from trendy cafes and restaurants and Coles (the QFC of Brisbane)
- The Saturday farmers’ market at Davies Park
- Cooking almost all our dinners on the “barbie,” eating on the deck and watching the incredible view of the city
- Fantastic coffee on every corner (puts Seattle to shame!)
- Cycling, walking or taking the bus everywhere
What I’m most looking forward to when we return:
- Reuniting with our friends and colleagues!!!!!!!!
- Being close to those I love in troubled times (and good times)
- Our big, beautiful house (though it is ridiculously big) and Lake Washington
- Our cats
- Lots of hiking in our incredible mountains
- Long summer days
- Keeping that sabbatical energy and perspective with me for the long haul
Talking of brink-of-out-of-control, I hope the thrills of deficit ceiling cliff hangers will in some measure make-up for the sedate down-under blues.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back! Here is to you all keeping your incredible sabbatical memories and energies for a long time to come.
yours enviously
Rao