Then 2010 got a whole lot more exciting and everything was turned upside down in August when Sally found out she had a posting to London and we were to be there by the end of November! Within days she finished up her job in Humanitarian Branch, started back in full time work and went onto a 5 week overseas training course. With such short notice, Mark ended up taking the last term of school off to try to get us ready to leave. In the 14 weeks between finding out and departing we; put in a new kitchen and laundry, took the pre-arranged 2 week 3,500km driving trip to Queensland to see our friend Ann Gripper and Sally’s brother Chris and his family, went through 20 years of accumulated STUFF, organised painting, new carpet, electrical work and tackled various other sundry household maintenance tasks (all the things we should have done but hadn’t!). To top it all off we had a week in Tasmania to join Sally’s brother Tim and his partner Andrea at their wedding, very generously arranged at equally short notice so we could be there with them. Aisha was a beautiful bridesmaid and William a dapper pageboy while we couldn’t have been prouder parents – not only because they did such a good job on the day but because they coped so well with all the chaos and upheaval we were dealing out to them. It was a beautiful wedding with everyone so happy that this long awaited day had finally arrived - precipitated by a posting!
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