Holding the Reins of the Runaway Extrovert 2013: Day 355 - Flying away but first some walking ...

Steve was driven back to his car by Fahmi at 8.30 and I busied myself doing last minute blogging, finishing off Photoshop, walking with Waz (found some great Christmas stuff scrawled on paths by a PT), vacuuming ready for NY and job applying ... and packing!

Off home for blogging, packing, and tidying up at home before Steve came over and we left for the airport with Waz at 2.30 ...

Every year I buy The Economist Christmas edition 

We shared a spinach cheese roll and sparkly water in the food court

Arrived in Melbourne and saw Gary Ablett "Son of God" waiting for his bags at the airport ... also a bit of a scare. My suitcase failed to appear but there was one other Samsonite suitcase on the carousel. Having had my suitcase almost taken once before by a lady who thought it was hers, I immediately thought someone had taken the wrong bag and so Carolyn and I split up and went to all the taxi and hire care places looking for it. Meanwhile Steve pulled the suitcase off the carousel while he waited for the guy to appear and called the mobile on the luggage tag. Turns out the illiterate idiot (idiot because my suitcase had my name lettered on it in bold letters) was in Europcar which I was passing. Found the guy and my suitcase and got really angry, grabbing my suitcase back while Steve came over with the guy's actual piece. I was so angry I semi told him off, which Steve naturally hated, and then I had a meltdown with all the stress of being unemployed really getting to me. Steve did a wonderful job comforting me but what a nasty start to the Christmas break.

Finally left the airport and got home by 7 for a dinner of schnitzels and mashed potato cooked by Rick and the over commercialised Carols in the Domain which were awful ...