Farewells and Skype

This Sunday, following a morning at the gym, cleaning and working my way through a mountain of laundry, we made our way to Big Mikes house for a final farewell BBQ before he heads back to the UK to get married, and then on to Dubai to start a new life in the Middle East without us.      

            The BBQ had been advertised to us as a “Drink the Bar Dry” BBQ to ensure that there was no wastage when Mike had to put his final possession into boxes to shift. I didn’t mention that I wasn’t going to be drinking during this visit, but as he makes the best BBQed steak imaginable, I didn’t need wine to know that I needed to be there. I just made sure that there was a very green, very health salad on offer, and topped this up with as much steak as I felt able to justify throughout the evening.

            It’s a real shame that Mike is going to be leaving us, but we hope that in the next few years he’ll be making his way back to London, and sooner or later we’ll have another London buddy to play with once we finally make it back.

            Leaving the rest of the guys to continue the BBQ and drinking with what turned out only to be four other people, I excused myself for around an hour to find a quite corner to Skype the girls while they were enjoying eggs and croissants for brunch at Lizzy’s house back in the UK.            

            It’s always lovely to have a proper catch up with the girls. It was slightly hectic as always as both of Stephie’s babies where there so there was plenty going on and a lot to keep an eye on, but it was amazing to see then, and it really did feel like I was just another person sat around the table – although admittedly a very unhelpful person!

            We had a lovely catch up, chatting about everything from bridesmaid dresses, to new houses, babies and plans for when I’m back in July. It feels like July is still way too far away, but I suppose I am just about getting there, slowly!