Sad again

So here we are, a work week away from heading back home and one sleep away from leaving this wonderful flat just steps from the beach. I don't want to go! It has been wonderful to get up, make breakfast and have nothing planned for the day but fun at the beach. DG has loved it, thrived on the fresh air and freedom to be creative and expand her mind.

This morning was the beach and after nap was feeding wild Lorikeets and kangaroos. She was so in her element in the kangaroo enclosure. Petting them, feeding them, talking to them, sitting among them. I love that my little girl has the same love for kangaroos that I do. I love that we have a man in our life that supports our love for them and was more than happy to keep supplying us with kangaroo food to feed them.

Tomorrow Dave leaves before DG wakes up. Sad. She was loving having her Daddy around to play with, snuggle with, hold hands with. SO in the morning the grandparents and I are taking her to the beach to play in the sand for a bit, then off to some souvenir shopping and back home to Warwick. Dave gets back to us Tuesday evening, we have one more full day in Warwick and then the packing and tears will start.

This part is always so hard. I love coming here, letting DG experience what Dave did growing up, what I fell in love with when living in Australia, getting to know her grandparents and uncle and his partner. I don't really miss home. I miss being able to cook in my own kitchen, but Australia feels like home as well, so I never get homesick. I love being the one with the accent! I love the slower pace of life. I love being out from most of the traps of home. I miss my dog and my bird though, and after DG has tried to cuddle many kangaroos and other dogs, I know she's missing Bay as well.

I am sad to leave the beach. I've loved our time here. I know when we get back to Warwick the tears will start, and I don't blame them one bit. It will be hard for DG to leave her grandaparents she adores so much. She goes into their room every morning for special time with them. I love to watch them play together, it breaks my heart to know that in a few days we're going to separate them. This makes me sad.