Post UK thougts!

The dust has settled and my girls have managed to contained their damage within our four walls quite well. We had various eating outs (soooo cheap here in comparison to Europe!) and all the laundry is under control.
As of tomorrow morning when we wake to start the week, my 'Cinderella-midnight-clock' ends. As life attempts to resume to some sort of normality and my girls eager to go back to what they normally do in Singapore, I have a whole list of things to achieve:
1) To ease the girls back into school work (actually the one that has to ease back is ME!)
2) To re-organise all various extra curricular activities (dancing, swimming, chinese lessons)
3) To study for my Driver's Licence Theory test to convert our Aussie licence to Singapore version (Yuck! I hate testing my ever weak short term memory!)
4) To remember how to cook for the family
5) To rebudget our lives and bills~ aftermath of holidays
6) To prepare for Alex's parents visit (errr, with trepidation!)
7) To plan our short holidays in advance till next April (we were warned to plan in advance, VERY much in advance!!)... best bit!

Putting on my thinking hat...

I truly believe that the entire month that we went through in UK was not a ad hoc happy-go-lucky situation. Here's why:

Firstly, when we took the bold step to act in faith regarding taking such a BIG trip. We did not know if we could afford it nor did we know how we can manage it. As time drew near, we got cheap tickets (1pound Heathrow to Aberdeen) and was offered accomodation by total strangers (Thanks Auntie YL). Then, there was the big '?' on how we can afford the tickets and spending $$$ without eating into our savings. By February, we were greatly surprised by the introduction (into our lives) of year-end-bonus! Alex has worked hard and worked well. He's performance allowed us this beautiful and meaningful trip to UK (Bristol, Cambridge, Canary Wharf, StoneHenge, Bath), Scotland and Paris.

On top of that, at the beginning of the trip, we were showered with fresh crisp snowfall to the endearing amazement of my girls (they will NEVER forget that as they prayed fervently for that to happen!!), we were given beautiful warm spring weather (very RARE apparently) throughout the entire trip. The gloomy weather only appeared long enough for our travels and rest days. The flowers were blooming and we felt like we were constantly standing in a flower shop everywhere we went. My girls were in fine health all the way. They were safe (Letitia got lost in Heathrow, and never again will we take SAFETY for granted!), happy and constantly well treated (great memories!), Alex had 2 weeks of work enough to take the work load off and enough for us to see him during our time out.
Not wanting to sound like I am preaching (well, actually I am!), I TRULLY believe that someone UP THERE took care of us. HE took charge of our trip as we prayed for and HE made all things possible! This is where I want to say THANKS... to our dear GOD! The same GOD who sealed my marriage on solid rock, the same GOD who blessed us with Letitia & Mathena, the same GOD who took us through good and bad times, the same GOD who is still here, helping me face my days ahead...

When we first decided to move to Singapore, doing travels and more of it was part of our plan. This has taken one chapter in our lives.
I hereby close the chapter of our holidays in UK. Thanks for listening!