A Mink Stole

Or to put it another way - It's a wrap.

The flight home was uneventful. I had the meal which was not as good as a lot I've had and then went to sleep, for 5 hours or so. My neighbour was a self confessed "deal guy" from Vancouver who'd had a few hours in transit before this flight and was heading on to Brisbane afterwards.

I grabbed some duty free on the way in, since you can no longer carry it on board flights in Australia and then quickly through immigration. My case was off early and I went through the security X ray. Do you have golf shoes I was asked. Whoops I'd forgotten about them, since I'd packed in Houston and had been living off the top of my suitcase for 4 days. They took them away for cleaning and disinfecting. After that it was out tot the taxi rank and home again.

However, I feel Like I'm a visitor in my own home, as by Friday I had booked for a 1 week trip back to Thailand. Same project as earlier this year, so I be reviving that blog. In played golf on Saturday, not too badly for the first 12 holes but then fell in a heap and hockey on Sunday - the Semi finals - which we lost 1-0.

I have timed my trip to Thailand so I'll be back for the grand finals in 2 weeks, assuming we win the prelim final next week, while I'm away. I will also miss state training again. It's then only a few days from when I get back till I leave for the Vets Championships in Brisbane. I will be away for over a month, playing hockey, visiting friends in Queensland and family in South Australia before heading to Tasmania for the Mensa Annual conference.

With the possibility of a trip to Beijing in November, I could well have been away around 120 days in 7 months.

I've already qualified for the next level in the Qantas frequent flier program and the next trip to Thailand may give me enough points with Thai Airways to be potentially useful.

Surprisingly I've had very little trouble with jet lag coming home. Possibly the long sleep on the flight to Hong Kong plus the sleep in the hotel sorted me out. However, I'm still suffering from Wiper Lag. This problem arises when you hire a left hand drive car in the US and continually turn on the windscreen wipers when you mean to use the indicator. The problem reverses when you come home. My windscreens at least are clean.