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Apologies for the brief hiatus, but in my defence, I have had to:

1) do last-minute things around the house

2) attend a last-minute job interview 

3) have last-minute drinks with friends

4) eat out the content in my fridge

5) watch back-to-back episodes of Brothers & Sisters

Doesn't quite cut it, does it? Okay, fine. I had a lazy, relaxing last week in the City of Sails, before The Husband and I pack our bags and head out into the big, bad world for our Malaysia/Europe sojourn tomorrow. I am psyched. The bags are half-packed, the fridge is cleared out of anything edible, the wine is emptied, the cab's been ordered, and the cat will say good-bye tonight when we drop her off at the cat hotel. Yes, she too is on a vacation. I hope she has a lovely holiday fling. 

But in the meantime, I am looking forward to this pseudo honeymoon, which really will be anything but, as we're surrounded by the family from both sides for all 20-days, watching movies on the plane and giggling with my husband as we order rum and coke like naughty teenagers, eating delicious Malaysian food, seeing old and new faces at the wedding dinner the folks have laboriously planned for Easter Weekend, visiting my husband's hometown in Rietberg, Germany, drinking plenty of vino, and hoping beyond hopes we'll be able to squeeze in some 'honeymoon time' in the middle of all that. 

I am also hoping beyond hopes to come home at the end of the month to a spanking new job I can really get my teeth into, my residency finally approved, and a life that doesn't involve me saving every last penny just to buy a lovely new jacket for winter. But I'll settle for a new job. The rest will come in time.

So Happy Easter, have a great Anzac Weekend, and enjoy the burgeoning fall colours. I'll be back with plenty of pictures, and many stories to tell.