August 2008
The last day of July had us celebrating Chris’s birthday, Wadeye style. We went down to the beach for sunset drinks and then home for a quiet family dinner. The boys each made a birthday cake for their mum, which was great (especially seeing I had arranged nothing). I did manage to get myself into a bit of strife and was accused of not putting a lot of forethought into the day. I think that may have had something to do with the fact that we had no presents to give the old girl. No shops I hear you say, yes, that was the problem. But that didn’t get me off the hook as we had only been in Darwin a few weeks ago. Excuse there was that I quite simply forgot it was coming up. I was sure it was still April and that I had months to get organised. Anyway, who needs presents anyway when your whole life is a gift and you are married to me!!!! Chris’s birthday was also the day we found out that the plans for our next destination had changed. I received a phone call wondering if a change fro...