Do you ever get those days when everything is too much? When ‘whoa is me’ seems like an option? Well I had a week last week, don’t even remember why now but I was homesick and sad and tired and just crap. Oh and I think there was a sick kid thrown in for good measure. I had a whinge about it on facebook cos that’s where you go for sympathy right? Well of course!
I feel better this week. I still have the sick kid but somehow the weight has lifted and I can cope. Emotions and hormones are fucked like that…
Anyway, last night in the mail a package arrived. From Australia! I was pretty excited cos I love getting packages anyway… you should see how often amazon explodes on our doorstep, actually scrap that you don’t wanna know! I’m officially starting an Amazon Anonymous group for those people, like me who seem to have packages appear with such frightening regularity that you can’t even remember what’s in them… anyway I digress-squirrel!
So this Aussie care pack arrived, from a friend in Oz, one i haven’t physically seen since high school 25 years ago but one whom I speak with pretty often and share stories and lives… Facebook is wonderful like that even when you hate it.
So I sat cross legged on the floor, by myself and opened my package…
Inside was all sorts of wondefulness. And probably only Aussies will get the significance of all the items but I will list them anyway:
A bag of twisties– Life’s pretty straight without twisties- look it up!
A caramello bear-which I practically inhaled, chocolate is the great mood equaliser.
Nurofen plus– the good shit with codeine in it! Yes, this is important cos you can’t get actual painkillers that work ‘over the counter’ here.
Timtams– The lifeblood of all pmsing women and anyone else who needs a lift. A timtam slam for breakfast is not out of the question today. More research for you!
A 3 pack of flyswatters! How did she know we have a fruitfly plague! spooky….
A squishy reindeer hangy ornament thingy dude…. I don’t know but he’s cute and I’m calling him Herb
Vegemite in a tube and pawpaw cream- if you don’t know it doesn’t matter
A WTF stamp…. this, THIS, could be the best thing ever! I mean NOW I can actually stamp shit with WTF!
And a beautiful notebook which says on the from cover “Don’t grow up it’s a trap” I’m beginning to think this is true…
It was such fun and a lovely surprise and I appreciate it so much. It’s lovely to receive care packages.. Di you rock!
Oh and the icing on the cake was the card! 
I shared my twisties with the kids but that caramello bear was mine ALL mine mwahhahahahaha. Everyone who walked in the door got WTF stamped on their hands and it was fun.
Never stop sending care packages to your expat friends. It really makes things better when you’re feeling low.
Happy Hump Day! The hump will be smoothed out by timtams and coffee today. And hey hook up if ya wanna!
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Getting packages is so much fun! Especially when they are unexpected!
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YES!
I’m jealous of your codeine, and OBSESSED with Di’s signature. It should be on a necklace or something. So pretty.
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Right! but you’d think she’d get MY name right… That’s Molley NOT Tiffany sheesh!
i love it!!!!!
Working on my daughter’s Fall Finals Care Package which will arrive late thanks to spending days with sick child and visit to ER but they won’t care will they
The fly swatters are to keep everyone else away from your Vegemite!
Awesome care package! Love the WTF stamp! I seriously need one of those!
Care packages are awesome. It was so cool that your package arrived just when you needed it the most.
Nice story we often send parcels to Moniqe in Dresden but more often than not they are Barrossa reds!
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Thanks. I was having a pity party… it came at the very right time, almost like it was planned 😉