Two weeks left!?!?

I can’t believe how quick it’s gone by but I’ve now been in the US for over a month and I’ve got just two weeks left! I’m sad. It seems like hardly any time at all and yet it feels like forever since I laid eyes on my babies. Okay, so they’re not exactly babies but you know what I mean. Hubby assures me they miss me but is he telling me that just so I don’t feel bad? Probably a bit of both. LOL

I guess this is where my life really starts to change because the eldest of my babies (we’ll call him Son#1) is 20 in November. He lives at home with his girl (Lady-in-waiting) and works full-time while studying full-time at an online university. He makes me feel very proud and very old.

My next baby will be 17 in November. Princess One acts so mature sometimes she make me feel like a three year old but she’s got her life planned out and is aiming to be a photographer. I’d like to say she gets her artistic talent from me but well, she’s way better than I am with a camera.

Baby #3 turned 15 on the 21st of April and let’s say that her nickname of Princess and the Pea is appropriate because she feels every little thing like it’s a huge blow. The girl has the biggest heart but when it’s that big it bruises that much easier. She’s the one I want to wrap in my arms and keep close forever. Yes, I’m a mother hen and I’ll peck your eyes out if you get too close.

That brings us to The Kid. He’ll be 13 in November (yes I see a pattern, we fixed it) and he’s everything a 13 year old boy should be. He’s the reason I have gray hair. No really, it has nothing to do with me being 40 last birthday.

Everyone says life begins at 40 and my year is a huge one. My babies are growing up, Hubby will also turn 40 later in the year and we’ll have been married for 21 years on the 14th of June. Plus we took the trip of a life time over here. I of course got to hang out longer but Hubby couldn’t take any more time off. As much as I’ve loved being here and meeting my CP’s (Mari and Viv), getting to meet friends like Nicole Austin, Annmarie McKenna and Mackenzie McKade to name a few, I’m starting to miss home. And home isn’t Singapore, it isn’t even my native Sydney, it’s where my family is.

As I wind down my stay in the US I know I’ll miss everyone here when I get home but not as much as I’ve missed the people that drive me insane on a daily basis. They’re the people who make me who I am and they’re the ones who’ve encouraged me and supported me on this trip to publication, even if it was with stars in their eyes about loads of money rolling in. LOL

There’s one more major event to my stay. The Lori Foster Reader and Author get together on the 5th, 6th and 7th of June. International Heat will have five of our eight members in attendance and we’d love to meet anyone who’d care to find us. We’ve put together a tote bag full of goodies for the raffle and we’ll also be running a staying at home contest (more details on that in a few days), so if you’re going don’t forget to say hi and if you’re staying home don’t forget to enter our contest. There’s something from all of us which means something from all over the world.

Rhian