I'm here :)

The flights were uneventful, which is always good. Food on the way to LAX was delish, diabetic meal, a little filet mignon done just right. (Who ever said airline food sucks?) Flight from LAX was ok, dinner was a chicken breast with rice an hour before landing breakfast was scrambled eggs with a hash brown, shrooms, a roasted quarter of a tomato, a roll and a slice of honeydew and cantaloupe and 1 single grape. Once I landed, went through Immigration where I've always gotten a greeting of "welcome to Australia", well not this time. I had a woman, she scanned my stuff and that was it, when I got to the carousel I saw my suitcases immediately, and I had taken one of those carts. Putting the 4 suitcases my bag and my carry on were a comedy to say the least. I could not see over it. When I reach the Customs area, the what I call, the "puppy" area, sure enough the puppy sat down in front of my cooler which held only ice packs and all my insulin. At this point I am tired and all I want is my husband who is waiting outside for me. They were nice at least, the one woman asked if I was ok I said no, my insulin is dropping and all the beagle had an issue with was my bag of insulin so they let me go....YAY!

Day of arrival: my husband picked me up from the airport with baby red roses, they are beautiful. We got to the apartment, he gave me the grand tour, smaller than what the photos looked like but ok for the two of us.  I took a shower and we went to get some brunch at this place called Vinnies Deli+Cafe for a delicious BLT on Turkish bread with a lovely spiced mayonnaise, with fries on the side. We then went to a bedding store where we purchased a real comfy, made in Brisbane mattress with separate coils and memory foam, I soo cannot wait for its arrival. We then went to  Chermside, which is a huge mall. This mall is HUGE! I've never been in something this massive, it will be a while before I know all, or most of the stores. He bought us iPhones, the brand new 4S ones <3 I got a white one, he got the black one. Hee hee, I had a phone first day, so cool. He also took me to the pet store where they had 5 ragdoll kittens, all female and they were hopping and jumping all over the place. The pet store you could tell is not the kind you find in the US, they are clean and reputable. All animals are fully vaccinated and since they are pure breeds have papers. Those babies made my day after a long sleepless flight.