The last holiday Firegazer and I took together, alone, was in June 1997. It was, I admit, a fabulous holiday to Southern Africa to celebrate the end of his MBA. Aaaah, the gin and tonics sipped by the poolside watching the Elephants come to drink at the waterhole. Aaaah, being stampeded by Elephants a few days later and taking refuge on a large termite mound while our guide clapped loudly. Yes, clapped.
Today Firegazer and I leave for our first holiday together since that time. It is an early celebration of our 15th wedding anniversary. We hope it will be uneventful, in a good way; that lots of books get read and that we are not stampeded by anything.
We are off to Faaaar North Queensland to check out the reef and rainforest while my parents stay at our house to look after the kidlets.
I'm taking the following books:
The Botany of Desire: a plant's-eye view of the world by Michael Pollan
The Gathering by Anne Enright
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
See you in a week.
8 comments:
Have a fantastic ( and romantic!) anniversary holiday.
Yep, have a good one.
Major Dad and I were just discussing the fact that we haven't had a kid free break together for, well, at least as long as we have had kids. Maybe for our 15th Anniversary we might get there too. Enjoy FNQ and maybe even a couple of G&T's or so.
That sounds so nice. Uninterrupted reading time. Sigh. It really is the simple things that are most gratifying isn't it?
Happy fifteenth, and have a great holiday.
I hope you have a terrific time and that you are not stampeded in any way, shape or form. (Unless it's by Firegazer and you want him to)
Think rabbits. Really. Nice cuddly warm rabbits. Who just want to *b*n** on their holidays. Truly.
Just think rabbits.
xxx
Hope you're having a great holiday! I'm sure the last thing on your mind is the blog...
Just dropped in to say I completed the meme you tagged me for.
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