7.02pm...

That's what time it was when I went to bed last night. I guarantee I was asleep within 10 seconds of my head hitting the pillow. After 42 hours without sleep I was exhausted. The kids were too. We all went to sleep at that time and the kids and I were awake at around 5am. That didn't seem too bad, after all we had slept for around 10hrs. I figure by tonight we should be back on track with Australian time. It's been a really easy adjustment to the time change both when we got to the States and coming home.
I have started the daunting task of unpacking. Usually my obsessive compulsive self would have unpacked everything yesterday and put it all away, but to be honest I just didn't know where to start. You should have seen the house last night when we went to bed. It looked like a bomb had gone off. There were suitcases all over the floor, some had stuff pulled out of them, some I hadn't even touched. There were toys everywhere like it was Christmas Day. The kids were enjoying playing with all of their things that they hadn't seen in almost a month so there were baby dolls, strollers, you name it, all over the lounge room. I had cooked some delicious fish and chips and veges for dinner, so the kitchen was a total mess. We didn't even clean it last night, we were just too tired. So at 5.30am this morning I was doing the dished from last night. Unloaded the clean dishwasher, packed a full load of dirty dishes and cleaned the kitchen from top to bottom. Went to make some muffins for breakfast but realised that the eggs had past their expiry date, so I have just sent Vic and the girls for a walk down to the shop to get some more. Thank goodness today is a holiday. I couldn't have coped if Vic had to go back to work today. We need today to get organised. I have just started to get into the suitcases. Of course I have my priorities right - I unpacked all of my scrapbook stuff that I bought. It will probably take me the rest of the week before everything is done. But that's okay, there is no hurry. I don't go back to work until next week. Mum and Dad get back on Thursday, so Jordan and I will go meet them at the airport.
I will start posting photos today. I managed to get all of the pictures downloaded from my cameras onto the computer. 337 photos. Not bad considering. So stay tuned...