Aaron, our godson, arrived from the Gold Coast on Thursday 18th, Joe and I drove to Rockhampton to pick him up from the airport, an hour from Calliope - not a very exciting trip made even less spectacular with annoying hold ups for road works, but we arrived with just enough time to park the car, go to the toilet and buy a drink from the ever exorbitant kiosk all airports are renown for: $10 for 2 bottles of pump water!!!
Aaron was the first off the plane and we could see him making his way very confidently off the tarmac and into the terminal where his eyes darted from person to person in search of us, then with a tinge of relief which I'm sure we we're not meant to see when he spotted us. He surprised us totally by opening his arms and wrapping them around us both at the same time. It was a good start to our time together.
One his arrival at the servo, we were totally blown away with the way he got straight in and helped in the shop. He was excited and enthusiastic and honestly put our 16 year old juniors to shame with his thought process of what he could see that needed to be done and the way he looked for and found jobs to do without having to be told or asking, from pulling the stock forward in the fridge to filling up the cigarette displays, he was just always busy and productive, amazing for a child of 13. By the end of his time with us, he was serving customers, filling up the hotbox, using the tills and eftpos machines. He helped Uncle Joe in the warehouse sorting stock and driving the fork lift. His favourite job was mowing the lawns with the ride on mower.
As it turned out the twelve day stint was a little long and five or six would have been a much better time frame, he was missing his family and friends by the end and had lost all interest in everything, spending the last 5 days sleeping until late in the morning, then watching dvd's in bed for the rest of the day - we were all counting the sleeps at the end just waiting for Tuesday to arrive. We drove him back to Rockhampton to catch his flight home yesterday.
So now everything here is back to normal. Peace and quiet is good! Aaron phoned us when he landed last night and told us he loved us, so we've all survived unscathed and open to the thought of maybe doing it again sometime, just not for as long I think.
Snowflake Showcase by Stampin' Up!
6 years ago
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