Saying Goodbye
Our weekend was full of Goodbyes, as you would perhaps expect with only 2 days to go until we leave. I have to admit that this is a part of going away that we never really thought about when we first planned the trip.
Back then, we were fairly newly married and didn’t really have any close friends. We weren’t fully entrenched in a church family. And winter sport? Well, Farmboy pretty much gave up playing footy the first year we were married when he only managed to make it to a few games. My dreams of playing netball had been shattered long ago.
Saturday was our last game of sport for this season (for us, not the rest of the team). It was a lovely day. The weather was good to us (we didn’t get wet) and I wasn’t rostered on to do any “duties” so I actually got to watch both my kids play (admittedly I had to watch Lleyton filling in for Senior Colts as his regular game is at the same time as Singstar Princess’s netball game). I even got to watch half of Farmboy’s footy game because we were on the late game.
When it came my turn to play, I was pretty nervous because my parents were there to watch (they’d come over to collect our cats). So nervous in fact that I thought I was going to throw up. Our team captain made me honorary captain for the day which was a lovely gesture.
I won the toss!!!! We were off to a good start! 
The team we were playing anhialated us last time we played. So a win wasn’t even really on my radar. Even though we were all “right, we have to win for Jodi’s last game”. I just wanted to play well and enjoy the game, no matter what the score.
In the end, we won by 1 goal! It was a nail-biting game. And plenty of pressure on me to keep running in that quarter. I ended up in Centre because our regular Centre wasn’t feeling well. Because it was so close, there was a lot of “quick, quick”, when it came to Centre passes. Neither team wanted to run out of time before their score was up on the other team.
Fortunately for me, the other Centre had similar troubles to me. We were both breathing pretty hard when we stopped at each goal end.
After the game, a few of us went for a “goodbye drink”. That’s pretty unusual for our team. We tend to be pretty fragmented and don’t necessarily “gel” off the court. Which is sad really. Admittedly, you have a wide age gap between the “oldies” and the “young ones”. It was lovely. I just thought it was sad that we don’t do that sort of thing more often.
The same thing occured to me on Sunday. Pretty much everyone in the church gave us a hug goodbye. Which was wonderful. And it left me wondering why we don’t hug each other more often????
All in all, I’d have to say I’m leaving feeling very blessed. There is much in our lives that we will miss while we’re gone. Yes, we’ll have a wonderful time and I don’t regret going for a minute. But it’s nice to think that there are people and things that we WANT to come back for. And it’s nice to think that we might actually be MISSED. It wasn’t something I expected at all.
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Of course you will be missed silly! I can’t imagine netball, or church, or life without you!
And the hugging was nice wasn’t it. Malcolm and Heather did the rounds also as they are also off on a big trip. It felt really nice and “family”.
Our Church is a very hugging Church lots of people hug hello, goodbye, how are you etc. We got feedback that it puts newcomers off. Strange strange world.
awww, of course you would be missed
Of course you will be missed. 3 months is a long time to be off to parts far away. If we don’t hear from your blog for the entire trip we will know that you are having the time of your life with your family. You are so lucky to have made a plan and actually been able to follow it. Have a great time, I will be looking forward to reading all about it when you have time to share.
Lynne
When i read your blog entry i am reminded of that goodbye song from Sounds of music that goes something like this:
There’s a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall
And the bells in the steeple too
And up in the nursery an absurd little bird
Is popping out to say “cuckoo”
[Marta, Gretl, Brigitta:]
Cuckoo, cuckoo
[Children: Marta, Gretl, Brigitta: ]
Regretfully they tell us Cuckoo, cuckoo
But firmly they compel us Cuckoo, cuckoo
To say goodbye . . .
[Marta, Gretl, Brigitta:]
Cuckoo!
[Children:]
. . . to you
[Children:]
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night
[Marta:]
I hate to go and leave this pretty sight
[Children:]
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu
[Friedrich:]
Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu
[Children:]
So long, farewell, au revoir, auf wiedersehen
[Liesl:]
I’d like to stay and taste my first champagne
[Children:]
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
[Kurt:]
I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye — Goodbye!
[Brigitta:]
I’m glad to go, I cannot tell a lie
[Louisa:]
I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly
[Gretl:]
The sun has gone to bed and so must I
[Children:]
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
[Guests:]
Goodbye!
Except that we shall see you again one day if not on this earth then in Glory!!
ITs not our final goodbye… but may God bless you guys all heaps..
and cant wait to follow your journey if you get time to blog!!!
XXXXOOOO
Lynette - I have that song in my head now!!! Did you know it all off by heart or did you cheat a little?
would i cheat?
of course i did but only after i started to write some lines then realised they werent in order…. so then gave in and sent you the real version!
L