when do you say goodbye?
Dec 17th 2008, 7:55 am
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when do you say goodbye?
Hello wise folk! we have four weeks to go. container just gone doing a lot of running around and had scheduled saying good bye to people in our last week!
I am finding people are starting to say good bye already!!! this was not in our plan at t-4 weeks.
people saying great things how much they will miss us etc etc and finding it hard not to get a tad emotional very difficult whilst chairing meetings!! attempting to be manly and British about it all though!
So how do you stop them? dont have time for emotion yet as too busy!!
(and to be truthful have not acknowledged the huge leaving people behind bit as been soo preoccupied with the getting there bit!!)
so any advice comments would gladly invite any comments to keep me occupied with the computer all morning and not sort our the cellar!!
I am finding people are starting to say good bye already!!! this was not in our plan at t-4 weeks.
people saying great things how much they will miss us etc etc and finding it hard not to get a tad emotional very difficult whilst chairing meetings!! attempting to be manly and British about it all though!
So how do you stop them? dont have time for emotion yet as too busy!!
(and to be truthful have not acknowledged the huge leaving people behind bit as been soo preoccupied with the getting there bit!!)
so any advice comments would gladly invite any comments to keep me occupied with the computer all morning and not sort our the cellar!!
Dec 17th 2008, 8:03 am
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Re: when do you say goodbye?
I had a night out at the pub with my mates, another one for my family and another one for my OH's family 
Then my MIL, FIL, brother and son all came to the airport with us.
Then my MIL, FIL, brother and son all came to the airport with us.
Dec 17th 2008, 8:06 am
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Re: when do you say goodbye?
my brother is in tassy and my parents are applying for there PR visa now
we plan to have a big "jason and Kylie" BBQ the weekend before we go and just get drunk!!!
Dec 17th 2008, 8:11 am
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Ours left at 7:30am but my MIL wouldn't take 'you don't need to come' as an answer so came anyway. We caught a taxi too! she followed us in her car
BBQ sounds like a good idea - have a good time
Dec 17th 2008, 8:30 am
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Re: when do you say goodbye?
ys you can make your own plans but people have their own way of changing them!!
Dec 17th 2008, 8:38 am
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Re: when do you say goodbye?
Hello wise folk! we have four weeks to go. container just gone doing a lot of running around and had scheduled saying good bye to people in our last week!
I am finding people are starting to say good bye already!!! this was not in our plan at t-4 weeks.
people saying great things how much they will miss us etc etc and finding it hard not to get a tad emotional very difficult whilst chairing meetings!! attempting to be manly and British about it all though!
So how do you stop them? dont have time for emotion yet as too busy!!
(and to be truthful have not acknowledged the huge leaving people behind bit as been soo preoccupied with the getting there bit!!)
so any advice comments would gladly invite any comments to keep me occupied with the computer all morning and not sort our the cellar!!
I am finding people are starting to say good bye already!!! this was not in our plan at t-4 weeks.
people saying great things how much they will miss us etc etc and finding it hard not to get a tad emotional very difficult whilst chairing meetings!! attempting to be manly and British about it all though!
So how do you stop them? dont have time for emotion yet as too busy!!
(and to be truthful have not acknowledged the huge leaving people behind bit as been soo preoccupied with the getting there bit!!)
so any advice comments would gladly invite any comments to keep me occupied with the computer all morning and not sort our the cellar!!
Dec 17th 2008, 8:42 am
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Re: when do you say goodbye?
I am not into big goodbyes so did not have a leaving do or anything. Just said goodbye to people the last time I saw them. Our flight left early in the morning so we said our main goodbyes on the night before we left, nobody came to the airport which was good, so our adventure started the minute we locked the door behind us
Dec 17th 2008, 8:43 am
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Having the same problem with goodbyes, but we have less than two weeks before we leave!!!had a night out, few drinks no tears!left work had tears, so we are now on baby steps lots of little goodbyes....but sure its going to get more difficult...just keep think that at end of day it will all be worth it when we arrive in Townsville Queensland...
Tears are a strange thing! as a nurse I have always done the more emotionaly charged nursing, and dealth with great truama and distress without breaking down. Someone says something daft now I have to fight them back!!
Dec 17th 2008, 8:48 am
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Re: when do you say goodbye?
It's wierd, I find myself saying bye to people everytime I leave them, just incase I don't see them again lol.
I'm not having a get together or anything, just having some drinks with a few friends at the weekend, and I'll see family before I go.
Didn't think I'd be anywhere near as upset as I know I'm going to be though. Lots of people I don't speak to that often have been making an effort to speak to me before I go, which is really nice of them, but makes me realise just how many friends I'm leaving!!
I'm not having a get together or anything, just having some drinks with a few friends at the weekend, and I'll see family before I go.
Didn't think I'd be anywhere near as upset as I know I'm going to be though. Lots of people I don't speak to that often have been making an effort to speak to me before I go, which is really nice of them, but makes me realise just how many friends I'm leaving!!
Dec 17th 2008, 8:58 am
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It's wierd, I find myself saying bye to people everytime I leave them, just incase I don't see them again lol.
I'm not having a get together or anything, just having some drinks with a few friends at the weekend, and I'll see family before I go.
Didn't think I'd be anywhere near as upset as I know I'm going to be though. Lots of people I don't speak to that often have been making an effort to speak to me before I go, which is really nice of them, but makes me realise just how many friends I'm leaving!!
I'm not having a get together or anything, just having some drinks with a few friends at the weekend, and I'll see family before I go.
Didn't think I'd be anywhere near as upset as I know I'm going to be though. Lots of people I don't speak to that often have been making an effort to speak to me before I go, which is really nice of them, but makes me realise just how many friends I'm leaving!!
Dec 17th 2008, 9:02 am
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Re: when do you say goodbye?
Townsville not far from cairns, have a friend also a nurse who moved out to Cairns about two years ago and her family have all settled well. As a childrens nurse myself i have always managed to hold back from breaking down as well, although must confess have gone home on the odd occasion and had a cry.....but at the moment its like someone turned on a tap, i can cry at anything....kids cartoons,christmas cards, and nothing at all!!!!they just start falling!!!!!think its worse at moment because its christmas and we are leaving before the new year...arrive in Townsville on New Years eve, so new country, new job, new life!!!!!!
Dec 17th 2008, 9:05 am
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Townsville not far from cairns, have a friend also a nurse who moved out to Cairns about two years ago and her family have all settled well. As a childrens nurse myself i have always managed to hold back from breaking down as well, although must confess have gone home on the odd occasion and had a cry.....but at the moment its like someone turned on a tap, i can cry at anything....kids cartoons,christmas cards, and nothing at all!!!!they just start falling!!!!!think its worse at moment because its christmas and we are leaving before the new year...arrive in Townsville on New Years eve, so new country, new job, new life!!!!!!
Dec 17th 2008, 9:45 am
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Re: when do you say goodbye?
Didn't tell people exactly when we were flying, had a big party 3 days before we flew but everyone thought it was about 2 weeks before so thought they would see us again before we left so no tears, everyone just got drunk! Text everyone at the airport saying sorry but didn't want to do all the goodbye's and didn't want anyone at the airport. Nobody was offended and completely understood!
Dec 17th 2008, 11:00 am
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