FRIDAY 8 SEPTEMBER     HOWARD SPRINGS

A message came in on our phone, from R, asking if we were still interested in the Pilbara work?

So – the jobs were still there, it seemed. I really had relaxed, thinking we would hear no more about it.

John was determined to take them up, even though I made it abundantly clear that I did not want to.

Bugger!

I made John phone the offspring, to tell them. They were pretty philosophical about it – guess they’d had time to get used to the idea that we would not be home again for quite a while.

Phoned M again to tell her our plans had changed. Again, left a message.