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Mortified!!

Twenty four hours have passed since our arrival in Queensland and so far I have  mainly seen the inside of my own eyelids.

Jet lag is REAL!

How do these guys cope with all those changing time zones. They genuinely must not know if they are coming or going! I'd hate that. I don't have the most conventional sleeping habits as it is and I can't imagine trying to rest at all when factoring in all the travelling they do.

I slept for a straight 14 hours after we arrived at the house that will be home for at least the next 3 months. Mercifully the drive from the hospital was only around 20 minutes long and Yanni slept all the way. The silence was very comfortable, and very welcome!

It was dark when we arrived and I had an awful headache so Jimmi took me straight to my room where I instantly fell asleep, not even waking to use the bathroom.
When I did wake it took me a few brief moments to realise where I was. I rubbed my eyes and worked to dislodge my tongue from the roof of my mouth. I noticed a bottle of water on the bedside table and felt a huge sense of gratitude toward my secret refreshment fairy. It had to be Jimmi, he's the only one who knows what room I'm in.
I greedily swig half the bottle and replace the lid, taking it with me as I got up and walked to the vertical blinds covering one entire side of the room. I attempt to locate the cord to open them but to no avail.
I want to see outside. I want to let the natural light into the darkened room so I can appreciate it fully. There must be some way to open these blinds.
I check for a cord for a second time, then consider the fact that a home that these guys would stay in probably has gadgets for everything, including the blinds.
I begin searching for a remote control that might open them and find several on a coffee table at the end of my bed.
I easily identify the TV, SKY and Blu-Ray remotes, but there are 3 others I have no clue about.
I decide to temporarily suspend my unveiling of the view from my window and after a trip to the bathroom I instead go on a hunt for food. My stomach has just joined the rest of my body in wakefulness, and is complaining........ loudly!

I give my face and hands what my mum always calls 'a cats lick', a quick wash, tidy my hair with my fingers as an infuriating shithead has my brush, and after a quick spritz of something that smells fruitily gorgeous but manly that I find in the bathroom cabinet I turn to leave the room, angry that I've only been awake for 5 minutes and Yanni has entered my thoughts already!

After a few deep breaths I open the door of my room and step into the hallway where I collide with Noah who is carrying a tray with some fruit, yogurt, a newspaper and a cafetière of coffee on it.

"Fuck!"

"Oh my god!"

We both speak together as the tray clatters to the floor, crockery smashing, cutlery clattering and the delicious looking breakfast is now sadly decorating the polished wooden floor!

"Noah! I'm so sorry! I wasn't looking where I was going. Let me get this" I say, bending down to pick up shards of crockery and runaway blueberries.

"No worries Syd, I wasn't paying much attention either. I was reading the news stories of our arrival home and got distracted. " he tells me.

"Well, this was for you so....." He inclines his head towards the scattered breakfast items then continues........

"let's go and make you some more breakfast. Mrs Turner will clear this mess up for us. She's a marvel, our surrogate mum. "

I follow him to the kitchen and notice for the first time how big, and how beautiful, this place is.
The kitchen is utterly breathtaking! A double high fully glass roof, quadruple wide bi-folding doors opening out onto a raised deck area with steps down to a stunning and huge infinity pool.
The interior does not disappoint either. High gloss white cabinets, stainless steel appliances, and grey slate floor tiles provide the clean and modern backdrop for some of the most magnificent and inspired lighting fixtures I have ever seen.
I am awed. This place is fantastic! Maybe this year won't be so bad after all!?