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Right now it is about 9pm and it has now been Sunday the 7th of December for almost 40 hours. International travel is super fun!

Overall the trip back went smoothly. We made our 2 flights with time to spare. The flights were roughly on time and our baggage did not get lost. Based on the state of today's airline industry, we basically beat the odds and should probably buy a lottery ticket.

We had a few hours to kill in Brisbane airport between our two flights, so my sister Shari met us at the international terminal for a coffee and some last minute niece/nephew time. I think she took some photos, but I do not see any on our camera, so we will have to wait and see if she sends us any.

Normally the flight back to the US from Australia is actually a little easier to deal with than the other direction. The flights are basically during regular waking hours (if your body is on Australian time that is), so while the flight is long and boring, you are not also dealing with being suicidally tired, like when you fly overnight coming to Australia from the US.

Of course, that is for adults. For infants that means they are awake and bored and restless instead of being tired and asleep. So Callum was hell bent on testing Jen and my tolerance for grizzly babies the whole way back. He rubbed it in by falling dead asleep about an hour before we landed and all the way home in the car.

We slept when we got home, after badly needed showers. We roused in the very late afternoon, mostly because of the kid being adamant about being hungry. Off to bed early tonight. Back to work in the morning. Sweet.