Well today was the last day of our 3 month trip.. So sad! It has gone way to fast! I cannot wait to get back here!
Today we went to Starbucks for breakfast. I had a hot chocolate with a slice of banana nut bread and Barnaby had a vanilla latte with an egg and sausage breakfast muffin. It was nice to sit outside and enjoy our last day of warmth. I see we are heading back home for super cold wintery weather… Not cool.
We then packed up all our belongings and headed to my grandma’s to collect our other two bags! All our 4 bags are underweight which is great! It was nice to catch up with grandma and Bobby before leaving and I’m sure they really appreciated us saying goodbye. We had some pasta at theirs with Grandma’s homemade tomato sauce, which I will certainly miss!! Susannah got a tour of Grandma’s heirloom tomato garden as well as all her own artwork. I’m really going to miss Grandma and Bobby, they were so kind to let us stay with them for over two months! And it was really nice to spend some quality time with both of them.
We left Grandma’s for the airport at 4:15 and checked our bags in, went through security and now we’re sitting in the Koru Lounge enjoying free food and drinks! They have a nice dinner at the moment, Chicken with tomato and pesto on rice, mmm! I’m now enjoying a hot chocolate with Baileys Irish Cream. Our flight starts boarding in about half an hour. I don’t want to leave!! But I do a little bit, I miss family and friends at home, and I really miss my dogs and a good roast with veges!
It has been an amazing opportunity for Barnaby and I to go away for 3 months! I’m so pleased we could afford to spend this amount of time away (without pay!) and check LA out to see if we should move here. LA is awesome. People are so welcoming and they like to listen to what you have to say. I have given out so many business cards here compared to New Zealand! There is such a small music/film industry in NZ and here it’s just massive! I met so many composers and I’m so thankful to Ashley Irwin (President of Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL)) for convincing me to join SCL! Thanks to him Barnaby and I were invited to so many screenings and “meet the composer” sessions, it was awesome.
But now the time has come to go home… Goodbye LA, nice visiting! Hopefully we will see you again very soon!!
Photo of the day: Barnaby and I waiting at LAX
The Coxons in the USA 