I've got a feeling...

Tonight is my leaving do....aarrgghh I think there will be quite a large number of glasses of alcoholic beverages...might need to be a vodka night to last though!

I leave Buckingham a week tomorrow and fly a week on Monday (staying with Mr and Mrs M for the last night so Mrs M can take me to the airport!).

I have done pretty well so far with the goodbyes, no tears yet but I have a feeling these are all to come as none of the goodbyes have involved alcohol....to the boys that are coming tonight I am sorry now!

I have had a lovely day of clearing out my understairs cupboard today which has involved 2 trips to the tip and 1 to the charity shop and I still have a load of boxes in my sitting room - although I do actually want to keep them! Its a bit weird, as because I am leaving the furniture it doesn't look like I am moving out but there is still quite a lot to do...

1. Three mornings at work training new person
2. Finish packing sitting room
3. Start packing kitchen - argh!
4. Decide what I am doing with clothes - take, store or charity
5. Pack
6. Deliver items to my Mum's house (Thursday afternoon)
7. Pack van and deliver items to A&JB's garage (Friday)
8. See Auntie C (this is hopeful depending on how item 7 goes!)

So I am just hoping I can get this all done in time...going to have to really but hey ho...last minute and I go hand in hand.

I basically have 5 days to do this all in as tomorrow is pretty much a write off from leaving do tonight but I might be able to get some packing in....bloody better really!

All very exciting - sooooooo looking forward to going now although don't think it is going to hit me until I actually get there that I am there for a year!

It is SO going to be worth it though!

3 weeks today....

At this time in approximately 3 weeks I should be (if all goes on time) tucked up in bed in my new Aussie abode! Exciting! Can't believe how quickly it is coming round now!

The next three weeks are going to be rather busy. My diary is as follows:

This week: Pack up the house in preparation for the arrival of Mrs M on Thursday or Friday (still to be confirmed) with the estate car to start moving my stuff down to my grandparents house.

Saturday morning travel to my grandparents house, deliver stuff to garage, take grandparents to aunties to celebrate JB's birthday with the whole family. Spend the night at my Auntie and Uncles house before travelling back to Buck for Sunday lunch with the girls and an evening of putting stuff on Ebay (well maybe I will pre-do this as I know how the sunday lunch normally ends up....messy!)

Monday & Tuesday of next week continue to box up the house, Tuesday afternoon/evening travel down to Chelters to see Dad and sMum for a few days (with a trip to see my Sister and family) then back to Buck for my leaving do on the 19th...recover and breathe on the 20th.

I then have three mornings at my old job training up my replacement when not there I will be completeing the additional packing etc and the related trips to various places to deposit more crap!

Drop car off on the Friday/Saturday to the buyer (all sorted- yay!) and then the last couple of nights in Buck before heading to London on the Sunday for flying out on the 28th....foof this is going to go quickly!

I will be in Australia before you know it! Woohoo...