Eve of leaving

Well my last week has just flown by, and it is now my last night before heading off on a lunchtime flight tomorrow.  Furniture moved and goods moved around mid week and parents place moved into for the last few days.  Lots of last minute catch-ups with friends and family and basically now all which is really [...]

Last Day at Marino

Today was my last day at Marino (although will be around tommorrow packing and cleaning), and last night here, with last sunset from the back door!  Had a busy day , including packing and furniture preparation and had a champagne outside looking at this great view to relax and finish the day.  The next photo was [...]

May arrives

Well, today is the first day of May, the month that my journey begins!  It is a countdown of days rather than weeks now, which is scarey and exciting at the same time.  My to-do-list is coming along nicely and I will keep working through it..  Today is not so exciting, some packing of boxes [...]

Getting sorted

Now that I have finished working and I am spending more time on getting organised, things are moving along nicely.  I have crossed a number of items off my to-do-list and organised appointments for pretty much all the critical things.  Feeling pretty good about that.  Still have the majority of packing to get done, Thursday [...]

3 weeks to go

Yesterday was my last day at work, and I am now on count-down.  Up until now this has felt a bit like a ‘concept’ to me, but the reality is starting to kick-in, that I am really doing this…
This week is filled with appointments, car, dentist, podiatrist.  Who knew there were so many people to [...]

Time to get organised!

I made a big list today, of all of the tasks that I need to get done in the next 4 weeks.  Getting everything down in writing and commencing the planning and organising process makes me feel much better and in control.  Tasks for this week :-
- Finalise a FINAL DRAFT of TAFE assignment and check [...]

4 weeks to go

OK, I thnk I am allowed to officially freak-out with 4 weeks to go.  I have so much to organise still.  Next week I finish up at work, so there will be no income coming in, so the pressure is on to spend wisely in the lead-up to going away and not to blow all [...]

Places to Visit

I have started this post, to create a list of places to visit while I am abroad.  Feel free to leave me your comments and suggestions on destinations.  I am going to start watching more travel shows for ideas and I need to read my book “1000 places to see bfore you die”
1. Paris - [...]

8 weeks

It is 8 weeks today until take-off.  That is 5 weeks of work and 3 weeks of packing and preparing.  Still a bit to get done before I depart, including packing, organising furniture, sell or organise for someone to mind the car, finish TAFE assignment for final subject, get all contact details and email addresses, [...]

Organised “winging it”

I mentioned to someone at work this week, what I had already organised for my trip.  They have done a similar thing, ending up spending 18 months o/s and working in Scotland, England and Wales.  As I went through all the things I have done, I realised that I am organising my ‘winging it’ adventure.  [...]