23 days to go. . . . We have sorted out renting the house, storing our stuff, handing in notice to jobs, stopping un-neccessary direct debits, hoovered, had lots of injections, bought a new camera . . . and just when we thought it was all going far too smoothly the dog broke. He has an ulcer on his eye ball . . . so one very expensive opperation later and the aplication of the cone of shame, he is hopefully on the mend! Unfortunately he wont be completely fix...

So we have started packing up the house! LOTS of boxes . . . thankfully we have found someone to rent it while we are away. We are still going to have jabs almost every week so we both feel a bit yuck. humph. i realised that we only have 5 weeks to go, oh crap. The russian visas have been aproved and we are just waiting on the mongolian and chinese ones and our passports to come back. We wont get far with no passports! Enjoying the Royal Wedding today - back ...

After promising to do this regularly I fail in less than a month... ... oh well thats adhdhdhdhd for you. Proof that too much beer and sugar isn't good for you. So works been busy. Telling everyone that you off in two months kind of focusses people on getting the most out of you before you go. It's been weird interviewing people, trying to find the best person for the job but at the same time hoping they are not too good. As Claire has no doubt mentioned on th...

So, printed out Russian Visas again after some confusion . . . booked train ticket to germany, seen 3 estate agents - 3 more to go . . . The hostels in Budapenst look funky and not too expensive which is always nice. Starting to really look foreward to it now! 9 weeks to go! aaaggghhhhh!

Ok Russian, Mongolian and Chinese visas paid for . . . Train tickets reserved, 3 weeks in thailand working with a charity booked . . . jabs start on thursday ouchy . . . whats next? Mrs P