Thursday 6th June 2013
I am finally off. Have my scary looking permit to Juba in my bag, along with my flight leaving on Monday.My permit looks like a "Wanted" poster, with a very bad photo of me, stapled to the top right hand corner. I have been advised that it will take anything from 20 minutes to 2 hours for my visa to travel from "the left hand window to the right" at the airport, and I should stay calm, dress smartly, and visit the toilet on the plane before landing. All good advice.
I have spent the last few weeks being very anxious about being "in between jobs" - while having 3 weeks to organise myself has been useful, it has also given me a lot of time to worry about, well, everything, really. What happens if I get run over now? Eek ! Finally yesterday I settled down and started to get excited - I'm off on an adventure, and it's going to be brilliant. I hope...
I'm doing my final run to storage tomorrow, so from tomorrow evening I will not have a kettle, a toaster, or a TV. My lovely handsome cat went to his new home yesterday, and I am properly, finally, on my own. I have tenants for my flat, so on paper, everything is going to plan....
I am not quite sure how everything I have left in the flat is going to fit in my suitcase (get me - suitcase ! I've never had a suitcase! My faithful rucksack has been usurped!), but I'm going to give it a good try, 8 bottles of mossie repellant and 2 big bottles of hair conditioner are weighing me down a little...still, sure it will be fine.....
So. Lovely leaving BBQ with friends on Saturday, recover Sunday, then trip to the airport on Monday with good friends to see me off.
Here I go..........
Oh and I know some people are having trouble leaving comments - I have enabled comments for everyone, although they come to me for moderation first. Strangely, if you go to the bottom of any post, where it says "no comments", if you click on that it will allow you to comment (although it will take a while for me to accept them ). Always welcome comments people :)
I am finally off. Have my scary looking permit to Juba in my bag, along with my flight leaving on Monday.My permit looks like a "Wanted" poster, with a very bad photo of me, stapled to the top right hand corner. I have been advised that it will take anything from 20 minutes to 2 hours for my visa to travel from "the left hand window to the right" at the airport, and I should stay calm, dress smartly, and visit the toilet on the plane before landing. All good advice.
I have spent the last few weeks being very anxious about being "in between jobs" - while having 3 weeks to organise myself has been useful, it has also given me a lot of time to worry about, well, everything, really. What happens if I get run over now? Eek ! Finally yesterday I settled down and started to get excited - I'm off on an adventure, and it's going to be brilliant. I hope...
I'm doing my final run to storage tomorrow, so from tomorrow evening I will not have a kettle, a toaster, or a TV. My lovely handsome cat went to his new home yesterday, and I am properly, finally, on my own. I have tenants for my flat, so on paper, everything is going to plan....
I am not quite sure how everything I have left in the flat is going to fit in my suitcase (get me - suitcase ! I've never had a suitcase! My faithful rucksack has been usurped!), but I'm going to give it a good try, 8 bottles of mossie repellant and 2 big bottles of hair conditioner are weighing me down a little...still, sure it will be fine.....
So. Lovely leaving BBQ with friends on Saturday, recover Sunday, then trip to the airport on Monday with good friends to see me off.
Here I go..........
Oh and I know some people are having trouble leaving comments - I have enabled comments for everyone, although they come to me for moderation first. Strangely, if you go to the bottom of any post, where it says "no comments", if you click on that it will allow you to comment (although it will take a while for me to accept them ). Always welcome comments people :)
Hiya
ReplyDeleteI think you have well and truly gone now and should have arrived at destination. Looking forward to reading the next instalment and missing you as always.
ReplyDeleteTake care
Steven Butcher :-)