Almost Gone...

Sunday afternoon, 2 days before we go. The visas finally arrived on Friday (we were getting just a bit worried!!); most of our stuff was packed & taken away Friday also; We have suitcases waiting to be packed in the loungeroom, with piles of clothes ready to go in them; Mark is rushing around doing last minute house maintenance chores; we had a farewell lunch at church today; I went to Dubbo with the kids last weekend to say goodbye to my parents; doing some last minute buying of stuff. Good grief, there's lots to be thinking about & doing for a move to another country!!!

So.. we are flying with Singapore Airlines & the plane leaves 11.40am on Tuesday, with a 6 hour stop-over in Singapore then onto London where we arrive at stupid-o-clock Wednesday morning. We have 2 days to recover (I don't handle jet-lag very well), then Friday we do our official 'march-in' at the High Commission, get a hire car & drive to Salisbury that afternoon. Saturday & Sunday we search for a car to buy, Monday we go on a house-search. 10-20 houses in a day then we pick one at the end!! Tuesday Mark has to work while I prowl around Salisbury finding the supermarket, the churches, the pubs... Then Wednesday we go back to London for the Anzac Day service. We'll move into our house as soon as its available, so some more busy times ahead. 

Also, in case you haven't heard, we are not taking Maggie, my cat. Turns out is will cost somewhere around $5 000 to get her there & back. Way too much money. So I'm going to be pet-less again :0(

Anyway.. next time I write I should have some interesting England stuff to report. We'll miss you all & don't forget - we'll have a guest room..

Au revoir