24 hours and counting
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:48 am
Can't believe the work has gone by so quickly and I have just waved my son off, with a mountain of luggage, to Warwick. It was bad enough saying goodbye in September but this time it was with the knowledge that I won't see him for nearly six months. The only good thing is that I have so much to do today that I won't have time to sit and reflect on the sanity of what I am about to embark on. I've already done 3 loads of washing and it isn't 8.00am yet but I need to get Max's linen on and his room cleaned ready for when he comes back in April. He says going today is no biggie but when he comes back on half term that is when it will hit him, because it will be the first time I am not here waiting for him.
Tomorrow is D Day and I have to say I am still in panic mode but I am hoping that once I board the vessel I will feel the first stirrings of excitement. Certainly I will feel relief once all my luggage is on board. I have one last box to seal and then I'm officially done. I wish I could have travelled lighter but it was impossible. I need winter clothes for the first 10 days of the trip and not just because of the weather, I have to say all the ships I have ever been on insist of having their air conditioning systems running at full blast. I thought it was only the American ships at first because everyone in the States has units in their homes but no, it is all of the lines. There are 17 formal nights on this ship, haven't counted them up for the Sea Princess and then I have to have a stack of books with me, both hardback, paperback and the special edition, especially as it is only available on line. Then there is all the computer and technical equipment for my 8 presentations and of course a healthy supply of Matt Monro CDs.
I am looking forward to checking in once every 2/3 days and I will probably coincide the blog to port days, so until then... stay well and may your lives always be filled with music.
Tomorrow is D Day and I have to say I am still in panic mode but I am hoping that once I board the vessel I will feel the first stirrings of excitement. Certainly I will feel relief once all my luggage is on board. I have one last box to seal and then I'm officially done. I wish I could have travelled lighter but it was impossible. I need winter clothes for the first 10 days of the trip and not just because of the weather, I have to say all the ships I have ever been on insist of having their air conditioning systems running at full blast. I thought it was only the American ships at first because everyone in the States has units in their homes but no, it is all of the lines. There are 17 formal nights on this ship, haven't counted them up for the Sea Princess and then I have to have a stack of books with me, both hardback, paperback and the special edition, especially as it is only available on line. Then there is all the computer and technical equipment for my 8 presentations and of course a healthy supply of Matt Monro CDs.
I am looking forward to checking in once every 2/3 days and I will probably coincide the blog to port days, so until then... stay well and may your lives always be filled with music.
