Packed and Ready to Go!

Wow - this backpacking lark isn't easy!

There isn't as much space as I thought! So I have to take a smaller bag as carry on otherwise I will have no room for anything that I buy!

I'm really excited about going now. I can't wait to experience all these different things in these different countries!!!

I love travelling! It's one of my favourite things in the world!

So, that's it from me!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Love you all!

xxxx

Birds Nest Hair

I got back from the hairdresser a little while ago.

I've had 2 inches cut off making my hair the most horrible length. But I can't go any shorter otherwise it would look even worse.

So my hairdresser dried it and I decided there and then i couldn't leave wearing it down because i have 5 inches of black roots.

So I asked him for a funky up do.

And I left with a birds nest on my head - loads of curls backcombed and pinned into various spots on my head!

I would take it out but I'm going out later and wouldn't be able to do anything with it!

So for one night only!!!!!!

xxx

キレイ

I'm well into cleaning my apartment.

I always love it just after I've cleaned. Everything looks so much NICER! And it just feels nice not to be surrounded by chaos!

I always say that I'm gonna try so hard to keep it like this, but it never lasts more than a few days back at school before all the paper starts piling up again!

I'm hoping to finish the kitchen and bathroom, do my laundry and then soak in the bath and spend some time pampering myself before I make it to the hairdressers later on this afternoon.

God it feels so satisfying to be productive rather than lounging around on my ass all day!

And then tonight I shall stay in, have a beer and pack.

The excitement is really sinking in now. I think it's coz loads of people have already left for their trips! I'm finding it hard to sit still! I can't believe I'm about to do this amazing trip!!! I've been talking about it all year and now I'm SOOOOOO excited!!!!!!!

Yay!

xx

Hehe Given Up!

I gave up on the cleaning! I JUST CAN'T BE ARSED!!!!

I did manage to clear a table. But that's about it.

I'll do it tomorrow.

I MEAN IT!!!

And I actually will because it's the day before I go on holiday and I have to coz I need to do a load of washing and there's no way I wanna come back to my house in this state.

I'm also toying with the idea of getting a haircut tomorrow if I can get to the salon at the right kinda time...like late afternoon/early evening - after all the cleaning is done.

And I've packed......kind of....or at least started packing.

I'm always a late packer - just because I get paranoid I've forgotten something. If you pack the night before you go or in the morning that you leave, I always find it a lot more stress free! Although I always forget a comb....and my sunglasses.

I'm too cold to do anything else so I think I'll go to bed! Not that I'm tired but I know I'm not gonna do anymore cleaning so I may as well!

Night

xx

Shopping!

I just got back from a spot of shopping.

I say a "spot" of shopping but it set me back over a hundred quid.

So I did end up buying one of those traveller's backpacks. It's gonna be so much easier - especially considering that I won't be using taxis!!!

I bought a 30L one. It's actually a pretty good size! But I hate the colour and they didn't have it in any others so I bought it because the size is perfect. And will do really well when I go to other places as well.

It just looks absolutely ridiculous on me! I can't remember the last time I used a backpack.....must have been when I was a teenager or something! So I'm looking at myself with it and it just looks weird!

But it's all good.

I also bought another bag - it's like a day bag that goes across your body - I actually can't believe I don't already own one! I have like 20 or so bags here and not ONE of them does that! So that's definitely a good investment!!!

Now I'm gonna start tidying my apartment - SERIOUSLY!!!!!!

Enough

I've had enough this week.

It's going so damn slow I can't stand it! And it's just been a really, really horrible week.

I've had enough of explaining about Christmas, making cards, snowflakes, decortaing trees and of the kids who are just becoming really annoying.

It's not their fault - they're really excited and after all, I am fabulous BUT I haven't been feeling good all week and the last thing I want (or need) is a load of little shits jumpin all over me.

I've become really good at avoiding it though! LOL!!

I dunno - I just feel tired. It's been a long and hard week for me and my health. And I AM really excited about going on holiday - I need it and I totally deserve it coz I've had a rought couple of months. The break will be good.

But I have so much crap to do before I go away - including cleaning my apartment from top to bottom. And at the moment that's such a massive job coz it's a complete dump.

And I'm feeling better but tired so I seriously can't be arsed to do it!

*groan*

On The Mend

I had my last dose of IV meds this morning.

And now I'm done!

Apart from this cold which I don't seem to be able to shake off, I'm absolutely fine.
The pain has completely gone so now I just have to keep on taking the antibiotics til Sunday and then that's it!

Still no explanation of what it was or what caused it.

But that's normal over here - they tend to treat the symptoms without actually investigating the cause.

And they've given me the go ahead for my trip. Not that they would've been able to stop me anyway!

xx

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Man..

These IV antibiotics are making me sooooo sleeeeeeepy.

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