I think we're done...

It's been an extremely hectic few days getting everything done to get out of Brisbane. We had to pack up the house, clean it, settle all the outstanding bits and pieces and so on. It doesn't sound much, but living the hard yakka for the past few days hasn't been fun in any way.

On the upside, I did get to tip an entire jar of Eno into a sink full of water to see what would happen. It's amazing the experiments you can do when you're chucking stuff out. Sad as it seems, this was the highlight of the past few days.

Unfortunately, being busier than I'd expected has meant a few things have gone by the wayside. I was hoping to do one last karate session before leaving, but that doesn't look too likely now. I was also hoping to get all the admin out of the way, but I'll probably have to finish that up in the next week or so from New York.

However, things are looking up.

We pretty much cleared out the house tonight and one more small load in the car should finish it. Then we're on a break for a few weeks. It should be a good chance to spend some nice time with the family, pretty much like we did together when we were in NZ in April. I enjoyed that time a lot, so am looking forward to some vegging out in NYC.

Our Entertainment Book for New York arrived today. It's not really of the same quality that the Brisbane book is, which surprised me, but it should give us a headstart when we're looking for some tucker in the next few weeks.

I'm feeling ridiculously tired now, so must head off in search of beauty (that's why they call it beauty sleep). If my search for beauty is successful, I'll let you know in my next post.

I know I'll miss all my friends and family when we're gone, so if you're reading this blog and you fall into one of the above categories, I NEED TO SEE YOU IN NEW YORK. If you just stumbled across my blog because you typed my name into Google hoping to seek the meaning of life and the ultimate truth of all mankind (and therefore are neither friends nor family), I don't need to see you, but your cash would be appreciated. ...but I digress.

I think it's about to hit that we're heading overseas to live. Seeing the house totally empty tonight made me realise that this is a massive decision we've made; more than just deciding a long overseas trip would be nice. It really does change absolutely everything and we've not even moved yet. This will be the big one for us and I hope it's everything we dream it will be. It's cliché, but words really can't describe the maelstrom of emotion and anticipation I'm feeling at the moment. There's one way to find out - the day after tomorrow, it's all on. Only time will tell how things go. This will be great.

Stay safe. mjb.