Are we there yet???????????

Stop the world, I want to get off!

Is this really happening to me? Am I really going on this trip? I’m so tired yet I can’t sleep. I actually had a dream last night when I finally drifted off that we had returned home from the holiday yet I couldn’t remember anything about it. I remember saying to Aly in the dream ‘Omg, I don’t feel like it even happened. I don’t remember anything about it’. I woke up thinking I’d gone and come home with no memory of it. It took me a few minutes to realize it was a dream. That’s even inspired me more to document everything about it so I can get my money’s worth, even years after.

Yesterday I photocopied two copies of our travel documents in color. The originals in the hand luggage, a copy in the check in luggage and a copy for home. Because we have so much paperwork, we purchased a cool leather compendium from Kikki K and I’ve placed everything in clear plastic sheet protectors from the start of our trip to the end. That way I can pull out the relevant documentation for each leg and place in our travel folder ready to present quickly. Everything is in sections so it will be so easy to grab what is needed on any given day.

I had a trial run at packing my case and yes, it did fit. Well the clothes fit, it’s only my shoes and toiletry bags that need to be packed in another bag as check in luggage. Not too bad really because if the truth be known, even I had doubts it would all fit in and not give the baggage handlers a double hernia. I don’t like to gloat but I did take great pleasure in presenting my closed and zipped case to Aly being careful to hide what didn’t quite fit.

I have been trying to work out how best to deal with the flight. I think that I’ll try to get on Abu Dhabi time when I enter the aircraft. The UAE is 6 hours behind us so we’ll be taking off around 4.15pm UAE time. I figure I will try to stay up for a few hours then go to sleep. We arrive at 6.30am so if I time it right, I’ll wake up to an early breakfast and then land. I plan to get to the hotel and sit by the pool until we are permitted to check in. Stupid me forgot to arrange an early check in but that’s ok…pool side is fine by me for a few hours. In the photo above, see that pool to the left? You’ll find me somewhere in there. For the first few days I’ll try to stay away from all living beings in case I scare them with my lily white skin…don’t want to frighten the horses now do I? By the time I get to Athens, I will hopefully have a tan and not look like I’ve been in the midst of an Aussie winter.

Oh and I won’t forget to Slip, Slop, Slap. For those who don’t know what that is…take a look at the message from the Cancer Council of Australia.. You just gotta see this video…it’s an Aussie institution. Don’t laugh…it was made in the early 80’s.