So, it's three days until my trip now! I'm currently staying at my Mums in Witney trying to organise everything and I keep getting really stressed that I wont get everything done in time! I also had a right performance with the bank and the post office trying to transfer some money today, which didn't make things any easier. But everything seems to be coming together now and I'm slowly making my 6 suitcases of clothes in to just one.

Mum, Laura and I went out for a meal last night to celebrate my very early 21st birthday (which means that Laura should really have a very early 23rd birthday tomorrow), and I ended up eating steak for the first time in years. It was amazing, I even managed to stomach it even though it was rare which made me rather impressed with myself. I have also decided that I am going to start having birthday celebrations on random days in the year, as this year I'm going to have had 3 birthdays by the time it is my real birthday, and its been quite fun.

Adam is coming to visit on Thursday after work and coming to the Airport with us on Friday, so I'm going to be happy to see him as I miss him already. Though it will be a bit sad as that will be the last time we will see each other for 3 months. Its going to be strange because we've sort of lived together since before we were even dating and it's going to be odd not seeing him everyday. Hopefully absence will make the heart grow fonder (rather than wander), and at least with the wonderful inventions of the Internet and mobile phones we will actually be able to keep in touch! I'm also going to listen to The Mountain Goats as often as possible, as it will stop me from getting homesick and I've got quite used to them constantly playing in the background over the past six months :)

I've spoken to some of the people I'm going to be working with in SA a few times of the past week, they seem pretty nice and have been giving me lots of advice. Of course as I am the most annoying person ever, I have been mithering them constantly via email and phone asking loads of questions, so they will probably be sick of me before I even arrive.

I'm looking forward to flying again as well, as this is only going to be the second time I've ever really flown, so unlike most people I know, I still find it exciting! Plus this is the only real time I've been out of Europe, so for me this trip is more of an adventure than it probably would be for a lot of people. I'm looking forward to it though, it been a pretty hard year so it will be good to get away and meet new people and do something different. My degree result is out whilst I'm away though, which I seriously am not looking forward to! :( Oh well, I'm sure I will be too preoccupied with everything else once I get out there to even care that much.

Anyway I better get back to be ridiculously stressed and an awful person to be around, I'm probably just going to eat lots of cake, that will make everything seem MUCH less stressful :D

B xxx