4 Months

We are on the count down.  4 months today we will be 7 hours into our 14 hour flight to Singapore.  I imagine Finn & maybe Isla will still be awake as it is currently 19:20.  I can guess that the single person sitting next to us is probably wishing they didn't book that solitary seat on the bulk head for the extra leg room.  I hope that things aren't too fractious but little people on planes often means getting over tired and irritable.  We will be a bundle of nerves and excitement I'm sure.  It's getting closer.

Things are really starting to happen.  Andy has his last day at work tomorrow.  It seems to have come around really quickly and it won't be long before I finish work in June.  Andy has recently taken 2 more exams and been successful which is great.  Revising continues in earnest.  I feel the need to start creating lists.  Organising and categorising what we need to do when we arrive, Tax File Numbers, driving license changes, Medicare etc.  We drove up to Swindon today to visit Andy's sister and her new gorgeous baby (don't get me started... Broody....!) and we started talking about the practicalities of when we first arrive.  We both thought an excel spreadsheet of tasks to be completed including phone numbers and addresses and to pre load them into our Satellite Navigation system so we are ready to hit the road running when we arrive.  That's our inner geek shining through.

We have started to look for some temporary accommodation for the first 3 weeks quite seriously now.  There was a frenzied attack on the serviced apartments in Sydney websites last night by Andy and I on our laptops.  Much vigorous searching has brought up a nice little 3 bed villa in Eastwood which looks great.  Modern, clean, reasonably priced (which is proving hard to find!) and in a great location.  We are waiting for a couple of other quotes to come in but I think this place may be the one for us.

We had the 2nd BBQ of the year yesterday with my Mum which was so lovely.  The sun shone all day and their patio was a little sun trap.  The children played on their bikes for ages and had a great time in the sand pit.  Andy cut the grass on the ride on which Finn & Isla both had a go on.  Mum and I toasted many more BBQ's in the Antipodes and the British Isles in the future.  Cheers.