soon-to-be Glasgow, Scotland (Kelly)
Well the time has finally come...I am leaving for the sunniest country on the planet in just over 12 hours. I hope I have everything that I am supposed to bring! I feel extremely paranoid that I'm going to forget something. Over the last few weeks and might I say days, Phillip and I have been scrambling around on the phone and on email trying to get all of our last minute things taken care of. I might add that he owes me big time!! "Can you buy some batteries...I used all of ours for the wedding! Can you get our party pictures developed so I can put them on the web? Can you take care of the traveler's checks? The greatest one of all...Can you bring my Banana Republic hat to me...I bought it and had it shipped to your house (this has a big please next to it!)" I'm most afraid I'm gonna forget something of his that I know I'm gonna forget something of mine..."I have OCD right now, please help!"
It has been most interesting preparing for this trip...I remember about a year and a half ago when we started planning this trip. We put together a notebook entitled 'The World at a Glance in 2002.' When I brought this notebook home to show my mother she rolled her eyes and sort of laughed...she obviously didn't take us seriously. But as time went on and we fulfilled our vaccination requirements, got ourselves certified in scuba Diving, and started purchasing our gear, reality slowly set in. For the last 6 months this trip has been the focal point of 99% of my conversations...I'm almost beginning to feel that my friends don't think I have any thing else that is interesting going on in my life other than this trip. You know I do have a life...well I did!! Then the bomb shells started hitting!! Around October both my friends and Phillip's, my family and Phillip's started talking like the world was coming to an end..."Please don't go here because...don't go here because..." and so on! To put anyone at ease that is about to develop heart problems over us leaving...I promise we will not go anywhere that danger is prominent, ie, the Middle East and as of now Argentina. As for everthing else, we will keep our eyes and ears pealed...we will keep you informed of our whereabouts at all times, PROMISE!!
As for the few short days that I will be in Glasgow and London, which I am really looking forward to, I plan on getting a quick tour from Phill and his mother, or mum as he calls her. (Those Europeans...always changing the pronunciation) We will be spending New Year's in Glasgow, which I am sure will be celebrated with the finest Scotish Whiskey, and then we are driving to London where Maureen (Phill's mom) is going to give me a one-day-tour of London. Being the sweet lady that she is also bought Phill and I theatre tickets to see 'Les Miserables.' I have a feeling that this is going to be the last luxurious experience before we head to the Australia
January 5th and begin our year of...you know I honestly have no idea what to expect. I'll let you know how it goes, don't worry!! The next time you hear from us we'll most likely be in the Cooks...you can still go you know!