unemployed? us?

We've both finished work now. Which means we are both unemployed. Chelle suggested we go and sign on today, but I pointed out that, what with the travelling, we probably won't be available for packing chickens or carrying bricks. You decide which of us would do which task.

It's 11.55am on the Friday of the week before we go, which means in exactly 7 days we will be sitting in the plane (should that be 'on' a plane, or 'in' a plane I wonder), wondering why we're not actually taking off RIGHT NOW!

Before we get that pleasure, we have a family gathering to plan for on Sunday. Both families. At the same time. It's madness I tells ya... We've been to Sainsbury's this morning (other supermarkets are available) and spent a lot of money on, well, everything but the things we actually wanted. Like C*****mas Pudding. Sold out already. Boy, am I glad we're leaving the country before it really kicks off...

Last night we spoke with our friends in Sydney, Kirstie and Manu, who we will be spending C*****mas with, and they seem just as excited as us about our trip. They told us that New Year's Eve is all planned, and that their new arrival Summer (whose birthday is the same day as mine, although 42 years later) is looking forward to meeting us. If our schedule leading up to New Year is a tiring as it looks, she has as much chance of being awake to see the New Year in as we have.