Someone asked me recently if I was excited now that my fly out date is approaching. On reflection, my answer was, and remains, "No".
Which feels ...odd. I should
be excited. I'm launching myself half way around the world, so to
speak, to consummate a long held daydream. It is An Very Big Adventure.
But
the truth is that I'm bone tired of planning, predicting and
purchasing. I think of it as 'preparation burnout'. There are so many
things that could go wrong. Have I thought of them all?. Hell no. Have I
prepared against most of them? No can do.
I have,
since I last posted, done some more 'stuff'. Really fascinating stuff
like comparing and purchasing Travel Insurance, setting up auto-payments
on all the bills that will continue while I'm away, and so on Yep, as
fascinating for you as it was fun for me.
Well it's now Monday morning, and I fly out mid-day Thursday.
There's still a largish pile of stuff that I should do. Like figure out
how to travel 250 km's to get to the airport at 10-ish
in the morning. Three and a half days is about where I expect to
suddenly remember all that stuff that I haven't done that takes at least
five days to do and MUST be done before I depart.
So it goes.
Oh,
and for those that recall my earlier excitement about buying a Sat
phone ... the freaking thing hasn't arrived yet. If it's not here in the
next 2 days then I leave without it. I may say a few rude words. It's probably best to not ask me about it.
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