Busy, busy busy.

So very, very busy.  There is so much to do and so little time in which to do it all. 

We had a really lovely day at our housewarming / bon voyage / birthday for Erin party last Sunday.  Thankfully the rain held off for most of the day, especially since we were about 60 seconds to late to secure the rotunda at the park.  No one would say it was a sunny, warm day, but at least it wasn't bucketing another months worth of rainfall like the day before it.  We had quite a few people come to wish us well on our travels, however they didn't eat anywhere near enough sausages, and I have over 2kg left!!  Many we were expecting and some we weren't which made for a nice surprise.  It was interesting to observe peoples reactions to seeing Cara.  Most thought she was lovely, but a few shook their heads and told me I am mad!!  Lol. 

Others wondered how you can condense a house down to a caravan, and more importantly how was I going to survive with a wardrobe that only holds about 8 coat hangers of clothes???  That is one question I'm not entirely sure how I can answer - yet - as I am still coming to terms with the enormity of this part of the whole process.  I think I must still be in denial, grief is yet to come.....  My beautiful red winter coat, my lovely burnt orange coat, my black trench, my grey coat (I love my jackets), my dozen different scarves, all my tops and tee's in all the colours of the rainbow, all the lovely knitted cardigans, and shirts, and pants and shorts, and shoes, all my shoes, all my lovely, wonderful, beautiful shoes.  Boooooooo hooooooooo hoooooooo!!  How am I going to survive with a pair of Blundstones, a pair of hiking shoes, a pair of ugg boots and a pair of thongs (and maybe a sneaky pair of ballet flats)???  How is it possible to live with a winter waterproof coat, three jumpers, two pair of jeans, two trackies, one pair of shorts and about half a dozen assorted tees and long sleeves??  OH MY FRIGGING GOODNESS!!!!  What have I done to myself????? 

Ok, ok, ok, settle down Bel.  Take a few deep breaths.  Think about something else.  Phew.  Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. Bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens. Brown paper packages tied up with strings, these are a few of my favourite things.....

So, with only 6 days until drive out day we have been packing, unpacking and repacking Cara.  We have been culling anything else that we think we can do without (not much!).  We have had the car serviced and have it booked in for some final electric works tomorrow.  The kids are very excited that they only have three days left of school and C only one day left of daycare.  E's teacher is even organising a shared lunch for her class to say goodbye.  We have shopped for shoes, birthday presents, towing mirrors and toilets.  Filing and paper work is in order, insurance organised and checked again.  I'm making a list and I'm checking it twice.  Thursday will see us make our final visit to our storage container to collect the last of the things that are coming with us, namely Wally the Washer Mark 2, Kevin the kayak and all necessary accessories like the obligatory lifejackets and paddle.  We will also be returning to the container all items and objects that we just don't think can come along including, to the dismay of the children, the Soda Stream.  We had been hoping to take it with us, but just can't fit it in without forgoing the allocated storage area for wine and scotch - pffft like THAT is going to happen!!!!

Well, must be time for a little tipple before I tipple myself into bed exhausted - again!  Hmm, only 6 days until we can relax.  Bubbles, must add bubbles to the list, must get bubbles, bubbles, pretty bubbles, colourful bubbles, big bubbles, little bubbles, lots of bubbles...... I like bubbles...... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. =0)