Well welcome to my journal. Only 7 sleeps until we begin our journey!!! Short compared to most backpackers but long enough to get a real taste and have lots of fun along the way. Who knows maybe this will give me the bug for life?
If you know me well you know that I started preparing for this trip within an hour of opening my present (the flight) on Christmas Day. And I have bought new toys for the trip virtually every day since then.
I started packing my bag a month ago and in the past couple of weeks have packed and repacked it many many times. Well I have to check I have everything don't I?
I've got a real need for this trip - it marks a very new and scary beginning for me. I really hope it helps me put everything that's happened recently into perspective and that I can lose some of my sadness and anger and that it will give me confidence to get out there and make a new life for myself.
Ok - better get off and go and check my lists again.
xxx
Kim
