piplover | Running around like a chicken without a head!

Got my rent taken care of and deposited my pickle jar of coins into the bank today. Also alerted them I'll be out of the country so they don't look at purchases and go "That's not right!"

Not as much money as I had hoped to bring over, but I get paid on the 14th, and I figure I'll have a bit over a thousand to spend for the whole trip, which is really probably the most I've ever traveled with, lol, so I'm not complaining. Hoping the local bank can exchange some money before I head over, so I'll have US money for the airports and anything that comes up, and pounds for when I arrive and don't have to spend more time in the airport than I have to. My sister isn't meeting me there, but at Paddington Station. She gave me directions, so hopefully all goes well!

I'm getting really excited! Pretty much I'm all packed, and just have to finish cleaning the apartment and hiding everything I don't want the cat sitter finding. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I think it's only human nature to want to snoop around someone's place when you know you aren't going to get caught, and I don't mind, I just don't want her to find my bills. My porn? Pfffssshhhh, I don't care!

Anyway, I already told her I would like her to sit with the cats for a while, so she knows she's allowed to watch movies and stuff, and she has a little girl which I don't care if she brings down, so long as she supervises her! My place isn't exactly kid friendly.

Also, my period started today, which I'm actually pretty happy about. That means I won't get it on the flight over, or while I'm over there. I can put up with horrible cramps, headaches, and feeling icky for a few days, so long as I'm not having to do it on the airplane! Sometimes, being a woman really sucks!

So, that's about it. Now I just have the odds and ends to take care of, and keep myself busy, and not worry about my plane crashing or something else horrible going wrong. I always panic a little with long car trips and plane trips.

I won't have much internet time while I'm in England, but I'll try to pop in every now and then. Though frankly, I'm kind of amazed at how much I'm going to miss while gone. I mean, skip 200? Will probably be a day's worth of posts. You guys write a lot!

Take care!