The final Countdown...

This morning I woke up at 8am. Its the first morning in months that I haven't had to be woken up by an alarm or my Mum. Excitement has kicked in. We fly on Sunday. Today is Wednesday. For the first time ever, I feel ready.


I missed a special occasion in my last blog. It was my 30th Blog. My 1st blog was on the 21st of December 2005. That was 241 days ago - almost 8 months ago. The time has flown by. I wish i'd had the time, energy and money to work on BF full time, but life isnt that simple. I know that I have given my all to this trip, to the charities, to Dave - and now I can go to Oz and work endlessly on getting the funds raised, and getting Dave and the team across Australia.

This week I finally hit my £3000 fundraising target, with a little over to buy the things I need for Oz. I went shopping with my Mum, and bought bags and other essentials for the trip. I now have everything I need.

I'm at home. By the time I left Swansea i'd never been so happy to be driving home. I was looking forward to seeing my family and my pets. I needed some space and some home comforts before leaving for oz, just one last time - something I hadn't had since leaving the flat. Im going to miss all my mates, especially Annie and Ben, who have held my hand through it all and never let go - something that you would expectonly family would do - im gonna miss them. (Thanks for the leaving do guys!)

Theres so many "thank-yous" to do - im going to do a whole blog dedicated to thanking before I leave.

Theres been highs and lows over the last 8 months, you'll see that if you look back over my blogs. Its not all been straight forward and as clean cut as it seems, but somehow the team and I have got through it, and BFOz has suddenly arrived. And its scary, but exciting.