Ye Gads! We are actually leaving!
Happy New Year, everyone!
We are finally off to Sri Lanka tomorrow. We fly out at noon to Vancouver, then on to Heathrow Airport in London, then to Doha, Qatar and then, finally, we arrive in Columbo, Sri Lanka; a total of 22 hours of flying time that that doesn't include the waiting time between flights.
It is hard to believe we are actually going and no matter how prepared and ready we thought we were to go, there seems to be yet a lot of last minute things: empty the fridge, more, and yet more, deselection of items to not go into the suitcase (50 lb. limit), income tax to file, banking arrangements, laundry etc. It is all coming together.
With Dad passing away and saying my many good-bye's, I have shed a few tears this week. Chocolate has been my consolation. I need to get back to healthy eating. I suppose it will be rice and dahl and curry! Bill read that foreign women gain weight in Sri Lanka while foreign men typically lose weight. I plan to be an anomoly to that statistic.
I will miss you all very much. I want to sincerely thank all of you who supported me in this difficult week since the death of my dad. I felt very loved and comforted by all the sent cards and flowers, the phone calls and hugs received and great attendance at the funeral.
I hope to arrange Skype access as soon as possible upon arrival, so let me know if you would like to Skype from time to time. Although, I am having some anxiety after my brother Glenn freaked me out about tropical crotch rot, we stand ready to .... let the Ickcillint Adventure begin!
We are finally off to Sri Lanka tomorrow. We fly out at noon to Vancouver, then on to Heathrow Airport in London, then to Doha, Qatar and then, finally, we arrive in Columbo, Sri Lanka; a total of 22 hours of flying time that that doesn't include the waiting time between flights.
It is hard to believe we are actually going and no matter how prepared and ready we thought we were to go, there seems to be yet a lot of last minute things: empty the fridge, more, and yet more, deselection of items to not go into the suitcase (50 lb. limit), income tax to file, banking arrangements, laundry etc. It is all coming together.
With Dad passing away and saying my many good-bye's, I have shed a few tears this week. Chocolate has been my consolation. I need to get back to healthy eating. I suppose it will be rice and dahl and curry! Bill read that foreign women gain weight in Sri Lanka while foreign men typically lose weight. I plan to be an anomoly to that statistic.
I will miss you all very much. I want to sincerely thank all of you who supported me in this difficult week since the death of my dad. I felt very loved and comforted by all the sent cards and flowers, the phone calls and hugs received and great attendance at the funeral.
I hope to arrange Skype access as soon as possible upon arrival, so let me know if you would like to Skype from time to time. Although, I am having some anxiety after my brother Glenn freaked me out about tropical crotch rot, we stand ready to .... let the Ickcillint Adventure begin!
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