A little background

We're starting a new chapter of our lives. Yeehah! Tomorrow we're packing up house, and venturing into another adventure.

Proudly South African, but we've been living in the Philippines for about 4 years now. A while back we woke up one day, and decided it was time to move on. Making the decision, and deciding that we were going to stick by it, was exciting. But none of the arrangements and preparations that followed that decicion have been fun At All (moving is never fun, I know...but this has been ridiculous). Some things are just sooo much hassle in this country, its unbelievable. Things are starting to come together though, even though we still have a number of loose ends. After tomorrow I'll hopefully be able to breath again....

Next week we're off on an amazing adventure: we're going to Europe for at least 3 months! Getting visas organized have been a major issue (don't forget: the universe is against me..). We were supposed to collect our passports (with granted visas inside) from the embassy today, and even though I doubted that anything further could go wrong, it did (I don't wanna go into it right now...its quite exhaustive). Today has been quite aweful. It looked as if the trip was off (actually still could be)...meaning thousands of dollars in the water... I got word though (a little while ago) that someone might be able to help...hold thumbs :)

In the meantime I really should try to get some sleep. Packing starts early, and I haven't been sleeping well through all this crazyness.

ZZzzzz...