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Date: 09 February 2007 14:51:18
Don't answer that one!
In two short hours we will be setting off on our epic journey. The weather is abysmal - snow and ice on the mainland and, unusually for the Island, freezing rain here. There is a large part of me thinks we should be staying safely at home.
The plan is to go to the Ship of Fools meet at Cadburyworld tomorrow. Then on to my sister's for two days, then to visit my friend, then back to my sister's, and finally to Morley for the St Pixels weekend before coming home on Sunday afternoon. I am beginning to feel this is rather ambitious. The car is loaded, I am reluctant not to go... but have packed warm clothes, hot drinks, water, food, a torch and even a shovel. (Equally worryingly, I can't find where I've put my driving license - last time I had it was in the Hospice ... don't ask me why... and I don't remember what on earth I did with it when I got home.)
The house is in chaos - full of Dad's stuff that's being rehoused, our stuff that's being sorted, clothes that didn't make it into the suitcase, boxes that "may come in handy" and general gumph. Alas. If we don't go, maybe I could get it sorted. How am I ever going to find the time to go back to work?
Now I must go and ring the school - notification arrived today that Tiddles has gained himself yet another detention and is supposed to be serving it tonight but I don't think he knows. I have to find out whether to go and pick him up now or in an hour's time - can't decide which would be preferable, having an extra hour at home but having a panic to catch the ferry in time, or having to go and get him now and then knowing he's here and ready to go. There again, I may well throttle him before we go if I get him now... and I've already paid for his ticket!