10 more sleeps

Fnrrggaaaaahhh. And other noises like that.

I haven't really accomplished anything since my last post. I've said some more goodbyes, spent the day in London with my lovely friend Kelly who took me to see the Wizard of Oz (inclusion of small dogs and lots of 'there's no place like home'-ing led to the presence of something in both my eyes) and bought me an impressive profusion of Union Jack  items so there's no chance of me forgetting my British roots. I particularly liked the earrings, and can't wait for an excuse to break them out. (Kelly's suggestions included a UK theme night or a Pat Butcher theme night, both of which sound plausible to me).

Presents!

Pat Butchers

I've been spoiling Fred absolutely rotten and I don't think a dog has ever been more cuddled. I've explained to him my reasons for going and the many ways I plan on making it up to him in some detail, I'm not sure he understood much but he did a very big sigh and a couple of his more positive sounding sneezes (as opposed to his angry sneezes) so I'm taking that  as a good sign.

He's not angry, just disappointed

I've had a look on meetup.com and tentatively joined a couple of bookgroups, as well as looked into a few other groups I might be interested in. I've also found a gym, a yoga centre and some burlesque dancing classes that might all be worth investigated. A website I absolutely love www.thehairpin.com is having a meet up in Boston the week after I arrive, and if I'm feeling particularly brave that day I might go along. And of course there will be masses of stuff to do with work, getting my apartment set up, finding my way around, getting a Massachusetts driving licence, a social security number, a bank account etc etc. I think the key will be to keep madly busy in the first few weeks and hopefully that should be easy enough.

There's still plenty to be done before I go of course. I've made a very long list, and several sub-lists, but not actually packed a single thing yet and have a sense of vague but non-specific panic about my person at all times. I also just bought a new suitcase, so I now have 3 large suitcases. That's enough to pack your entire life into right? RIGHT?