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Jan 29 • BEDFORD TO BALI
ONE DAY TO GO (LIKE A KID AT CHRISTMAS)
AND WOW… THIS IS IT.
One day to go and the excitement has really hit today, like full-on kid at Christmas vibes. It’s all getting real now. I’m actually going and weirdly the nerves have subsided and all the amazing feelings are just sitting there instead. That surprised me, but I’m not mad about it.
TODAY WAS ONE OF THOSE DAYS.
I started the day doing a bit of work and then realised I needed to do a proper deep clean indoors. I had workmen come out and do some more boiler stuff, even though it’s new and already has a problem, but that’s a story for another day. Then it was all about getting everything together and sorted to head over to my second daughter’s this evening.
Lily decided she didn’t want to go to cadets today because she felt it would be too much on top of the travel and honestly that was totally fine. We had a bit of chill time in the afternoon before everything kicked off.
ENTER: LAST-MINUTE CHAOS.
When it came to getting ready to leave, it was just pure rush and chaos. All the last-minute bits, making sure everything was by the front door, booking the taxi, and then… the cats. Getting the cats into their carriers was a whole fucking debacle.
Two of them were actually really good and went straight into their carriers no problem. Freya, however, absolutely was not having it. She was adamant she was not going in that carrier and we ended up chasing her around the house for a good 20 minutes. Lily’s got cuts all over her arm from where she managed to catch her and got scratched, and I’ve got a big cut from my hand all the way up my arm which is pretty deep, so that was not ideal.
We eventually caught her, but she was really stressed and I hated that, but it had to be done. Oh and Biscuit decided to be an escape artiest, she managed to open the zip on her carrier and do a Houdini.
AND THEN… THE TAXI JOURNEY.
So we finally get in the taxi, everything loaded up, cats in their carriers in the back with us, and this is where it gets interesting. Hetica was getting really stressed, so I was trying to calm her down and stroke her through the carrier. She then scratched me through the carrier, bit me through the carrier, and decided halfway through the journey that she was going to shit herself.
The entire car filled with the smell of cat poo. The driver opened his window thinking it might just be a bit of fart, but when it didn’t go, he realised one of the cats had had an accident and said he hoped it wasn’t on his seats. Thankfully it wasn’t, the carriers have lining in them so nothing got on his stuff.
Honestly, what a journey.
FINALLY ARRIVED.
We got to my daughter’s, got everything inside, and I finally sat down and set up my new phone properly. I also dyed my hair because I am not going to Bali with grey hair. There is absolutely nothing wrong with grey hair, it’s just not my thing and I feel good when my hair is all one colour.
The evening itself was actually really chilled after that. Lots of laughs, jokes, and focusing on the positives of what’s coming, because in less than nine hours I’ll be heading to the train station and then on my way to Bali, which I genuinely cannot fucking wait for.
RIGHT NOW.
I’m writing this after midnight and I am not tired at all, neither is Lily, and we need to be up early, so I can’t see much sleep happening tonight. But honestly, I feel like a kid at Christmas, and that usually means very little sleep anyway. I can sleep on the plane, that’s no problem, and hopefully that’ll help with jet lag when I arrive.
So yeah, it’s all awesome sauce right now. I cannot wait. I’ll see you all on the flipside.
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ONE DAY TO GO (LIKE A KID AT CHRISTMAS)
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