Living for Disco

Ok, I know that technically I’m not actually there yet, but I did receive confirmation from VSO that my tickets are in the post, and that I have a visa, so will be allowed into the country without the little piece of paper confirming that I am not a criminal, and have never in any way been involved with nefarious activities. That they know of.

I’m fully expecting to be on that plane tomorrow night, and I’m hoping that this will mean that we arrive safely in Windhoek at around lunchtime on Sunday. With these thoughts in mind, I have changed the blog to reflect my new status as ‘International Woman of Mystery’. Although I haven’t changed it much, that you’d notice.

This action will probably scupper everything. As my Namibia-bound friend Sue said the other day, we will probably all have to go to Torremolinos because we can’t come back from the airport after so many months of saying goodbye to people, and then running into them in Sainsburys’ and hearing the familiar cry of “Haven’t you gone yet?”.

Honestly, I feel as if I’ve been saying goodbye to people since January. Enough already, can we go now?

I haven’t yet said goodbye to the Beastette, who has been sadly neglected of late. It will be left, leaning forlornly against the balcony wall, until my flatmate can take her home to my mum. I’m not sure which is better - at least here it’s got a nice view of a churchyard. My mum’s garage has the largest collection of deadly spiders outside Australia. We don’t go in there any more. The cobwebs are too difficult to tackle without the help of a blowtorch.

I haven’t packed yet either, although my clothes are now piled up in little stacks (skirts, shirts, trousers, etc. - I am nothing if not methodical). The BF is coming over this afternoon to help me pack, which means that he will sit around holidng up vital items, saying “Do you really need this?”, and generally hindering my progress.

This will be my last post for a while, as I’m not sure whether I’ll be able to get to a computer next week. Please come back next weekend for an update (I expect the weather in Spain will be lovely.)