my sister is more excited than me

so, debs calls me at work the other day - she is more freaking wound up than i am! she has painted my 'room', bought me a new comforter, gonna have coffee waiting for me (cos I arrive at 6am) and is gonna cook me english bacon (yummy) and eggs when I get to her house.

She will have to get up at 5am to come and get me from the airport - and i think Hannah is coming too - so looking forward to seeing her! what a great kid she is!

So we have some plans, we are gonna act like stupid tourists for 2 or 3 days in London, and take 100's of photos! there is a pass we can buy for 50 pounds that will let us into a ton of places including Tower Of London, Kew, and the war museum.

I have to work the Friday that I leave, we have a 'staff retreat' supposed to make us feel like a team i guess! It is in Inglewood, so I have to get there for 9, leave at 1230, go back home to pick up Deano, then he is to take me to the airport for 3pm. Cant figure out why I have to be there 3 hours before when I already have my seat selected! Oh well.

We are also going to try and get to the Isle of Wight to see our dad. Debs is gonna come with me - otherwise i wont go! will very likely be last time I will see my dad ever. He is getting older and i feel in my gut that this will be it for us. So I have to do the right thing, and it will also allow me to close the chapter in this book. I feel for him, he does not realize just what he has missed the past 35 years.

I havent even started packing yet - always leave that til last minute, will prob do that on Wednesday - gonna go get a new book too to kill time on the plane -

This weekend is Timmys Race! hopefully will only rain in the AM - we need no rain for the afternoon and evening!

we are also going to Warwickshire Castle, supposed to be haunted! and having curry night, and wine night and probably will laugh more that I have lauged in years! so excited!