9 days to go!

Its now less then 9 days until me and jen head off to the airport to start our 3 month trip to Indonesia. Ive reached the stage today where im getting seriously excited-it keeps on coming in waves and i have to have a good jump around to get it out of my system! Its really strange cos it seems like its been a long time in planning and waiting, but we only had the idea after i came back from India at the end of February. 3months of seriously hard graft and organising and were nearly there!
The apprehension is still there, and i think jen is feeling the same too, but its not in how much that needs doing anymore-both our visas have now arrived-its more the fact that it is actually happening! Madness.....Indonesian visas have to be one of the most complicated visas to get, the amount of organisation it took was hilarious, and dont get me started on the fun we had sorting out flights!
I cant think of anything else that i need to do now, other then work til friday and fit in as much babysitting as possible! Today I bought £100 worth of Dollar travellers cheques and changed £100 to U.Sdollars, Ive just got to pay Jen what i owe her (AGH MONEY!), and put £800 into my Nationwide account....(set up a bank account with them cos they dont charge you to take out money abroad unlike HSBC!wasted about £30 with that in India).
Because Jens finished working now she went off to CCC's in Sheffield on her own and picked up some stuff that we needed (sleepingbag liner, mozzies net and deet spray), she gets a big discount there cos she works in the company....which is fab news!
Im still stressed about money, ive got about £450 of my own to take (its mad how much money goes into visas, travelinsurance, equipment etc) and will have to borrow the rest (approx £600) that i need from mum and jon....but they seem very cool about that and i can easily pay them back within a month working when i get home. Jens got about £3000 in her bank account (!) but then she's been given more hours, on better pay, and for double the amount of time!
My little shock of finding out i have shingles, is waring off now- its not too bad, just got 3 patches on my back that can get a bit sore and itchy. Ive been prescribed antivirals so are having them AND homeopathy, so should be sorted soon....with a bit of luck! Its gonna be sore carrying my backpack though.
So as you can see ive given up on trying to find witty things to say on this blog- my brain is completely full of indonesia at the mo- so its turning into a bit of a diary! Waffle Waffle Waffle.