Moving out

Well I think I've got all the stuff I want to take with me or take back to Skegness packed up so the removal guys won't cart it off to storage. They're coming at 9am so I guess I ought to get to bed, but I'm not sure I will. It's all a bit of a stress but I'm sure it will be fine...

Displacement activity

I'm supposed to be sorting out my itinerary, checking if I need any vaccinations or malaria tablets (I suspect not, but I need to check) and sorting out the change-of-address hassle related to giving the flat up. So of course, I've managed to 'find' a load of e-mails I sent to friends while I was in Mexico back in 2007 and am now re-reading all those. I suppose at the very least they are making me think about travel. :-)

What I can't believe is that a recurring question is "How do I know where street X is in this big city which I'm too tight to buy an A-Z for?" And it just hit me, about two and a half years too late, that I could have (gasp) looked it up on Google Maps. I don't even think I tried and then found they didn't cover the city I was in. The idea just never entered my head. Google Maps did exist two and a half years ago, right?

Moving out

I should be in bed but it's more fun playing around with this...

E-mailed a couple of companies to arrange 'free, no-obligation' surveys to get a quote for moving my stuff out of my flat into storage. I need to get a move on so I can actually start planning my trip; I haven't booked a flight or read more than a page or two of a guide book yet. I've already given notice to my landlord so once I get the removals sorted out that's the last major obstacle here in the UK dealt with. I'll need to do all the usual change-of-address stuff, but that's just tedious, not difficult.