Catch Up

It has been a while and I have just not really been in the mood to update this but today I thought was a good day to do it.

So I left off in Kos with me going horseriding and lets just say I will not be doing it again, yes it was pretty riding along the beach but then it got boring, no matter what I tried I could not get the horse to move any faster than an OAP walking through the shops on a Sunday afternoon. It was so dire! I felt so bad for Vahri and the other girl out on the ride because I felt like I was holding everyone back, even the dog that was out with us stayed back with me and kept turning round looking at me like "could you go any slower!". After much trying I finally just gave up and let the horse just go at its own pace. When we got back to the stables and I got off the horse I didn't realise just how sore it was to be on a horse. I did feel like I was walking like a cowboy and had a little laugh to myself.

On the Friday we went back on the 3 island cruise to get photos and have another good tanning day, and what a tanning day it was. It was roasting! I was so happy to get into the water and cool off. The water at Pserimos was crystal clear and nice and cool, well freezing when we first went in but great once we got over the initial shock. While in the water I had a float about watching the fish. It is so relaxing watching them just swimming around beneath you. We then stopped at Kalymnos and got photos of lots of churches, for such a little village/ town it had lots of them, and it seemed like they had more spent on the churches than the rest of the village, all very grand. I suppose it is like that all over Greece though. Finally we stopped off at Plati and got to jump off the boat, well I did, Vahri wimped out. That is the best way to get into the sea, jumping off of a boat as you dont have to deal with all the sand of a beach. I hate sand, it just gets everywhere and then if its windy it blows in your face. Just not nice. So jumping off a boat gets rid of all that hassel and that is why I love it. Finally on the way back to Kos harbour we done the Pirate thing again, but this time we got photos! Argh Matey! Had such a lot of fun, thats why we done it again because it is just so fun.

Last day in Kos was on Saturday and my mum had the day off work, so we had a little tour of the island, we started off at the ruins at Askipleion which I got lots of photos of, it is rather large, and we had some fun doing stupid poses on thousand year old ruins. It started to get a lot hotter during the day so we decided to head to the beach at the other end of the island, which also has its own little ruins, nice little house on the beach. Once again the water there was lovely, crystal clear and very cold. We then went out for dinner, a farewell dinner which was lovely and then went up to the turkish village and got some amazing dessert. When we headed to the airport that night, we got there and the airport was full! If you have ever been to the airport in Kos yoou will know how small it is, now add in what seemed to be 8 delayed flights worth of people plus all the other flights that were heading out. Rather a tight squeeze so we sat outside the front for as long as we could so we didn't feel like sardines too much. Luckily our flight was on time, and everything else went to plan, then we landed in Stansted and had a bit of a wait, but it seemed to go ok, and then the flight back up to Glasgow was fine. The only depressing thing was that I left Kos it was lovely and warm, landed in London and it was like 30 degrees and sunny, landed in Glasgow and it was 17 degrees and raining! Typical!

Got back home on the Sunday and back to work on the Monday, so depressing that it felt like I was never away, but at that point I knew that I only had another 7 weeks before I would be in Florida so it lightened the mood a little.

Friday in work I handed in my notice, was so happy. Only 4 more weeks of work makes it so much more real! Time really is starting to fly now. My friends even brought up my leaving night and what we should do. I think we are going to have a Disney themed outing into town in fancy dress. I guess it is predictable but I know we will have a good night.

So 6 weeks today I will be on a plane about 2 hours away from Florida. Very exciting! All I have to do now for going away is pay the assessment fee once I get the visa, then just before I leave get my car insurance in order and pack. The list of things that needs to get done has become very small.

I think that is me come to the end of my catch up for now.

41 days