Leave APPROVED!

All steam ahead. Leave has been approved. Now to check out prices of tickets and get a few more concrete details sorted. Today I bought a guide to the Camino Frances, the section of the walk I'll be doing. It gives details of distances, terrain and even space for notes to add your thoughts and impressions.

Beyond excited. I feel like I've just been told Father Christmas is real. lol

Leave semi-approved

Man oh man! I finally just went for it and asked about getting some time off work to do the Camino de Santiago. I feel as though I'm really answering a call in life, taking a step out into something exciting and wonderful. I feel anxious, overjoyed, and overwhelmed with almost every emotion. How fantastic!

So now with that in motion I look forward to pricing tickets. April is going with me and it's already feeling like we're on our way, solving problems together, looking at options. It's set for September so I can be walking on my 31st birthday and avoid some of the summer rush.

Looks like a flight to Paris/Frankfurt, then either plane or train down to St Jean Pied de Port, then on to the walking...


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I'm following the dream baby!

New shoe

Or 2 even. These new shoes are awesome. Can walk/hike without socks and let the babies breathe. Have been giving them a trial and they're making a good impression on me. I love them! Wanted to get some shoes which didn't overdo the socks and sandals look, wanted something I could feel comfortable in and still have the support to go for it.

These came out as the winners.

Happy New Year

No way. Simon blogs again!

Another year full of promise and change. So easily I slip back into the same ruts and not even realising until I have to do another complete flip around. Hopefully 2008 holds as many surprises.

I have written 65 out of 101 things to do in my life. (Is not finishing a list straight away a metaphor for my life?! lol) Some of these I'll do in the coming months. Others will take time and me psyching up to do them. Skydiving is on the list. I'm quaking in my boots.

I will see the Yurrebilla Trail nailed and other milestones too. Here's to a good year. :)

A Mary Poppins clean

Well almost.. Mid-year I booked in a week's annual leave at this time to do whatever, and the general consensus was cleaning. This came in the form of one of those mega spring cleans, where I was moving furniture, desks, rearranging, sorting and yes, chucking out heaps of stuff. So much crap accumulates over time and it's been awesome beating the place back into shape.

And also had my first IKEA experience, cruising through the different sections, utterly convinced that every little knicknack was just the thing I was looking for. Was totally impressed by it all and loved some of the minimalist type furniture. Nothing better than clean lines, straight edges and good old plain common sense.