Ahhh yes phew. We all danced in a circle for a moment when the message came in that our US Visas were approved at last. We are going to America. Can start to frame it now, to think about packing etc.
Not that there’s much time to do all that. Messages on the WhatsApp group are all about luggage allowances at the moment. It’s gonna be cold in some states, warm in others. But this is not a standard tour. We have only got five weeks. Things are curtailed. There’s just no funding for stuff like this over there right now. Or anywhere. Last few times it was a ten week tour.
Still, off we go. Hooray.
I’m still loving the room and still knackered when I get out of it. I got home and had a hot bath. Early bed for sure. The cats aren’t on their usual food so they wake me up to have a moan about it. Misty was licking my beard at 5am today.
Brian and I hurled out Christmas. The tree was mostly desiccated. We hauled it down three flights and it is gone now. A coating of pine needles down the stairwell, but a mild allaying of the guilt of it since we were evidently not the first flat to do it. Twelfth Night innit. Our poor caretaker only just got out of hospital… We tried to pick up the worst of it.
I’ve been building up to this for a while so it is weird to think of the reality of things now. This will go so quickly this job and then I’ll be back in London and back on the train looking for work. Hopefully will be able to get into something quickly. The myth of momentum in this industry… But it is true that work breeds work.
I’m bodily tired though. My back is talking to me.. Longevity is important in this mad game and that comes with self care and prevention. I’m gonna go beddie byes until either Boo hunts my foot or Misty gives me stinky kisses.
AlBarclay 