23rd May 2000
What a morning! I was starting to think I'd never get there and POW! My VISA arrived and I have my flight booked! My official departure date is the 31stof May 2000. Now I have a mad panic while I try and organise finishing off my work commitments and packing. Meanwhile Lucy has been busy looking for a place for us to live, she believes she has found somewhere and has put an application in. She will be visiting it again tonight to figure out what will be there and what we will need to buy (it's a furnished flat). She even managed to talk them down from £800 to £775 per month - every cent counts. Looks like everything is beginning to fall together - finally. My biggest worry now is finding a job. Planetel are going to allow me to do some project work and they suggested that it may be possible for me to work for them from the UK. I'm just waiting on their final ok. If this goes ahead theres not much that can bother me apart from being away from my family and friends for a year.