Time trundles on towards the Big day!!

Well everyone, how exciting is this and how clever am I?!! Instead of gazing zombified at Facebook having cold sweats at the thought of all I have to do over the next few weeks I decided to do something.....mmmmhhhh.....creative! So I have mastered setting up a blog. For those of you dont know whats happening in the life of Sara and I and why I should think that my life is an anyway special enough to need a blog, well, its not to abnormal at the moment but in just over 3 weeks our lives are set to change very dramatically. Because at 7.20am in New Years Eve she and I will be climbing the steps of a big plane to leave our beloved Irish shores for for the dusty heat, matoke and amazing people of Kampala Uganda for 2 years (ISH!!!) So our life I can guaruntee will become incredibly exciting and worth reading about....I hope.

Emotions are running extremely high as Sara and I prepare our life here for leaving behind for a while and I have to be honest and say that I never imagined that certain aspects would be so so difficult and even painful. Its strange because we are so looking forward to the life, challenges and experiences that await our arrival and we have a real sense of peace about what lies ahead, but it doesnt make the parting any easier and the wonderful friends and family who have been so instrumental in my sanity during my planning......and you know who you are!!! I will forever be so thankful to you and the support and love they have given us through the often painful panic but also enjoyed our excitement of planning. Oh yes and still waiting patiently for someone lovely to just arrive on our doorstep to rent our house!!

So for those of you who dont know the facts, I am going to be working as a midwife and nurse/ midwife tutor in the International Hospital in Kampala Uganda, under the representation of VSO
(Voluntary Services Overseas). Sara starts her new school in Rainbow International School in January but we are so looking forward to maintaining our already existing very priveleged relationships in Kiwoko Hospital and Kkalwe village, a little rural village in Luweero where I have very special friends which you will all indeed hear lots more about. So this is just a wee taster to set the scene. Watch this space for next installment of our chaotic departure plans! Anyone who can spare me a free hour at anytime just to help me get sorted with the house will be gratefully accepted.