Panic? Me? Of course! It’s only 5 days now till we board the QM2 and head off into the sunset. The ship leaves at 6pm on Tuesday 18th July and I have got to admit I am absolutely in a state of bewilderment!

The actual realization that I am lifting up my whole life in the UK and heading for a new one in the USA has finally started to hit home. Its little things you know, like seeing a trailer for a television program due to be shown on the 20th July…. I know I won’t ever get to see it! Weird, very weird.

At this moment in time, we are still awaiting my passport to be delivered from the US Embassy in London; a slight cock-up with my medical records has caused a 2 week delay and the stress of not having the thing in my grubby hands is getting both myself and Robbi in a bit of a mess at the moment. We know they are working on it, they told us they are, but you cannot help thinking the worst in situations like this.

Denny, Charlie and Munchkin now have their Pet Passports issued. The final visit to the vet is on Monday morning for their obligatory Heart Worm and Tick treatments, a minor issue, but it means they can have that final stamp in their passports which means they will be good to go.

Richard