I love this quote - it makes life seem more like a journey and an adventure. I have just two short hours until my taxi comes to transport me to Heathrow. My two bags (guess-timate weight is 45kg) are both parked at the front door waiting to whisked away on yet another this great adventure - although, given the weight, the more appropriate term would, in fact, be 'lugged'..! I have a number of different emotions and thoughts going around in my head - nerves, excitement, standing on the cusp of the known and the unknown... Soon this journey will 'formally' begin... and I can't wait..!!
Before leaving to say a few "Thank You's" that are long overdue..
Thank you to my amazing friends - for your many emails, calls and for the 'bon voyage' party. Thanks for your kindness and for making me laugh during those moments when I needed to most and for listening and for picking up so many thing for me while I am away. You guys are the best and I really really can't wait to have a drink with you all in the pub in June…!
Thank you to the teachers - Mr. Blackshaw, Mr. Willis, and Mr. Carling - and students from Ridgetown District High School, Sevenoaks School and Future Hope School respectively. I'm really excited to be working with you on this project and will do my best to keep in touch and keep you posted. I think you'll be keeping me quite busy but your enthusiasm and sense of adventure will undoubtably give me strength and determination.
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| Mini Everst'10 team reunion in Jan |
Thank you to my family - for your patience and for the spirit of adventure that I am certain that I inherited from you.... although there is some argument which side of the family it actually came from..! My 94-year old grandmother said the other day that had she been 60 years younger she would have joined me. I can't believe how understanding you are every time I get one of these crazy ideas into my head. I know how much you worry about me but, in the same breath, how much you totally stand behind and support everything that I do. I promise, promise, promise to do my very best to come back in one piece and that my next adventure will involve butterfly collecting or basket weaving.
Thank you to Pricewaterhouse Coopers - particularly PwC Consulting, for letting me take the 2.5 months off and to my colleagues for putting up with my stories and worries and random outbursts on a regular basis. In the same breath, thank you to the amazing project team that I've been working with - best of luck with the project over the coming few months - am sure that it will go fantastic..! I will miss the giant gantt chart, comms plans and project meetings. I will also miss the kick-fit sessions in the gym...! Thank you so much for your support, encouragement and for putting up with me - especially in the last month when my 'hypoxic' state was affecting my short-term memory...
Thank you to the organisations and individuals who have supported me - Chucs Dive and Mountain Shop, Planet Dacha, Maximuscle, the Sisterhood, The Altitude Centre, BodyWorksWest.
A final humungous thank you to all of you who have kindly contributed to my chosen charities - Breast Cancer Care, The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and Future Hope. I very much appreciate all of the support that you have shown to these tremendously worthwhile causes.
On that note, I'd best log off here... My next entry will be from the city of organised chaos, Kathmandu!
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| Pre-departure Pep-talk in Chiswick |
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