Preparations

16th January 2008

We cannot believe that it's only 12 days till we board the 'plane and fly to Orlando again. It's been a busy time since our return on 5th December. Our daughter, Helen, who lives with us, got her H2B visa which allows her to work in the USA. She only had 5 days after our return to get ready for her return to Breckenridge, Colorado, where she is working in the Day Care facility near the ski slopes. There was a lot to do - shopping, washing, packing, Christmas presents to organise etc. etc. Terry drove her down to Manchester in the early morning on Dec. 10th and made sure she got on the plane safely. She is really enjoying working there and has settled in very quickly. This is her second time as she worked there last winter too.
Getting ready for Christmas was a scramble - thank goodness we had brought quite a lot of things from the USA with us. Our eldest son, John-Paul, wife Andrea and granddaughter Emma spent Christmas with us. We were given the best of Christmas presents when we were told that we are expecting another grandchild this year. Lovely. Then Terry and I flew to see the New Year in with our second son, Andrew, wife Marie and our grandson Ben.
I, Sally, overdid things over the holiday period and ended up back in bed for over a week with a relapse of CFS/ME. I'm back on my feet but am having to be careful to rest much more than usual. Hope I survive the flight.
Terry has been his usual efficient self and booked everything for our journey - flight tickets, motel, hire car etc and has booked us into various campsites and music festivals. He's been in touch with our dealer who is doing warranty repairs to our trailer - still not completed, but we are hoping they finish before we pick it up. I've been sorting out insurance and things we need to take.
We are looking forward to our next trip, mainly because we hope to meet up with various lovely people we have met on previous trips. We are getting excited about hearing and playing more Bluegrass and are dying to get back to some sunshine after our dull skies and cold, damp/wet weather here in England.