Last Rush to be Ready

All Trip preparation seems to have a plan shaped like one of those slides at the swimming pool, start gentle, get everything nicely planned, when to do things, so there is no rush. A week before, sat at the top of the slide, we see all below and everything seems to be running smoothly, but moving down, slowly at first, yes we have ticked off the things we need to do, a couple of days on and the feeling in your stomach is  more uncertain - there is too much to do to be ready in time.
All the time our departure is rushing up faster and faster and the list of jobs seems to get longer and longer. Things you planned for one day seem to need a bit more time.  As we approach our last day at home everything is whizzing by at White Rabbit speed. With the inevitability of the ticking clock, we will be sucked into the last drop of the slide, then be shot out over the water, where all is beyond our control to change (allegorical Atlantic), only to splash down in the bright, warm, clear water of our arrival in Florida , where we hope we can relax and float. Hopefully we will write again and describe the start of our travelling adventure when we have come back up for air.