T-minus 6 days and last day at work

I'm not sure the enormity of what we are about to do has sunk in yet.
It's 6 days until we board the flight heading for Ansan City, some 40Km slightly Sout East of Seoul, where we will be based. New culture, new language, new country - new everything!

Sue is the one I am worried for. Although she gets to be one of those "ladies who lunch", finding friends, meeting people and getting around on her own have been tough even in the UK, so I worry for her in foriegn parts. Thank goodness for such IT widgets like Skype and MSN messenger. I think these will be her lifeline back to the UK.

It's my last day at work, and it's a bit surreal - I'm still poring over the schedules, and worrying about the late jobs though the factory, but it is fair to say I have been taking a back seat over the past 2 weeks, and letting my two supervisors run with the ball, and given support when needed. I'm sure they will do good.

Good news! - the house has been rented out. The new tenant is moving in as from the 19th March, and we get to see some money flowing into our account. They want a long term rent, so we'll start out at 6 months and see how it goes. I hope they look after the house - they are already known to the agents, and they say they can vouch for them too.

Bad news! - the central heating is not working again. The fix didnt work. There appears to be some volts on the loose in the system somewhere, keeping the pump relay energised. This is supposed to switch off after a few minutes after the boiler demand ceases. It doesn't! British Gas are coming out on Monday to fix it at a fixed cost repair, regarless of how many parts or labour is involved. I pulled a sneaky here - I called them up, as we dont have a contract, and asked for a fixed cost repair, it was huge! I then asked for a low cost contract, and can I use it right away - they said yes! £2.00 each month by direct debit, and a much lower cost fixed price repair. Result! Lets hope they have all the necessary parts on board, or can get them before we leave on Thursday.

Offical moving day is Monday. All boxes and furniture is moving into storage then, with some help from our good friends Lorraine and Harry. They have a van we can use, and have been kind enough to offer their services - cheers guys!

We'll be booking rooms at the local inn, and spending the last few days tarting up the house, dabs of paint, cleaning and hoovering etc. I'll be sorry to leave it, as we had just completed all of our plans turning it into our home.

Oh well - no regrets! Opportunities ahead!