7 days...

Our last day in Milton Keynes, saying 'see you soon' to Domino was much harder than we had thought. Myra and Rog' are all trained up on Skype…so these last few days in the UK, texting is banned so we can get used to Skype!

We also had a little farewell gathering in London last night, an eclectic mix of our favourite friends, some  of them who are visitors to this country won't be here when we get back so were already planning a trip to Australia! Monty the Koala was introduced to the family too!

9 days...

Our Final classes at MTPAS, performances of everyones solo's see you all soon…

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Remembering 9/11

10 years ago, getting off my school bus, the bus driver says to the 6th former in front of me 'Have you heard the terrible news'. I had no idea. Until I'd walked home, gone into the house and saw the hell unfold in front of me.

Reading stories and seeing documentaries always haunt me, I get choked up hearing peoples accounts, their bravery, the incredible unity, amazes me.

Today, marks two weeks to go for us and a massive change, and marking 10 years since a changed America.

One of my first sight seeing trips will be the memorial at Ground Zero, along with the 2,753 empty chairs in Bryant Park.

Paperwork arrival

Our Orientation week information has arrived and our first appointment with directors, October 3rd marks the start of our course and our 'freshers' week as an ISVP student. A few assessment classes, some meet-greets and a self defence class…!

Exciting times,
Class at 8am again will take some getting used to but sunrise over NY…that will be easy to get used to!

Out of the taxi window...

DSCF4517, a photo by Broadway Adventure on Flickr.

Last year's final photo from the trip...just a test setting up our Flikr account.

Counting down the days,

The 'one month to go' countdown has begun, drawers are being sorted, the charity shop is being mobbed with black bags and we are now getting excited but apprehensive too.

It's very sad leaving our life in London, we've stabilised work, money, friends and a routine, and now we're about to shake that all up again. As a skeptic, Rosina know's, she will only be happy once we get there, so currently worrying about every little technicality. Luckily Sam on the other hand is so laid back he is neutralising the stress of the situation!

Both outgoing and incoming flights are now booked arriving back from LAX on the Thursday of MTPAS show week...of course! At least the checklist is getting shorted, visa's have been granted, massive suitcases are bought, insurance has been confirmed, contact lenses have been ordered and American bank cards have been organised.

Spoke far too soon!

Since the last post its been exceedingly hectic! Living arrangements changed drastically and over the last week we have secured our own one bedroom apartment through the lovely real estate broker Nicholas @ NYHabitat albeit the 400 emails during the process! Attempting to find a fax machine on a day trip to Brighton in order to grab it while it was hot, definitely was a highlight! A big thankyou also goes out to Andy Green for viewing the place for us!
We really had forgot how expensive moving into a new place was, security deposit, broker fee, one month in advance along with the dollar changing everyday, but then I guess thats that sorted now.
Have to call the Embassy tomorrow and book an interview for our visa…of course this won't be easy, this trip seems like everything and everyone is out trying to stop it happening! The flights for example, decided that our Middle names like they asked needed to be part of forenames, so we had to cancel those and redo! Of course if we had a boring, calm, stay in one place life this would be a walk in the park, but the fact we move around and are never in the same place for very long its proved difficult…thank-goodness for 3G and the 'iPhone'!

In the mean time emotions are flying, I know I will be much calmer when the apartments gone through and the visa is with my passport ready to go, the uncertainty is stressing me out big time! Of course Sam seems calm as usual!

Now we have an address though, the fun has begun with google maps, finding the nearest Supermarket for example! I must say i'm rather excited to go to C-Town and PathMark!

Back to the solos now, 36 more to go!