Only 3 hours before I begin my jouney!!!

Yup..yours truly is now counting down the hours before she takes the long trek, first by car, then by bus, then by plane, then automobile to get to her destination...approximate time it'll take..oh, about 13 hrs. Yeah..I guess I coulda taken a bus the whole way, but I wasn't too keen on going past Sudbury. My sis had to take that route a few times, and she said it blew chunks. As much as I dislike being thousands of feet up in the air I will bite the bullet. Oh yeah..did I mention I'm a white knuckle flyer? The first time I was on a plane and felt it leaving the ground, I had to cover my mouth with my hands to muffle the screams. Yeah..I have a prob with heights. And enclosed spaces...especially around holidays when I know it'll be packed. Sigh. Though a few other times I flew I was fortunate to be sitting next to seasoned air travellers who had the foresight to keep me distracted from that "left terra firma" feeling by talking to me. I should be ok tho. I really hate turbulence..and I really hate it when they descend too fast, cause the pain in my ears is so bad I want to cry.But I've taken precautions...One..I am bringing gum to chomp on..Two..I haven't slept in 2 days in anticipation of this trip so I'm thinking the minute I get into my seat and affix the belt snugly around my waist, I should be out like a light. Its become a ritual, or maybe its an annoying habit I've aquired thru the years that I never sleep the night before a long trip. Mostly I think its my procrastinating nature..I put stuff off til the last minute almost all the time. Though I must say that today there was a good reason why I just finished packing my suitcase an hour ago. Today I had to help Dad take the plants down and put all the gardening equipment away til next year. Then Dad decided to take the old van out of storage in one garage, and put it in the garage at the other house mom owns. Problem was..the van kept stalling out, cause of a dead battery and try as he might, with the help of a friend he couldn't juice it up enough to drive the damn thing to the new house which was on the other side of town. So they decided to use our truck to tow the van whilst it was in neutral, with me driving my Dads friends car behind them with my hazard lights flashing. Wow...I was soo scared, cause a couple of times going down a hill, the van almost smashed into the rear of the truck, cause aparantly the brakes had quit in the van too. Picture me, driving a Buick Le Sabre behind an F-150, towing a van which is helplessly swaying back and forth as we went thru turns. Then we couldn't make our turn because there were 3 cars approaching..so we all had to carry on past to the High School, then drive around the parking lot there to double back and get to the right turn off. We made it tho, then we had to push the van into the garage.After that was done, Dad decided we may as well get Moms antique table and multitude of chairs out of the basement of a family friends and take it to Moms new house and set it up. Heavy stuff..by the time I was done moving all this stuff, I had a few bruises and some seriously sore muscles. Yes I took Ibuprofen, but I'll have to take a few more in a bit..otherwise my back will have some serious pain. Then I worked til 8pm..finished my laundry and packing, and now am patiently waiting til its time to get a move on. Not too long now. Oh, by the way..Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Though I think in the States Thanksgiving falls on a different date, and I'm not sure what people in England do for that holiday either. I already had some turkey,but maybe I'll take a sandwich with me so I can fall asleep faster. At any rate, whether you're feasting on turkey to day or no, I hope its a wonderful day.
Keep in mind, Blog family, that I may not blog too much while on holiday, but I will try to blog when I can to keep you all up to snuff! Okay? Great..see ya later!