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Countdown

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Less than a month until I go and I am feeling sick in the pit of my stomach nearly constantly.  I don't want to be repetitive in each post and talk about the whole going away thing but the closer it gets the more I freak out, and it's quite cathartic to write it all down and hopefully I will read it back in a year's time and think - well, if I got through that I can get through anything!  I guess this is normal, especially for me - my poor mum's had to put up with my nervousness all my life and it's a shame I haven't grown out of it just yet.  I have a feeling this next month is going to be super hard and emotional so I apologise in advance to all my friends and family if I am in weird moods!! This is the month of 'lasts'!!!! Last week we went for our annual (and last! :-( ) meal with the old UBS mobilisation team.  We went to the Big Easy in Canary Wharf which I wouldn't recommend on the basis that the service wasn't that great, we had a two h

Swansea School Trip

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I just had a very bizarre, but fun, weekend away with a bunch of really random people, courtesy of meetup.com . MeetUp is a brilliant concept – it’s a website/app you sign up to with your facebook account (in an attempt to make sure you’re a real person) that suggests lots of different groups you can join, based on your likes and hobbies.  You name it, you’ll probably find a group for it – there’s singles groups, music groups, comedy groups, sport groups, even an orgasmic meditation group! Definitely something to suit everyone!!! I have used it previously when I was in Singapore where I found a badminton group, but I have never really used it in the UK. I joined an action adventure group and saw they were doing a weekend break in Swansea in November, for the bargain price of £149 which included 2 dinners, 2 lunches and 2 breakfasts, accommodation, 2 guided hikes and 3 yoga sessions – right up my street!  Sepha was also keen so we paid our money and drove down to The Mumbles on