Oooh I love the Holidays!!

The holidays are here!! In fact they arrived on Friday night but in true style, I have been too busy enjoying myself to sit down in fron t of my laptop and blog about them!

I have loads to get done this holiday and a jobs list that is almost an A4 page long already!  Oh dear....

But, the holidays started very well indeed with a few days away in Stratford-upon-Avon.  I was very lucky as the weather was glorious all weekend, so much so that I discovered I was going a little pink sitting in the sunshine with a glass of wine (pinkness caused by sun exposure, not alcohol consumption, trust me!!) Day 2 saw me visiting some glorious places in the Cotswolds, like Bourton-on-the-Water.  What a stunning place, especially when basked in Spring sunshine! 

But, it's not all fun and no work.  It's only just over 4 months until I fly out to Qatar and I have lots to plan and prepare.  The biggest thing in my mind at the moment is making sure that I am packing the right things to take with me.  How much should I be packing?  Do I need all my books?  Do I want all of my books with me?  What stuff should I charity shop/sell on Ebay?  Do I keep or sell my motorbike?  What clothes do I want to pack and what ones do I want to take with me on the flight?  What is the weight limit and how much does that actually equate to?  The questions that are going through my brain are seemingly endless but all need tackling while I am off as trying to get this stuff sorted when I am at school is quite tricky as there are not enough hours in the day. 

Sunday is going to be a fun day though - I am meeting up with some of the people that are also flying out to start at Al Khor with me.  It will be great to put some faces to names and have a chat with everyone as I am sure that we all have lots of the same questions going through our heads.

I have also started to learn Arabic using a Rosetta Stone programme and I really want to try and find the time during the holidays to get some more vocabulary into my head.  Although I realise that English will get me what I want in Qatar, learning a new language for me is a lot of fun and I relish the challenge to be able to speak something that sounds so foreign to me compared to languages such as French and German.

What do you like to do with your holidays?  What challenges are you setting yourself?