One Week!

So I thought I would try keep a blog about my au pairing adventures over the next year. I tried to think of a more exciting name but I couldn't.

For those of you that aren't up to date with my life. I'm off to the big old US of A to au pair for a family (twin girls aged 9)  in Scottsdale, Arizona for a year. I've skyped the family once and I have sent a few emails to them. Other than that I have no idea what I have signed myself up for.

But I go in a week today which is even more scary as I feel like I've got a lot to do. Here's a list...

1.  I've got to pack. I've got one bag to put all the stuff that I may need for a year and its got to weigh under 23kg (50ibs).
2. Catch up and see friends and family that I won't see for a while.
3. Eat all the cadbury's chocolate I can (without making myself sick).
4. Eat any other food that I may miss.
5. Make sure I have any important documents that I may need.
6. Read through all the information that I need to and make sure I've done everything I need to do.
7. Treat myself to a new ipod as I've got loads of Tesco clubcard vouchers so why not. The vouchers would only go out of date if not.
8. Sort out the hot mess that is my bedroom from after camp.

I tried to think of ten things that I needed to do but I only got to 8.......

So next Monday I fly out to Washington DC, I have orientation there for 4 days and then on Thursday I fly to Phoenix, to start my adventure.