So now the pressure is really starting to build.

I have a Visa, got the job, got the buzz to get moving and now want it to begin. Flights are booked for November 3rd 2008, leaving party with work colleagues has come and gone.

Apart from having no vehicle, no where to live and really no clue how this is all going to pan out its all set!

Going for a couple of months to start with, home for Christmas, and hopefully my partner (Lorraine) and kids (Sarah and Sam) will follow later, we have three older children who have lives in the UK and will stay here. I have worked in the States frequently, took a short vacation in Chicago in April, but this is a BIG move, could be three years, could be for ever who knows?

But the feeling of real melancholy is strong, I will miss my partner and kids desperately in the first instance, hopefully that will resolve itself comparatively soon. But the older children and one beautiful grandchild, parents sisters and friends will be sooooo far away. I miss them all so much already, and I am still here.

Deep breath, move on.