Friday, March 18, 2011

the penultimate UK blog - 2 Weeks to go!

Well, things are accelerating nicely - so much so that we can't keep up! Week began with a trip for Robin to get his final jabs for the trip - so he turned up Monday afternoon; used the computer setup at reception to log in and sat in the waiting room - for 45 minutes on a slow burn fuse. At that point I asked at reception if the travel nurse had taken a turn to the worse to discover that my appointment had been cancelled and that they had written to tell me. I pointed out that my mail was being forwarded and the letter had not arrived.! I then asked why the wonderful computer system could not have had a message on it other than "the  nurse knows you are here and you will be called when your appointment is due". Lot of red faces and mutterings went on from both sides. Went back Tuesday and managed to see the nurse that day.

Jane did her last Sams shift and on Tuesday went out with Jann to have lunch and a massage - very nice apparently! Have done some more emptying of stuff into the dump and a lot of time on the computer updating the travelling itinerary - discovered google maps is easy to use but not easy to edit - the trip round New Zealand should be very interesting. Jane foolishly agreed to do them for the Australian leg of the trip (he he). thursday  we popped and had lunch with one of her Aunts who has travelled the world and met a lot of very interesting people.
Meanwhile the Santander Credit Card saga goes on - robin applied for it many weeks ago and inbetween times robin moved in with Jane -this has thrown them into a tizzy and they cannot cope with a change of address. As a result, he phoned the application progress line - thats the line on which the person you speak to is unable to update  you with the progress of your application. She told him that they were awaiting documentation - "what documentation would that be?" he enquired " my screen doesnt tell me that" said the helpful assistant - "ok what documentation have you received so far" - "my screen doesnt tell methat "said the helpful assistant (no im not repeating myself - thats her job!) robin is going to contacted tomorrow! (a likely story)


Went to Reading today - someone agreed to buy Robins car (Yippee!) and he visited JMA in the afternoon. The Academy was just as bonkers as always, but it was lovely to see a lot of his old friends and make them all jealous!

Anyway we are off out for a bite to eat now - a final uk post will appear next week - hopefully more interesting than this one - stick with it and offer some comments

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