We’re Alive!
Posted a quick entry to the Raodtrip forums at www.nodster.co.uk/roadtrip...Not much time left before we're kicked off now!
More to come when we're in NY and can hopefully find a cheap cafe...
Oh, please help Kate out with her english teaching questions too!
Up Up and Away
Well, it's just over 12 hours until my flight takes off. I'm pretty nervous, but I think everything is done and I'm just about ready. The bag is packed and there are only a couple of items to put into it tomorrow morning. All computer arrangements are taken care of, I hope.
This is the longest holiday I've ever been on, and by far the most ambitious. The sheer distances involved, along with all these places I only know from reputation, have me pretty scared, to be honest. I'm hoping it'll be cathartic; while I've been a bit better over the past couple of weeks there's still a huge Kate-shaped hole inside me, and it hurts to look into. I hope it'll ease over the next five weeks. Nod and I have so much planned! There shouldn't really be a dull moment. I will undoubtedly end up spending more than I intended 
I'm using a fair chunk of my savings to pay for this, but what the hell. These opportunities don't come up very often. I'm also reevaluating my aims and goals, and will probably be changing things drastically once I get back, so this is very much a turning point. I seem to spend way too much time wondering what I'll think of myself when I look back in the future. That's a dumb attitude. It even implies that it's impossible to second-guess myself, yet I do it anyway! I'm determined to live, not necessarily for the moment, but with less introspection and more extroversion. It should be great.
I'm back on October 11th - the itinerary can be found here. I hope to post the occasional blog entry, but I honestly can't say for sure. I'm much more likely to post on www.nodster.co.uk/roadtrip.
First stop: Boston. Boston's full of history: the American revolution started there. Harvard and MIT are nearby. It's meant to be beautiful. But do you know what I'm looking forward to most? Cheers
I'll see you all once I get back. Thanks for reading.
Changes (hopefully) Complete
Moving server took forever as my two web hosts had arguments over who was responsible for changing the name servers, but I think it's all resolved now. I've rebuilt the blog from scratch and re-imported all entries. The only thing I lost were two comments late last night by Ed - sorry about that.
Wandwaver.co.uk is resolving to the new servers here, at least. Hopefully there hasn't been too much disruption. I've moved from Netweaver to Web Mania, who seem to have excellent reviews. They also provide 600mb at £20/yr as opposed to 25mb at £35 a year! I can now put up all the photos I like without worrying. I've already noticed that the blog is blisteringly fast in comparison, which is a nice surprise.
Let me know if you notice any problems - I can't afford to spend any more time on it, there's lots of packing to do!
Hello!
Hey, thanks for coming! I'm Andrew, and this is where my headthinks come to breed. They often meander around humanism and photography, but they're flighty and you can't trust them, so anything is possible.
Do feel free to email me - I get lonely:
Your hair looks swish, by the way - have you done something new?
Recent Comments
- vicky: going up this weekend having done all the welsh peaks except 4 snowdon, cant wait
on Climbing Snowdon. - vicky: what, how can u live in the 21 c and say that, probably a sexist thing
on Climbing Snowdon. - vicky: da iawn laura, cant believe what im hearing, all this fuss, anyway love the site, and i agree, normal people who swear and curse clomb mountains cos we live in the...
on Climbing Snowdon. - Andrew: Did a few quick test shots to check the light levels, then balanced the camera on the arm of a bench, set it for a 20s exposure and hoped for the best
on ISS. - lynsey: Wow, how did you take that photograph?
on ISS.
