...No turning back!!!

We're officially no longer in 'the OC' - we turned in our apartment keys earlier today and have brought all our luggage to Jamil's place(Jaffer's brother) - practically all that we own is in 4 suitcases, 2 carry ons, and my purse and Jaffer's laptop bag!!! We'll be here for 2 nites and then we leave for London to break our journey before our destination...

We had quite a hectic day today, though we kept saying that all is done and there isn't much left - there was A LOT of last minute sorting out to do...there was no 'oh we don't need to take this let's just leave it for now' we had to clear out EVERYTHING - crazy...i think it's definitely starting to hit me now, especially once i saw our empty apartment and handed over our keys.

The weekend will be a hectic one, we've been invited out for breakfast tomorrow and then have a mosque event to attend at nite...i'm looking forward to that as we'll get to see everyone and get to say our good-byes...i'm hoping there are no waterworks lol as i dont know if i can handle that...though we'll be back every summer and it's not a permanent move, it's still a HUGE change! We're also invited for breakfast on Sunday, the day we leave...it's been really amazing how supportive our community has been. I haven't had to cook for almost a month lol shouldn't get too used to it eh i suppose? I'm sure it'll be quite an experience cooking over there, i'm taking some spices as suggested by a few people, just to make sure i can make Jaffer his bhiryani ;)

All has worked out well so far as i'm sure u've read cos we've mentioned it several times :) ...and iA all will continue to work out well...we just have a little bit of drama with our luggage...we have 2 bags that we know will be over weight...we did a lot and i mean a lot of investigation (thanks to our lunch hosts yesterday who gave us access to their phone and internet lol ;)) we found out how much it will be for over weight bags - and surprisingly enough its not that expensive. However, since we break our journey in London - we're going to run into a snag cos we change to a different airline and they are not nearly as flexible as our first airline. Anywho we'll just have to hope for the best - don't worry, we'll be sure to update you all!