and thats it.

Though technically I still have 2 work from home days before the holidays, today was my last official in office work day, and basically my last day working... I cleared off my desk, reset and formated my company provided laptop and ended my time at BUas.... There was a lovely little gathering of staff, a short but heartfelt speech from my friend and respected collegue Jacco and then a short soppy speech from me.. oh and whiskey..another botle to take to Thailand/ 

Followed by tears, hugs and handshakes...and warm feelings all round... it was a bit of a choaker...

Its all over now... apart from a very slight dangling thread of 2 days work from home which isn't really needed as students are winding down.. Im done.

I will hand in my company credit card, access card and laptop tomorrow, just before my final performance with Starrcase where I will attempt to play my best ever final gig...at the end of year party.

It was also my Birthday, and saying goodbye was sad, its not often my Birthdays are sad... but yeah... this was tough.

Oh and to top off the day I forgot to book parking for the rental van we are using to transport our crap to the local recycle depot.... expect an unpleasent parking fine in a few days...even though i won't be here. There goes my COA bonus....tempting as it is to not pay it, I better, to be safe.

We have a final inspection of the house by the agent on Friday morning followed by a trip to the Notaris in the afternoon, then.... we go to Amsterdam for 4 days to chill and get ready for our trip, we'll do a bit of christmas sightseeing, have a few nice meals and then head off on Tuesday.

I'm filled with a mix of emotions, sadness at leaving so many good friends behind, stress at the fact my website isn't fully updated yet to support my book, fear at the new start as well as excitement at that same new life.... and annoyance at the parking fine...grrr its a van, clearly being loaded and working...but that won't stop them....grrr

Never mind, soon, we will be home again, a new home, but home is where Jirawan and I make it, and we edge closer to that home. Christmas is going to be a bit warmer this year.

Ahthankyew