I received an email today notifying me that my visa application was successful. So I am now legally allowed to work in the United Kingdom for two years. Hip hip horray! It's not only good news as it means I won't have to pick fruit for money, but it means that I will actually be allowed to leave Australia. When you apply for a visa you have to send your passport off to Canberra. So I was stuck in Aus until it came back.
Of course, I could be speaking too soon. I know my application is successful, but I'm yet to see my passport with the little $300 sticker in it. So once it's here, I really will be able to breathe easy!
On another note, I've borrowed a set of scales to weigh everything that I am packing and/or sending home. Working to magic little numbers such as 20, 7 and 10 (kgs I am allowed for my checked luggage, hand luggage and sporting equipment/bike respectively) is actually quite tiring. The fun part is that when you put bags onto scales you can't actually see the reading so I have had to adopt an interesting method to make sure I won't be forking out for excess baggage:
I first weigh myself (erghhh so much pain so many times each day!) and then weigh myself carrying each bag. I then subtract my weight from my weight with the bag and ta da! I have the weight of each bag.
Such. A. Mission! But worth it to save the moolah.
Everything is pretty much all set to go, the car is sold and all of the excess clothes have gone to the Salvation Army. 7 rubbish bags have gone into the skip bin and I only have a few painting and a few bits and pieces to give to friends who are taking them off my hands.
T Minus 13 days until take off and counting! Eeeekk it's getting exciting!
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