It has started....

... officially counting down now.. T minus 26

Noticeable only really by the feeling of stress that is building in me and the simple fact that the 'doing things for the last time in Scotland' are getting more frequent.

Made my last hairdresser appointment for Saturday 2nd of June which is also the last Saturday I make Johns mother her lunch (because she does it all the other weeks in the month except for the 1st Saturday of the month.. this family likes structure I tell you!)

It will be interesting to see how much of this structure I will keep.. for me.. my M.O. has always been doing things on the spur of the moment (I think I can honestly say my life was one big spur of the moment experience!).

It was REALLY strange for me to meet John who wouldn't do things because he felt like it at the time but for instance because it was a certain day of the week.

Many times I would say 'shall we have ' which he would love so much that after the last bite he would say 'that was great, shall we do that every Friday' (Or any day of the week it was on the moment we had that .

Of course he would never understand why I looked at him in strange disbelief because for me the whole object of junkfood is that you can use it like a joker, a trump card, to use on those moments you can't be bothered to be sensible but just want a quick fix. Planning junkfood is like terminus contradictus in my mind but I must say I have changed a lot in that area.

Holidays for instance.. for me that was always about waiting long enough for everything to be either full or too expensive so therefore just staying at home and live in and around the bed and kitchen, suited me fine-ish but there was always this niggle that I did want a holiday like other people seem to enjoy.

Well.. John has introduced me to the 'book your holiday 9 months in advance'. And of course, lets not forget, lets throw spur of the moment holidays out of the window completely and buy a house in Spain which is a nice warm place and then at least we know where to go to. :-)

Being a spur of the moment person I am also always game to try new things so I thought I would! And to my surprise.. it is fantastic to have an Excel spreadsheet John made which will show me exactly how many days to wait until our next holiday (109), it is great to know that we can travel light because everything we could possible want or need on our holiday destination is already there. Home away from home we call it and it is, I am sure we will love to use it as a rendez vous pied a terre and at least I KNOW what to do for my holidays because basically, all I ever wanted from a holiday is read books and books and books and get wet in the pool, burn to blisters on getting out and have fun with any neighbours that are around drinking endless glasses of red wine. No problems with having to wait what sort of neighbours you're going to get in your rented apartment, no worries if the place will be littered with cockroaches or the pool will be closed or not being able to find it. And cheap.. did you know that if you book your flights early enough you can fly so much cheaper? And not only that, since you pay it in February and only go in September, by that time you will have completely forgotten about the money you paid for the holiday. Brilliant..

It has taught me that instant gratification is not always a good thing...

Reminds me of this test...

4 year olds are confronted with a marshmellow and told that if they wait with eating it for 5 minutes that they will get 2. It is amazing how many 4 year olds can't wait that enormous amount of time and scoff the thing immediately.

And now of course you expect me to say that I could now easily wait those 5 minutes to get the 2 marshmellows?

Well.. sorry.. holidays ok, but food? That marshmellow would be only in my mouth long enough to say FIVE!! minutes ???????!!!!!