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It's Thursday Septemer 16th, I'm sitting at home (writing this obviously) and the flat is looking emptier all the time. I finished work yesterday and Maz and I are almost ready to go. It's all a bit surreal and at the same time totally "normal". I am spending more time thinking about what I am leaving behind than what I have ahead so when I have a moment to realise in 6 days I'll be in Delhi again (after 11 years), its pretty mind blowing. I often find myself thinking about next week as any old week, I think this could be classified as denial, in fact I am sure it is. I have spent the day doing a few jobs, one of which was to take the whole contents of my old penny jar to the bank. I started to save my coppers when I was about 12 I think and with the last 7 years of Mazzer's input we cashed in 55 quid! It was a symbolic for me really, that jar has been dragged around from place to place for years. I felt a bit guilty seeing Maz counting it all up, its almost like it belonged there! That definately reflects how I am feeling at the moment, a bit philosophical and seeing the symbolism in everything. The little things that have become established during my life in England being dismantled, because its practical, seem sad. Last night was my last game for the mighty AFC Welshy, that was bizzarely normal to be honest (in that we lost!) but now I feel like I miss it already.

This blog is really about living in Belgium, but I thought I would try and use it as a travel blog over the next few months. This way I hope to get used to using it and by the time I get to Belgium I will be well into it. If you are reading this then I apologise for the intrapersonal nature of it but thats what this is all about isn't it?

So, this weekend we go to Belgium with our last load of stuff, back Monday to stay at Emma and Si's for a couple of days and hopefully to see a few peeps before we go. Then we fly on Wednesday 22nd.... India here we come.