Operation: Stuff It In! (Version 2.0)

Just two days left now and “Operation: Stuff It In (Version 2.0)” has officially begun. I thought I should start early and get it done as I suspect Friday will be somewhat hectic. A lot has happened since my last post, I was considering posting earlier but thought it best to wait and write everything in one post.

Let's see... where to begin... Oh, exams are over. If you don't remember, I had been extremely unlucky with my timetable and had 4 exams within the space of 4 days. That may not seem so bad, but these exams went for more than 3 hours each day and by the time I got home (remember, 1 hour travel time to get to uni), I was so exhausted to the point that I couldn't even concentrate for the next exam. My brain felt like it was about to explode, but thankfully, I got it together and managed to put in a huge effort and come out of those four days somewhat unscathed. I think overall, the exams went well. Pretty sure I nailed 3 out of the 4 exams, the other one, i'm relying more on luck than anything else really. Anyways, enough about exams. Let's get to the serious stuff shall we...

Like I said, i've slowly started to pack. When I say slowly, I mean that I haven’t really done anything apart from decide upon what i'm taking and getting organized. I decided that I should tidy my room up a bit first before I get packing properly. I'll need to do a supermarket run to get a few more things, but apart from that i'm pretty much set. It's just a matter of stuffing it all in the backpack, which doesn't sound all that hard but apparently, there's a special way of doing it. I need to drive round Chris's house and pick a few things up for him that I need to bring over, so i'm hoping to get some advice from Matt whilst i'm there as he was the one who helped Chris pack his stuff.

We booked our Eurostar tickets (after slight complications) and we'll be departing London on the 1st of December in the wee hours of the morning (by "wee", I mean we're waking up at like 3am). The hostel in Paris is booked too. Apparently it's a decent hostel, right next to the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower. So as far as Paris goes, we're pretty much ready. I managed to get hold of a decent Europe guide book too, different to the Lonely Planet one that Chris has. This way, we can compare notes before making certain decisions. I'm saving that for the plane trip as it's almost impossible for me to get any sleep on the plane.

Friday's going to be real crazy. I am probably going to do most of my packing then ie. Actually "stuffing" it all in, but that and Stephen's organized a nice little get-together in the evening at Terry's house (which btw, is the best house for parties), so that should be a nice little farewell thing.

I'll update when I can.

Cheers.

Rishi.