Good Vibrations

One week since I handed in my notice. A maximum of three weeks to go till no more day job. No news from the mortgage company. I'd like to hear something from them. Still - steady hand. All is ready for updating the house once I have more time. Should have it done pretty quickly once I have more time.

Meanwhile I'm having an incredibly good time in work. It's the outpouring of well wishing I'm getting. It is incredibly nice. No towards the end I'm feeling more motivated than I have done for a long time. I like this feeling; achieving this is part of the goal of the Grande Tour.

My gut is giving my a very smug feeling. My head tells me there is a lot more work, trials and tribulations to go through before I take to the air - and I guess that's when it gets really interesting.

So far though only good things are coming from my act of faith.

One last note - I'm testing out the blogging tool Ecto - instant review - this could be the blogging tool to use.

Act of faith - discovery of me

Something very strange happened today. I made the decision to server my notice with my employer. In past blogs I may have suggest stress or said little great about work. But today my situation was illuminated in a whole new light. My problems are my own. Any frustrations come from my interaction with things. But the real problem is an holistic work. The balance in my life is out of order that leads to frustration that leads to stress and that leads to BAD THINGS.

What I need is the trip as that will sort out my feelings, ambitions and talents. What I don't need is to wait for it to happen. I need to more proactive and I am not well enough for that whilst trying to work, create art and be with the people in my life.

So I have taken the leap of initiating having to make the trip work. True all the financials are in the pipeline and it hopefully isn't much of a risk; but by doing so.... I am myself. I feel a little wholer. Fractionally more complete.

I've also just finished watching the "Long Way Round" (London to New York via Europe and Russia on Motorbikes). The thought from Ewan McGregor at the end is the biggest reason for not doing is worry and not believing. I think that is a big part of my malaise. I'm ready to do, I need to do, I need the risks and the chance. I can never be truly happy unless fully pushed.

Well it is time to make the big thing happen.

Time to work hard and act on faith.

Time to really find myself.

This will be Walkabout by Jet Plane and Photograph

Welcome to the 21st Century. It's going to be a whole let better for a guy like me.

A nothing to say night?

It's odd, but I feel that I need to update this. Yet at first I felt that I had nothing to say. Nothing but a will to talk.
Of course nothing has not happened.

I've set up a competition with Holly over at Arts Epiphany to look for logo Artwork for the Grand Tour amongst the Artists in that community. I have very high hopes that something very interesting will turn up.
I'm being frustrated by own health. I've had a strange flu bug for a few days that's caused me to sleep a lot. A lot of time has been lost to sudden sleep since the end of last week. I hope I'm at the end of it.

More good news is that I've successfully started my pre-trip ebay sales drive. That feels good

This is a boring post. I'm not all that inspired right now.

Yet very confident about the trip.

I just want to give you more news

Blessed iBook

I received my first tangible equipment for the trip on the weekend. A brand new 12” iBook and a Crumbler equipment bag. It’s all so cool. The laptop is fantastic. It’s the first Mac I’ve ever owned and I’ve gotta say that Panther is a fantastic operating system. I know how nerdy this sounds but the user interface is beautiful and so easy to use. As for setting it up - aside one minor problem wtih ipv6 addressing the setup of the new machien was the easiest I’ve ever done. I’ve just run all the updates on the OS and now I’m starting my data and application load. I should be running 100% on this Mac in a few weeks time.

With hard currency spent and gear in my large paws the Grand Tour is starting to feel more and more of a hard reality.

It's my Birthday

Jan 6. 12th Night or Epiphany if you're a Christian - it's my birthday. I'm at the age when the next figure is unimpressively round and large enough to make a fuss about. (not quite 40).
When I was younger I didn't think that at this point my life would be that chaotic at this point. On the other hand getting here has been an impressively interestingly. I may whinge - but that's on the whole I've not done everything I've wanted - but I've done has been interesting.

And is going to get more interesting.

Big Trip News

I've decided to rent my house and the mortgage changes have been requested today. If they get approval then it will be game on and up and up and away very soon!

The trip has a name. It will be called Grand Tour. There will be a website with a number of roles. One will be to make this site more accessible; another will be use the trip to raise money for several charities - more on how I'm going to achieve this to be announced soon. Right know I'm in discussion with some charity reps on what we need to do. So stand by for another announcement.

There could well be more than one blog - to handle different aspects of the trip - again all handled through the website.

Oh and I've decided on the computer to work on for the trip - a 12 inch ibook. Man do I love Macs. Despite my admiration for the Mac - this will be the first one I actually own.

I feel genuinely nervous and excited