Update for Sunday....

Like I said in my previous post, I'm in the middle of Stocktaking at work, so VERY early mornings and long shifts are not conducive to stitching much, but I am thrilled to say that I am over a quarter of the way there!

Stocktaking is....getting there. Had my 5am start on Friday (well, 7am start, but that means getting up at 5) and got my next 5am wake-up next Friday. 7am to 5:30pm.... That's a long shift! And I'm in at 9am next Saturday, too. Never mind, it's halfway over!

Been doing a few projects today - a peg bag and a cover for my mum's kitchenette. Made me realise how much I missed getting my sewing machine down! I'm also preparing for Africa......wait till you hear this....

I think I might have mentioned the fact that I needed to replace my Yellow Fever certificate - got the jab last year, put the yellow booklet somewhere safe....and promptly lost it! Anyway, I went to Superdrug (for the non-Brits, it's a pharmacy that also has a nurse attached, and they can give shots like yellow fever and prescribe malaria tablets etc.) and the nurse said I had to contact a company called CityDoc who keep the patient records. I would need to pay to get my patient records sent to me, then Superdrug could give me a replacement (which would also incur a charge....)

So, called up CityDoc at the beginning of the week, answered all the questions (name, date of birth, what I needed, etc) and then paid them. I asked for it to be sent by both email and snail mail. I'm pleased I asked for it to be sent by post, since I never got the email. And no wonder. When all my information arrived in the mail, (given that I gave all my details to the girl at least five times) my surname had magically changed from White to Smith. How the blue blazes do you go from White to Smith?!  Anyway, Superdrug were great. They did my certificate then and there, and didn't charge me for it!

Malaria tablets are also here, and I've had a fun three days trying to remember to take them to test for allergies before I go! No problems there, though, so all good to go!  Going to get my currency in a few weeks (not having hundreds of pounds in foreign currency lying about the house for eight weeks!!) and working out what clothes to take.