Clock is Ticking

Life at the moment feels like a cross between Christmas Eve and your final school exam. Time is fast running out and there is still so much to do before we move but we are getting closer. This week has been the most expensive of my life. After paying the international removals, estate agents, housing lawyer, solicitor for pub sale, ticket to send cat to America, Flights to America and deposit on the rental house. Obviously next week will mean money coming in from the house and business sales will be nice when they appear in the bank account.

Luton cardroom threw a bit of a party for me on Wednesday. Im not one for attention so the low key night was just perfect for me. Plenty of familar faces had turned up and the casino even put on a breakfast buffet and a few free drinks at the bar. I even managed to turn a tidy profit on the night so all went well. Nina has been running Luton and ill def miss her when i go. I bet there isnt a more caring cardroom manager in the country than Nina right now. The efforts she puts in to make her customs happy are astounding. If only her bosses could give her the support she deserves.

The flights are all booked for Wed morning. I have upgraded us on Virgin and although im not sure its worth the additional money it will be a good way to start our new lives. My other reason for this is I hope Nancy sleeps on the flight. She doesnt normally sleep on the flight but as she will be more stressed than usual getting away from coach class will be a big help. The reason for the additional stress is that we are flying our cat over with us and Nancy is extremely worried about her health during the long flight. Virgin refused to allow us to fly her so she will be flying via Newark on Continental and arriving 8 hours behind us even though we drop her off an hour before we fly.

Tomorrow is our final day of normallity. We have been sorting through the house ready for the move we cant actually pack anything. Due to the insurance from the international removal company they have to come in and do it all. Its amazing the things that we have thrown away or given away. The amount of cluter that you pick up over the years is amazing. Ill be playing at Luton Sunday night before the removals start Monday morning at 8am. Monday they will be packing and Tuesday they will be clearing. I hvae closed down most of my accounts such as Sky, BT and the Gas and Electric. I have a couple more to do such as house insurance but im 90% ready for the move. Sleep in an empty house on Tuesday night and then off to Gatwick bright and early to start off an new lives. The weather forcast is 68 degrees and sunny in Vegas for Wednesday. Not a bad way to start. Our first day in Vegas is Valentines day so im sure we will be out somewhere nice for dinner to celebrate.

Its going to be strange leaving the UK. Im sure there will be lots of little things that I will miss. Im sure in the heart of the summer ill be crying out for just one day of rain. Without question ill be missing my favoured IRN BRU but i guess ill have Mountain Dew to compensate. I will proberly see as much football over there if not more but ill struggle to find the same banter about the game as i get at home. Its gonna take me a while to get used to driving on the wrong side of the road and im sure ill be converting everything i buy back into pounds but again with time this will fade.

I have a whole list of people who will be coming over to visit some poker players some friends. Im sure there will be plenty of people around in the summer during the WSOP and ill be back in a couple months to catch up with people. As of Monday i will be computerless and ill buy a new one out there so this will be my last blog entry for at least a week. I wasnt sure when i first started writing it if people would take an interest or if i would continue writing it after the first couple of entrees. Im glad I began this and my next post will be from Vegas in the new house.