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So it’s now 3 days until we fly out to Australia, I finished all my jobs last week, so it’s been weird this week not having to manage my 4 jobs anymore, nor have I had to wake up early! Saying Goodbye the Karate Class I taught was hard, with the younger students getting upset over me leaving and asking me If i could get a clone for them haha! I’d like to thank all my jobs for the cards they got me and the presents I’ve also had a really good send off at the Weekend, seeing the last of some friends and family for 6 months, it’s always hard saying bye I guess, but I kept saying to them ‘I’ll be back before you know it’. I’m now spending this last week going over my documents everyday, going over what I’ve packed and checking if I’ve missed anything and also Ironing the contents inside, but most of all I’ve been seeing/ are going to be seeing family and friends and say my very very final goodbyes! Juggling this week around sorting everything out for Aus and seeing family and friends hasn’t been the easiest, but so far it’s going smoothly, especially with the input of my dad becoming my Launderette Service and also my Ironing service haha!! My family have been great making sure all my documents are correct and giving me hints of tiny things that might be useful to take, whilst also getting me some stuff. Even though I’m excited beyond belief for my GAP Year in Australia with Lattitude, it still doesn’t seem real! A young lad from the town I’m from, going to Australia on a GAP Year as a teaching assistant in an Aboriginal Boarding School? But I guess, it’s always been a dream of mine to do something like this, so I’d like to enforce to anyone out there looking at Volunteering or who has any dreams and ambitions, to go for it, you might find they’ll be times where it seems impossible and you might get a few knock backs, but as long as you remain true to yourself and determined, you WILL get there!