Almost ready!

In just over 18 hours I will be boarding the plane to my first leg of this once in a life time trip.
Yet, I still haven't finished packing completely! Really dont know how I'm going to get it all done on time, even though it's just a couple of small things left. I still need to find the room yo fit it all in!
More importantly, I have still yet to get everything sorted with Monash for the later legs of my trip!
I probably should have tried to do more of it yesterday, but my amazing friends both from uni and work gave me the best farewell ever! They knew my avoidance of making a big deal out of everything, so it was something simple, nothing said explicit. Yet, we all knew it would be months until I saw them again.
So now, once I finish what could possibly be my last shift ever at IKEA, it will be nothing, but a hectic tornado of rushing. Even so, I have no doubt in my mind that I will find a way to get everything sorted. Even if it means I won't get to sleep until after I get on my plane.

Seriously.

Okay, so I've put up a couple of random post here, that lead to nothing despite my ambitions. But this time, when I say I'm going to put up regular post, I damn well mean it.
What's my sudden motivation you ask?
The simple necessity to write down the every detail of what could quite possibly be the biggest, longest trip of my life.
This time next week, I will be on a plane to London, United Kingdom, stopover Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, to start an adventure that will journey on until at leas the end of July 2013. That's right kiddo's, you didn't hear wrong that's a trip of very nearly 10 months!
And quite honestly, I'm a little surprised to say, that this time, I am actually starting to feel a little terrified as the date draws nearer. It's not the first time I've been overseas for a long period of time (last time being 9.25 months), but it is the first time I am actually funding it myself through my oh so very hard earned money!
It's also the only time I've been to so many places at once!
If all goes according to plan and my university approves of all the programs, I will be going to AT LEAST Warsaw and Olsztyn, Poland, Shanghai, China, Osaka and Kyoto Japan and Munster, Germany on top of my 2 day London stint.
I know. I know. It's a bit of a giant U-turn, but at least, this way I can split up my European travels into at least two clear sectors. north east, and west.
Will hopefully be able to add on to those countries, for the days in between my programs, but must finish planning ASAP.
So back to planning I go!