Happy Independence Day! - without the scary aliens

Oh... my... God... I can't believe I'm going tomorrow. I am completely pooing my pants (or apparently will be when I get there - cheers for the advice Jonny!), not so much about the trip in general, just about the process of getting there! I hate flying SO much, and have never flown alone, let alone in a place where English isn't the first language and, let's face it, my Spanish language skills aren't fab (though now I can say a whole range of swear words, which I'm sure will be really useful!). I'll just keep telling myself "it'll be great when I arrive!" which I know it will be. Still doesn't stop the terror though!

Just thought I should say, thank you SOOOOOOOO much to everyone who helped me out with the fundraising! Today is really rather manic, but as soon as possible I will give a grand total and when I get back and have somewhere to actually live and all that stuff I'll do the draw for the (ton of) Smarties. Thanks especially to everyone at my mum's work, Anglo Office Group, who donated a massive bag full of money! And also big thank you to everyone who remembered to give back the tubes to me - there's probably about 20 still out there in people's drawers! Don't worry, when I get back you can still give the money to me and I'll send it back to the project in Peru! Ooh, and also thanks to Jon's family, Sally and David and Jess, for the donations, and cheers to Lindle for the tips - I'll try and hold a (simple!) conversation in Spanish with you when I get back! And also to all the other people who I can't list here, but love you all too! And the cheques are still coming in! Can't say it enough - thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!! But the biggest thanks of all go to Jon who's put up all of my "agh"ness and "eek"ness over the past couple of months, and has helped and advised me so much (and now has to help me pack!), thank you from the bottom of my heart, I'll miss you so much! XXXXX

Okay, better go finish packing... agh, it's all so overwhelming!