Today has already been so emotional! I had prepared myself for saying goodbye to my family and my boyfriend and was already rather upset when my friends jumped me in Aberdeen airport! It was such a nice surprise but it pushed me over the edge and I don't think i've ever cried as much as I did saying goodbye to them...Then after that I cried even more having to say goodbye to my family and Jonathan..I feel so drained now haha. The flight to London went amazingly f...

Well the day has finally come..and it's reallly hard to believe that by 12 o'clock I will be on my first flight on my journey to South Africa. The past few weeks have been really hard, full of tearful goodbyes and extreme nerves but I am now all packed [although probably over the limit haha] and ready to leave for the airport. I feel so weird right now..a mixture of nerves, sadness, fear, excitment and just plain tiredness. I can't believe how fast time has cau...