Oh wow, I just thought to myself that I must do a countdown to Friday, starting at T minus 4…until I actually realised that there are only THREE days to go until I go to Cape Town. Actually, given I’ve to be in the airport at 05:30 on Friday, realistically there’s only 2 days to go! I have no idea where the time went, and I suddenly ended up with just three days to go until I left the country.

The past few weeks easily cut it as being amongst the most hectic I’ve ever had in my life, and also some of the most amazing and rewarding, and I know that next week is only going to top all that off. Over the past four weeks or so, I’ve been trying to prepare things for SA, arranging the quiz, making it happen, continue my fundraising, do interviews, get a new job, pack up my bags (after six and a half years!) in my old job, and literally pack my bags for SA. Ok ok, those of you who know me know that I’m so not going to start packing my bags before Thursday night, but, I’m at least starting to think about what I should and shouldn’t be bringing!

So, how do I feel now, three days before I go? Well, I’ve obviously had other things on my mind over the past few days with finishing up work. Now that they’ve cleared out of the way, it’s safe to say that I am genuinely excited about Builders Week, albeit slightly nervous. Why the nerves? Well, it’s somewhat of an unknown, I’m heading away to a building site 7000 miles away, for a week of labouring in 30 degrees of heat. I’m clearly not a builder. Yes, I’ve worked on a site in the past (many summers ago), but, this is still a big ask. I’m not 100% sure how this geek boy body is going to hold up to 8 hours a day of hard manual labour. The thought of hard work doesn’t phase me, it’s the though of not being physically able, and thus letting people down that I’m anxious about. I’m certainly going to give it all, I’m just not sure if my all is going to be enough.