Double booking

Thank God, it's all done at last - our flight to Australia is finally booked for the evening of 3rd October (my birthday), together with the internal flights. So the itinerary will be as follows:

Arrive Melbourne early 5th Oct
Fly to Sydney 12th Oct
Fly to Townsville QLD 14th Oct
Fly to Darwin 21st Oct
Depart for home 25th Oct

It's only cost £5680 for four people. ONLY! John and I are taking my parents this time (we were previously there in 1994) but of course, it will be the holiday of a lifetime for them and for my Mum, extra special because she will get to see her beloved brother. It will be lovely to see family and John also has 'rellies' in Melbourne and Townsville. We have a rough idea of what we'll be doing but organising the car hire and accommodation still has to be done. Matt (my cousin) and his girlfriend Suzie intend to travel around with us but they now have the difficult task of trying to get the same internal flights as we've booked. Fingers crossed, otherwise it could get messy.

The other booking I've managed to secure at last is the venue for my 40th birthday party. It was looking desperate as everywhere I enquired was not free on either 20th or 27th September.
If I couldn't get anywhere a week or two before my birthday (as I'll be on the plane on the 3rd October) I was starting to think about having it in November which would have been a bit silly. However, the good news is that Westcliff Rugby Club was free on 27th September so I can relax a bit for now. The hard bit will be getting the room all decked out before the party as we can only get in there at 6pm. We still have all our old disco equipment so we'll use that; we just need someone to do it for us so that John is able to mingle, and we hope that our old mate Keith will do the honours (must contact him soon!) I plan to do the buffet myself - or at least rope a few people in to help. It'll be a nightmare storing everything in fridges beforehand and then getting it there but we'll think of something. I will be a wreck leading up to it but hopefully it will be a success - I'm especially looking forward to the fancy dress part of it!

Gosh - almost 40. I can't believe it, surely that's not right? I still think like a teenager and act like a 6 year old! lol