Okay, I admit it. Even being able to sleep anywhere doesn't make you immune to the horrors of jetlag. (Yes Mum, I should have listened to you!).

I thought I had prepared well, not sleeping at all after 9am on Thursday. At 5.30am we loaded the luggage into the car and drove to Egham, at 6.30am the taxi picked us up and at about 7.15am I found out we were headed for SAN FRANCISCO!!!!!

Had a nightmare day today, preparing for the holiday with a very heavy cold :(. Tried to tell one of my credit card companies that I was going to be away, but they needed to know where I was going. They suggested that I wait for Grumpy to come home so that he could tell them.

This routine works for 2 companies (and both of the reps thought that Grumpy was lovely for organising the holiday - me still none the wiser thanks to being locked in the ensuite while Grumpy filled them in in the kitchen.