Years of debate, planning and preparation has gone into our much anticipated move to Scotland. We set dates and put them off, but now as the day approaches for our settled date, a gigantic dust cloud looms over our plans. Yes I am talking about the dreaded Eyjafjallajokull (that volcano in Iceland nobody seems to be able to pronounce, in fact the name looks like something my kids typed up on the computer just to be funny). Air travel has recently started back up again, but will that still be the case two weeks from now?
Our worries a few weeks ago were about what to do with all our belongings, we have settled our overweight baggage woes by sending a bunch of our stuff on the slow boat (we're still wondering if our packages will make it there)...... but now we're worried about something we never thought of before, a volcano!
By the way, the picture above was taken by someone my father-in-law knows in Iceland, pretty isn't it?
So anyway, my husband was tracking the volcano's progress on his blackberry almost every hour, on three or four different newspaper websites from both Canada and Scotland. Recently he gave up his beloved blackberry (it wasn't really a voluntary giving up, it wouldn't work on a Scottish plan anyway) and he's now suddenly lost when it comes to information while we're on the go (like on an excursion to the grocery store). Who knows what will happen to air travel while we browse the fresh produce department. Okay, so maybe I'm exaggerating a little but I too get a little worried about our sudden lack of information on the go (even though I'm really slow at even trying to get to work one of those things anyway).
I guess all there is to do is wait and see if there are any new volcanic activities that may potentially block our way.
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