18 Days To Go.

Like sand through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.

In our case, the sand has been replaced by tiny Velcro balls. Hours pass like days. Days pass like months. Months pass like ...  well, you get the idea.

And this is what we're counting down to:

There are only 18 more days to go before we set off on our 2 month epic to Thailand. Me, Wifie and the Sprog. 

It's not all breathless anticipation though. There's a lot that still needs to be done. Travelling with a 16-month-old means that we're having to prepare a lot more carefully than we normally would. And we've begun to acquire all sorts of unusual stuff, just for him.

Like this thing:

It's called the Travel Bug. It's what they call a pop-up cot. And it's most redeeming feature is that it weighs less than 4 kilograms. Which is very important, because I have to carry it.

It's quick to put up. Has a self-inflating mattress. A sleeping bag. It's mosquito-proof. And it's quick to take down. 

Not that we'll be leaving Thailand in a hurry.