One week from today . . .

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. . . we will probably be snoozing at Mum and Dad's house after our overnight plane trip. I've been counting this down for so long, it doesn't always seem real. One more week.

I got the rest of my UNF documents packed up yesterday. Steve popped them in the post this morning. I worked on my statement of purpose (aka letter of intent) for two days. I felt the original was too weak, and may have contributed to the no from UF, so I reworked the whole thing. I'm happy enough with it. I'm never completely happy with what I write, but this will do.

So now I have to get into trip mode, but Alicia's bridal shower is tomorrow, so I also need to be in bridesmaid mode. It makes for a hectic brain. I'm going to craft a to-do list, so I leave nothing unfinished before I leave.

One of my plans for England is a visit to the Lancashire Records Office in Preston. It's the county archive. I'm really excited about seeing what it has preserved. I did a lot of work on Steve's family tree a couple of years ago, and got about as far as I could from here. I'm hoping to get furthr at the LRO. Plus, I'm hoping to find inspiration for my master's thesis. I want to do something based in Preston.

All the LRO thoughts brought me back to the family tree early this morning when I couldn't sleep. I have software that does a nice job of presenting my research online, but it's not very user-friendly. And Steve never gets around to doing any of the website projects, so I'm stuck. The pages quit working right ages ago, so I've had them offline. I really want to get the info back up there, along with the plethora of older photos I possess. So I got to hunting for alternatives last night. I have found one I like, but I can't customize its appearance. But I think that will be okay. I won't be able to get it online before the trip. The data entry alone will take quite awhile, but I'm going to keep hunting to make sure nothing else out there works as well.

That's about it for now.

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