posted on 03 January 2007 11:49
by
Ejc
packing up
Ooh err - we're suddenly in the last few weeks and what has been that talked about dream is suddenly a crashing reality – but it still all seems a bit hazy. Funny – I was chatting to my brother-in-law who moved to Australia a year or so back – and he said that the move to them didn’t actually seem real until they were actually in Australia, so perhaps what we’re felling is not so strange afterall.
We’re still working out what we really need to take and the list of things for sale on ebay keeps getting longer – still it may help us stay within our allotted cubic meterage for the removal van.
Middle sons’ vast collection of action figures still needs to find a secure home as none of his grandparents have room for boxes and boxes of the things – and we can’t take it with us – so it looks as though he’s need to invest in some storage space – which he’s not too pleased about. We have agreed that once the building work etc is done – if he’s not found another home we’ll take them – but he’s got so many they literally would almost fill a standard sized transit van – every spare chest / drawer at home at the moment + a load of storage boxes are full of them.
I start my new job on the 12th Feb – so will need to get the electricity and phone sorted out pronto as soon as we’re out there – and I’ll need another mobile phone as my current one will be returned to the company next Friday.
We’re also looking at our clothes – will hubby need the 8 business suits of varying sizes to dig the garden – and do I really need all my business suits – especially the size 10 ones that I haven’t gotten into in years. Then there are the things like Nigel’s GB tracksuit tatty and old – but an important memory and my wedding dress – we don’t need them, they’re not useful but are far too important to leave behind.
The cat has his passport, the chickens are going to their new home in the next week – so we can see them settled, just need to work out how long we can keep eggs before setting them, as we’ll need to collect a dozen before we leave to try incubating them..
Our youngest will be staying at his Grans while the actual move takes place just outside Dover – she’s a very young almost 70 year old and has just been called for jury service – which complicates things a bit – we did suggest that she try and get out of it – but she’s quite keen to serve, so assorted aunts and uncles will also be helping us out looking after him. One of us will have to drive back or take the train back to Calais to pick him up once we’re settled. We’re leaving the choosing of a school until we’re in residence. Must double check his passport which was sent off 2 weeks before Christmas – so hopefully that will arrive OK – if not he’s still on hubby’s and we will just have to have the passport itself sent on….. but we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it…… Oh well back to finishing things up here ….then our new year and new life can really start