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Greetings from Sunny Brixton
Well… we’re in.
Sunday arrived (as is its wont), and with the morning came the frantic packing of stuff and the inevitable realisation that however many boxes you have, you will always need precisely two more (it’s a law of the universe, I’m certain of it).
Sunday afternoon itself was, as you’d probably expect, fairly back-breaking work. and I don’t think I’ve ever sweated quite as much as I did as the move took place. (To be honest I’m surprised that at the end of Sunday my clothes didn’t leap into the laundry basket of their own accord.)
Of course, removing yourself from one place isn’t half as bad as installing yourself in another. The big decisions regarding what furniture goes where are fairly easy, but it’s the little bitty stuff that takes most of the time.
And of course all the best laid plans are usually stymied by something unexpected. When the new sofa and the new fridge-freezer arrived, for example, they did so simultaneously. The doorbell was rung by the bloke from Argos and so, when the wrapped up object was carried in we assumed it was the fridge we’d ordered from said firm.
But no, what we actually put in the corner of the kitchen turned out to be our nice red sofa, brought by the people from Tesco who slipped in whilst Argos bloke went back to his van after ringing the bell. Chris and I therefore had swap them round ourselves with much cursing, crushing of fingers and painfulness of feet.
And of course after said deliveries and unwrappings we couldn’t move for the polystyrene packaging which ended up in bits and covering the floor like a bouncy carpet of snow.
Still, it’s getting there slowly, thanks for asking. Currently I am more or less sorted in my own room, and I am now waiting for Chris to empty some of the remaining boxes from the living room so that there is a habitable area for visitors.
Or, perhaps more importantly, an area in which I can build the additional bookcases we will need. (As it turns out most of what we seem to have brought with us appears to be DVD shaped and there just isn’t enough shelving in the world for our collection.)
It’s tough at the moment, but once it’s all sorted it’ll be fabulous I can assure you.
Posted on July 6, 2007 | Filed Under My So-Called Life
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Response left by Emma on July 7th, 2007
Oh, I’m sure she’ll be fine… She was good in the Christmas Special after all.
Response left by Rob on July 9th, 2007
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Glad to hear the move went without too much of a hitch. Good work on the unpacking….I’ve been home from Uni nearly three weeks and there’s still two boxes and a rucksack left to unpack….pah.
In other news Catherine Tate as the new companion…..stroke of genius or Russell T what are you thinking?