Well, I guess this will be my last entry for now. Things have been hectic and I will be happy if it’s all over. Tomorrow evening I will hang out at the Irish pub with some of my friends and ex colleagues to say goodbye to them. In the morning I will have to help loading the van with all the stuff that has been collected and shoved in boxes also my mice are going over. We have four hours to arrange it all then AS. has to go. I won’t be coming along, I dislike boats and I don’t have a good memory of the last time when it was stormy weather and everyone was ill and puking, no fun! So I’d rather stay home…
We will be flying over on Monday evening but hopefully things will have settled at the airports. I really don’t feel like delays due to security checks etc. I had that once when I went to Seattle two months after the Twin Tower crash, but I could hardly call that security to be honest since I could easily sneak through the check points without having anything checked. Also; they served wine in glass bottles on the plane, I thought that was a bit funny in those circumstances.
Anyway, I feel that the current situation is nothing but an out of proportion mass hysteria once again. I won’t change my ways, I won’t give up traveling by plane just because there is some risk. There’s also a risk every day when you cross the street, isn’t it? So hopefully the madness will be over soon and things will be back to normal and hopefully we will be able to catch our flight since all were canceled by our airline yesterday and today.
I also have to announce that I became an aunt on the 9th. It doesn’t feel any different. I’m happy for my brother, he sent me some pictures today because I won’t have time to see them. DM. will come over tomorrow and help me out cleaning the house and filling holes in walls. I will stay at CH.’s place over the weekend and on Monday morning I will have to sign papers from the estate agent and hand over the keys.
In the afternoon I have to sign over the car to DM. and ER. and then we will have some hours to kill at the airport, if all goes well that is… Hopefully I will be back online on Tuesday! I will have to bring my Powerbook along with all my other stuff so I won’t be able to write till Monday evening or Tuesday. I feel like Siamese twins that needs to be separated from the other vital part… I will miss my computer. Yes I am addicted, I never said I wasn’t.
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We cleaned out so much today, took all the boxes and stuff from the storage to our place so it will be a piece of cake to get it in the van and move. I still have a lot to do though but we are making progress. A. wants me to take a radio course as soon as we get to the UK since we will be sailing in Croatia in 12 days. Jeez, time is flying because we only have one more week over here.
I have been practicing the alphabet with him last night, in bed. I couldn’t sleep so I have been spelling words instead… yeah I know… I’m still not sure if I should take the course or not, it’s like an exam and to be honest I don’t think I’m going to need it if he will get the exam then we’re fine. He’s just worried, I’m not. It’s also not exactly cheap so I think we’ll be fine if he would take the exam and not me. [I’m sure I will not remember the alphabet, I’m practicing: alpha, bravo, charlie, delta but it isn’t fluently]
Anyways, tomorrow will be another day of packing boxes and removing stuff, filling gaps in walls and camping out in our apartment. The vulture came over this evening because we had to discuss what he wants me to leave behind. I guess most of the stuff is going to be taken out; we will demolish the place so the estate agent will have a reason to complain. I won’t leave a thing here. Well just a few bits and pieces because it’s easier for us to leave it the way it is than having to remove it.
The guy was so kind to offer to take it out for us… Not sure if he will do it because he wasn’t willing to pay key money. Can’t really blame him though. I was slightly disappointed but A. said not to worry, living here saved him a lot of money anyway because of the cheap rent compared to what some expats are willing/having to pay for an apartment down town. I guess he’s right. I just have to accept things the way they are.
Tomorrow I will meet up with my neighbour who will get my sewing machine and some decorations. She asked me to meet up next week to have a coffee and say goodbye, not sure though if we have time to arrange that. Funny how people still want to see you before you leave, while I haven’t seen her for ages. It would be nice though to meet up for an hour or so and have coffee, we’ll see. Well I’d better go, there’s things to do but the list is getting shorter! Yehaaaaaaa.