30th November 2006
Finally! Our non-urgent luggage has arrived! Ah well, better than nothing, I suppose.
Somehow a large lorry reversed up the very narrow lane to our house and a large gang of men unloaded the boxes. They were all prepared to unpack it all for us too, but I wanted to do it myself.
It was like having an early Christmas, discovering things we hadn’t seen for so long. English tea! Green and Black’s chocolate!! How clever I was to remember to pack those.
Soon, the house was a complete tip. We set about filling shelves and cabinets and wondering, once again, why had we packed all these random items? Why on earth had I bought a box of old pens? Why hadn’t we left more of Rhiannon’s toys behind? She hadn’t missed them and we could have taken the opportunity to pass them on.
I wonder when our "urgent" luggage will get here? Christmas presents, my PC, our winter clothes and so on?
Eventually we found a home for everything and a very kind person gave us their old TV. So, for the first time, we were able to connect our video and DVD system and sit down with a nice cup of tea and watch a film or two.
The house seems much smaller now with all our things around.
