M2M: T - 19H
Today was the day of absolute madness. I had until 14:00 to get everything ready and in place for the photographer, and the house was an absolute mess, as was the garden. With help from Dan, our renter, the two of us got so much cleared out that the room looked like something out of a living style magazine, if a magazine with slightly strange tastes in decor. It looked huge! I'll post links to the pictures as soon as they are available.
After the madness died down (kinda like running over the edge of a cliff), my mother and I went up to DSD for me to say goodbye to Mickey and for my mother to see the place. While I know it's a wonderful place for her and probably the best place she could find for finishing her thesis as well, I will miss her something ferocious.
Tonight, I pack my suitcases and sit down with a beer. Tomorrow, the last few errands and then it's off for a long but relaxing train trip through the German countryside. I need that, I feel like I've been run through a wringer. It would have been really nice to have been able to take the offer of having the movers pack everything for us, move it down there, then unpack it again, but with the way we're relocating, it wouldn't work. This way, at least, I've gotten a feel for how much I can actually handle of planning and doing when it comes down to it. Though it's less than I planned for, looking back I'm amazed I got as much done as I did. I deserve a long, relaxing journey, a day of meeting new, exciting people, then a weekend off. And hey, that's exactly what I'm getting.
After the madness died down (kinda like running over the edge of a cliff), my mother and I went up to DSD for me to say goodbye to Mickey and for my mother to see the place. While I know it's a wonderful place for her and probably the best place she could find for finishing her thesis as well, I will miss her something ferocious.
Tonight, I pack my suitcases and sit down with a beer. Tomorrow, the last few errands and then it's off for a long but relaxing train trip through the German countryside. I need that, I feel like I've been run through a wringer. It would have been really nice to have been able to take the offer of having the movers pack everything for us, move it down there, then unpack it again, but with the way we're relocating, it wouldn't work. This way, at least, I've gotten a feel for how much I can actually handle of planning and doing when it comes down to it. Though it's less than I planned for, looking back I'm amazed I got as much done as I did. I deserve a long, relaxing journey, a day of meeting new, exciting people, then a weekend off. And hey, that's exactly what I'm getting.