Quick bullet point update from the new house

[dolorosa_12]

For (hopefully) obvious reasons, I'm pretty exhausted and not capable of a lengthy post. We're all moved into the new house, the old house has been professionally cleaned, and the lease ends on Friday. I'll do a proper write-up of the entire move, new house, and new town a bit later on. For now, an update in bullet points.

We've been here since Tuesday. It still feels a bit like we're on holiday somewhere — we have been working, but it's weird adjusting to a new house after eight years in the same place, and this still sometimes feels like a holiday house that happens to have all our furniture. I'm sure this will pass.

We unpacked the kitchen stuff and our clothes and bedding on Tuesday, and everything else on Saturday. Everything was basically put away by Saturday afternoon, apart from a few books that needed rearranging and a few remaining pictures to be hung on the wall. We did that today.

I was able to get rid of all packing boxes, packing paper, and bubble wrap on Facebook Marketplace. I was happy to give them away for free, but the woman who took them gave us a bottle of prosecco ('because moving boxes are so expensive!'), which was a nice added bonus!

The washing machine was delivered and installed without any problems.

I've just bought all the remaining essential bits and pieces to be delivered next week (things like bins for the bathrooms, doormats, etc), and arranged for a new veggie box delivery (the small farm shop we used to use doesn't deliver to our town).

I haven't had much energy for reading, so the only book I've read in January so far is the first Bridgerton novel. I enjoyed the TV series, and the book didn't really add any depths to it (if anything the characters were better in the TV series), but it was about the level my brain could handle.

It has been freezing here, to the extent that all the trees were covered with ice — and the cobwebs too, as you can see from this photoset.

Yesterday it was foggy all day, but today it was cold and clear, and we spent the entire morning walking first in one direction from our house and then the other, getting to know all the places our feet can take us.

All in all, a good first five days, although it would be nice if we could go out into our garden at some point, other than to put rubbish in the bins!

I forgot to comment about it (although of course I responded to the people who gave me gifts) as it happened on moving day, but fandomtrees went live on Tuesday, and I got five wonderful gifts — four batches of icons, and a sweet little ficlet. Here's my tree. I wasn't able to create any fanworks this time around, but I did give recipes as gifts on some of the trees of people who had requested such things, so I feel I contributed something to the fest at least. I hope everyone else who participated in fandomtrees had an equally enjoyable time — for me it was a wonderful little surprise on a stressful moving day!

I could do with one more day of weekend, but since I'm not going to get it, I shall head off to start preparing for the week to come.

Comments

[senmut]

Take care, rest up, and good luck with getting it all just right!

[dolorosa_12]

Thank you! I will do my best!

[luzula]

Moving is so exhausting! I hope you get to rest soon.

[dolorosa_12]

It is definitely exhausting, but I think we're basically finished everything, other than buying stuff to be delivered. The house certainly feels lived in, rather than being a mess of unpacked boxes, at this point.

[naye]

You have been so massively productive, I am in awe! Hope you get to rest up this week. ♥

[dolorosa_12]

I am all about the deferred gratification: do the tedious stuff as quickly as possible so it’s done, and then I can enjoy relaxing! As a result, the rest of the week has been much more restful, as you say.

[naye]

Oh, that's so good to hear! And yeah, I like to do the same - front-load weekends with Have To Do stuff so I can enjoy the Want To Do later.

[chestnut_pod]

What a remarkably efficient move-in! Sending good wishes for the last touches.

[dolorosa_12]

Thanks very much! It’s gone pretty well so far!

[corvidology]

Congratulations on your successful move! \o/

Now, sleeeeeeeep.

[dolorosa_12]

Thank you! And yes, sleep has been great after all the exhaustion of the move!

[lirazel]

So glad to hear you're all moved in! Take your time recovering--moving is so exhausting!

[dolorosa_12]

It really is — this whole move reminded me of why I was so reluctant to move house for eight years! I’m glad it’s done!

[goodbyebird]

You two sound like an immaculately organized pair of movers, well done! Looking forward to hearing more as you've settled in <3

[dolorosa_12]

It did go pretty smoothly, especially considering we were moving during a pandemic and don’t drive or have access to a car! I’m glad it’s over, but I’m definitely going to be posting more about the new house as we settle in.

[wheatear]

Wait, this isn't a lengthy post? :P That's some excellent organization though, I read this list in awe.

[dolorosa_12]

It never feels lengthy to me if it’s not written in full paragraphs, so whenever I update in bullet points I feel as if it’s not a ‘proper’ post.