three days and counting

[llywela]

1. Moving house is bad for my tennis elbow.
2. Sometimes browsing the internet makes me despair of humanity.
3. I'm not sure where the hours, days and weeks are going. Wasn't it January just a minute ago?
4. I am moving on Monday and don't feel the slightest bit ready!
5. Seriously. Not ready.

Okay, so this week has been the saga of the flat. I got my keys on Monday and was a bit disappointed to find that the flat had not been professionally cleaned after the previous tenant moved out, as I'd been promised. The landlord is away this week, however, and I'm on a schedule so couldn't wait, so I spent Tuesday evening at the flat with my mum and dad, scrubbing the place down from top to bottom to get it into a suitable condition to move my furniture into next week. Then on Wednesday evening we took a trip to Ikea to buy my new wardrobe and bookshelves, construction of which continued into Thursday and will be completed (hopefully) at the weekend. Also at the weekend, I need to take down all the curtains and nets from the flat for washing before I move in.

And I still have packing to do! I've barely touched the kitchen and bathroom...

I'm not going to finish sorting through all my old files of paperwork and whatnot, not before I move now. I've done a fair bit, but the rest will have to be done post-move.

So I've got next week off, the van is booked for the actual move on Monday. My internet is being disconnected at the house on Monday and not reconnected at the flat until Wednesday - luckily I'll have plenty to do to keep me occupied!

Not convinced yet that we'll manage to get my sofa through those narrow doors and hallways - or that I'll manage to fit all my stuff in - but I daresay we'll find out soon enough.

Catch you all on the flip side! When I will be sleeping for about a week to recover!

Comments

[sherrilina.livejournal.com]

That's annoying about having to clean your flat yourself when you were promised otherwise--as if you didn't have enough to do! As for the IKEA furniture though, wouldn't it have been easier to move it to the new place and assemble it there, in terms of space? Or did you just want to minimize time at the backend?

I'm not going to finish sorting through all my old files of paperwork and whatnot, not before I move now. I've done a fair bit, but the rest will have to be done post-move.

I find this has been holding me up the most, so many papers! I might give up myself soon...I move next Friday and am also very behind! :/

Good luck on getting everything done!

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Oh, we are building the new furniture at the flat - it's the first of my stuff to go in, before we move anything else, while all the floors are nicely empty to carry out the construction work. Everything else gets moved on Monday!

Best of luck with your move!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Never mind January, I'm sure it was 2005 just a few minutes ago!

Good luck with it all - I've been watching your moving adventures from afar, sorry for not commenting... I was holding thumbs and crossing fingers for you finding somewhere and everything though! And you have, and you're moving already - wow... May it all be wonderful!

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, well good luck with everything!!! I do hope it goes well! *crosses fingers for you*

[bagpuss1966.livejournal.com]

Hope it all goes okay - and that you'll be very happy in your new home. :) xx

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

Good luck with it all - and let us know how it goes!