Day 39 of 40 Almost there

Again it was a very busy and long day. At 10 AM I could pick up the big van I rented and from then on we loaded both cars drove to the new house, unloaded them and repeated that a couple of times. In between those rides we did a lot of shoving with the furniture until everything was in its right place or temporarily not too much in the way. Many things needs to go either in the hallway or upstairs in time when all the rooms will be done. And of course there are many boxes that still need to be unpacked. Some of us were cleaning and others filled up the central heating or connected the gas to the stove and prepared lunch for everyone.

Later this night Michael brought my mom and his girlfriend home with the smaller van and I went one more time to the old house by myself to pack some kitchen utensils and other things that were still there and loaded the big van again. Samantha was painting the woodwork of the living room and Kimberley was doing her homework. When all the kids were home again they called me on my cell to ask if I would stay away much longer, because it was past midnight again and they were tired. I was pretty exhausted too so I called it a day for packing stuff.

Now the kids are all sleeping and I’m typing this in a quiet house while the rain is pouring down outside. It’s a weird feeling, like being in a vacation home but surrounded by much more personal stuff than I would ever take with me on vacation of course. However, it does feel okay. I’m proud of the work we’ve done and tomorrow after unloading the big van and returning it by 10 AM we will work some more in removing things in the old house. That is my number one priority at the moment to make sure to move all the things that needed to be moved. Including the five roses from the backyard. The kids are looking forward to lay laminate in the office room and continue making it beautiful here. I will make time for that too after closing the old house. For now I am thankful for the wonderful people who helped coming this far and also feeling rather knackered, but that will pass by.