On Friday we moved to our new unit! We hired men to move our stuff which was not cheap but it was so worth it.

I learnt a lot in this move and next time I'll try to remember the following...

1. Rent a truck that comes with men... if they have a 'hire an extra man' option, take it!

...It took 3 men 5 hours. I don't even want to think about how long it would have taken if we had had to do it by ourselves.

2. Disassemble your furniture before the removalists get there ... It will save you time and money
.... We didn't do this but we should have. It would have saved us about an hour.

3. If the company says a truck will do for a certain size of house, beleive them!!
...Another mistake on my part. I was like, surely we can fit into the 3 bedroom truck even if we have 3 bedrooms plus a study. I was wrong. They fit all of our bedroom stuff and boxes in the first trip, but had to make a second trip for the living room, kitchen and laundry.

4. It isn't going to take only 2 hours... So make sure you get enough money out for at least 4!
...I got out enough cash for 2.5 hours. Karen had to make another trip to the bank for an additional 2 hours, and so did I. We stretched the limit of both of our bank accounts and had enough money for 6 hours. I was getting a little worried they were going to take longer that we had money for, but it worked out in the end.

Yesterday we spent all afternoon cleaning the old house.

Currently I'm waiting with thousands of others to start walking/running the city2surf. The only group left to start is the the yellow pack of the pack group. It's been a while since the first group started... In fact they are probably approaching the finish line now. I think our group is starting out now, but we're still not really moving.

Ah, it's official, someone just crossed the finish line and we have yet to cross the start line. This is what you get when you go in a race with 75000 people. This the first big event in a series of big exercise events in August to October in Sydney. Yay Sydney!

I have always been a fantastic sleeper.  Seriously, head on pilow + max(15 minutes) = fast asleep.

Tragically for many varied reasons, the last few weeks have broken that happy trend.  Here's a quick example of three nights this week.
( January 1st )

( January 2nd )

( January 4th... )

I moved successfully on Feb 10th. My house was mostly good, but there was no bed, no fridge and no phone/internet. Very distressing.

My room is lovely, I will post pictures once I have more furniture. I ordered a bed on the weekend, and it will arrive next Saturday. Boy am I looking forward to that! I also bought a rug, a wardrobe and a tv stand. I probably bought more things, but I'm too tired to remember.

Karen moved in on the weekend, and my life got immediately better. Suddenly I had someone else to talk to! It's fantastic! Today she stayed at home so the phone guy could come in and fix our phone line. Hurrah!!! Now we have phone and internet!

So too tired to say anything else, must collapse on my overly blanket piled thermarest. The blankets are for padding not for warmth.