Mum had some sad news on Monday. The gentleman she sat next to at the Concert last week, who saved her a seat and said he would share a table with her on Tuesday, died very suddenly on Sunday. I feel for his wife who was with him, a very difficult time for her.
A visit from Angelika and Martin on Monday afternoon cheered us all up. Martin is helping Janis look for work. We would have had them outside helping with the garden despite Martin saying how stiff he was after his own gardening, were it not for the inevitable rain that didn't let up. Typical Bank Holiday Monday. So instead we chatted and kept warm inside.
Because we were moving on Wednesday I had swapped my stint at the Save The Children shop from Wednesday afternoon to Tuesday. I reminded Mum and Janis on Tuesday morning. I wrote it in my diary. Janis dashed off somewhere and Mum went to her art group so (missing anything like a brain cell in my head) I completely forgot and if Janis hadn't come back and asked why i wasn't already there, would probably not have turned up at all. As it was i was half an hour late taking over from the previous volunteer. Oops. Typical. I should stop working there anyway because i keep finding things i really cannot do without. Grr
When i got back home after my stint it was to discover that Janis had finished the pond area.
Sadly the dogs and cat are very interested in the area and have all had a go digging up the gravel.
On Wednesday Janis and i were at the house for 9.30 to go through the inventory with the letting agency. I have never been through one of these hand overs before so it was eye opening that every deviation from the perfect was photographed, even nail and screw in the wall tabulated, every stain on the carpet looked at and ticked off the list. It took an hour.
Janis and i dashed into Penryn and found a double bed and an armchair at a local shop then back to the house for the delivery of our bits and bobs from Stafford. Its odd how easy it is to make up your mind when you only have a limited amount of time. Of course when they arrive we will probably hate them. Ah well.
By the time Gary came in the afternoon we had boxes and boxes everywhere. The cooker, fridge and washing machine were delivered and installed and checked and Janis and I were starting the unpacking of forgotten treasures. Trying to fit everything from the old kitchen into the new kitchen cupboards was even worse than that jigsaw last week. And I was left alone to do it so i must have been less than smiley.......
Now, a few days later, we have still got lots of boxes, and no television or internet, but we do have sofa's to sit on and we have hot water and some heating. Our bedroom is gradually becoming less muddled and in fact there is just one room we close the door on as soon as we can.
As you can see we are leaving our mark. The neighbours seem very nice, one even came over to introduce himself while we were moving in.
Tonight we are at the Tolmen Centre to see the Miracle Theatre play - a nice change from watching DVD's.
It all sounds idyllic I wish I could move in next door and share coffee over the fence. Terry has been talking a lot just lately about moving back to Exeter so who knows we may turn up yet.
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