Four weeks tomorrow we are emigrating to the other side of the world.
We will be leaving behind everything we have ever known to go and live in a country we've never even visited. Dave has never flown before and the furthest I've been is Austria. And the flights are a combination of about 28 hours. What the hell are we doing????????
And there's the small matter of the house still being on the market. We can't rent it out as by the time we've paid all the fees we would be making a loss - so we'll just have to keep our fingers crossed that we get a sale soon.
Our farewell tour started at Nantwich - the last major muster of the year, where I said goodbye to friends that I have known for over 13 years.
Two weeks ago, Blews had a big party at Chirk, the last proper muster of the season, and we had a really good night. But it was really sad leaving a muster and having no idea when we will see everyone again - and with a pretty much empty car having sold most of our kit and camping stuff.
I've sold a lot of our books and some videos/dvds through amazon, so that will help with the relocation fund.
Lou's friend Marianne is buying a load of our furniture so that's one less thing to worry about. The only item of furniture that is coming with us is Nana's table - which will cost more than all the boxes to ship even tho it's only about the size of two of them and quite light, but I want it for sentimental reasons, so I'm prepared to pay the extra.
So mostly we're shipping personal stuff - letters, photos, mementoes, nick nacks, cds and dvds.
I can't believe that in four weeks time my whole world is going to be turned upside down - and I don't even know where to buy milk and bread from. It sounds stupid, but you take for granted that you know that it's cheaper to food shop at Asda that Marks & Spencer, and get clothes from Top Shop rather than Saville Row - I have no freaking idea about stuff like that - it's going to be a big learning curve.
Of all the places I have lived in my life, there is none I will be happier to see the back of than Kirkby in Ashfield!!!!!
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