22 on the 22nd

The boys were disappointed to find out that we had time for school today, after packing up the last of our things from the Lucas’s home. We had no idea what time we would be getting into our rental so played the day out as it came. Had most of school, went home for lunch, and hung around for a while wondering what we could do towards moving. Didn’t really have long to wait though before Rachel texted to say she was on her way to pick up the key from the lawyers. From then until about 23h00 we were busy flat-out with the move – loading cars and trailers, unpacking them into the house, unpacking and washing boxes and boxes of kitchenware, and so on. We were blessed with so many people helping – Carl and Miriam with the car and trailer moving tons of stuff; Rachel, Josh, Shirley, Marg and Les offloading cars and cleaning cupboards and helping in the kitchen; Simon and Debs and the kids coming by with more furniture; Gilbert and Ailsa with sandwiches and fresh produce, and then later on Carl, Miriam, Matt and Rachel stopping in with fish and chips and pizza for tea – what a perfect way to initiate the new table! And not forgetting the biscuits and treats which had appeared in my pantry, as well as the groceries which had been collected before we even arrived. By the end of the day’s work we had semi-assembled the first of our flat-pack furniture (Steve and Maureen, we thought you would have been proud of us, and Pam – eat your Ikea-heart out!) but stopped short where we needed a hammer. Oh, during the day we also had our TradeMe fridge delivered. I bid on it without measuring the space it would occupy as Rachel said the drawers next to the space could get removed if need be…but we were amazed that the fridge slid into place with about half a centimeter on each side!