Moving Day

6:45am My alarm has gone off several times. Each time I've silenced it with the snooze button and willed my reluctant body to get up. The alarm I can't ignore is my bladder. My bladder has no snooze option.

7:29am I pour some cereal into bowl and add milk. Uh oh, where are the spoons? They've already been packed away. I can't eat this properly. Frame of fun - I stick my face in the bowl and gobble up a few pieces, like a cat eating out of its bowl.

10:09am Had some logistical challenges getting truck to the house - Pablo didn't bring his credit card, had to take him home to get it so I could add him as a driver. After getting the truck to the house we had a challenge backing the truck onto the walkway in front of the house. A neighbour's car was in the way, but the guys managed to back the truck in. Mike the Mover is here, Pablo, Joe Guitar, Ted Frank. Jan is looking after Pablo's daughter Carole. Carole is such a sweetie. She calls me Orest not Uncle Orest. I miss being called Uncle Orest.

1:36pm We've fallen behind schedule and are falling off track. The truck is full with Jan and Fede's stuff, no room for my stuff.

2:30pm The crew has rearranged the contents of the truck to make more room at the back. So it looks like we'll be able to finish emptying the house into the rental truck. Randy can come later with his truck - we should be able to use it to empty my storage locker.

I am experiencing the level of chaos now that I find most enjoyable, I am thriving in it.

8:02pm The work shifts have been coming and going, seamlessly. People show up, they help as long as they can, they leave, someone else shows up.

9:01pm Late shift here now, emptying what's left of my storage locker into Steve Oliver's 5x10 trailer (Bart Vance, John Dunham, Alex Garcia, Steve Oliver, Joe Guitar). Another crew is at the new house unloading the rental truck.

The guys keep telling me to sit down, not move stuff. It's hard to sit around and do nothing when the guys are working so hard to help me - but they're looking after me as well. My ankles are sore and inflamed and when I walk I waddle like a lame duck.

11:01pm The crew has all left now. What an amazing day. There are still a few things left at the old house to pick up tomorrow and some things at the storage locker - but that's a job for tomorrow. We have beds set up, though I don't have any sheets. If I find my sleeping bag I'll throw it on top of my bed. A bed! A mattress!