Sunday, March 30, 2008

Moving Day - Aftermath

6:36am It's bladder o'clock. Time to get up and return the rental truck.

10:06am I asked Fede to drive the truck back to the rental depot and I followed him in my car. After we returned the truck we went back to the old house, picked up the last few remaining items, swept the floor and locked up. "A year was not enough to become attached to this place," says Fede. Hmm, a year is how long we've committed to being at the new house. I think I will be attached to it by the end of that time.

On the way home we picked up breakfast at Tim Horton's and brought it home to share with Jan. Our first breakfast together, the three of us, in this new home.

I thought of going to my church for service this morning but ended up not going. I wanted to enjoy a leisurely relaxed breakfast and not rush to make it for service.

Jan's friend Marlene has come and brought a wonderful fruit platter and pastries. A second breakfast!

11:33am Went through the voice messages on my cell phone. My voice mailbox was full - a whole bunch of messages from Friday. I don't know when they came in; I thought I'd checked my messages Friday night. One of the old messages was from John Dunham. "We'll make things happen for you, Orest," he had said. Well he and his team certainly did, they certainly made things happen. I recall that they all had such a positive attitude too; I heard no grumbling about giving up a Saturday for moving boxes and furniture.

7:59pm Where did the day go? Jan's friend Monika was here and Mark Z came too. Dan Galler came for a couple of hours and helped us rearrange the living room. Mark Z helped make the living room more homey, lived in. So no boxes, no upturned couches in the living room.

We've had dinner, a nice homey dinner in the dining room. Lasagna - I picked one up at Sobey's, and Caesar salad. Seizure salad? We're settling in to watch a video. Red Dragon lost out to Left Behind.

11:20pm Turning in. Had a discussion about Revelations, Apocalypse, Rapture, after the movie. Mark commented that it was like having our own church discussion group right here at home.

My car keys disappeared today along with my keys to the storage locker. So I ended up not clearing out the locker. My entertainment unit is still there.

Although I enjoyed yesterday and felt engaged, today I feel myself crashing. Need to get back to self-care mode.

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