We're here!

Laying on the bed with the chis, in my NEW bedroom :-) Feeling very exhausted after 2.5 hours of trail running/hiking with a friend for race training. It was hot and the trails had mostly disappeared under new growth of scratchy bushes since we did the same race last year. Anyhow, the ocean breeze through the window and the sound of the waves below are helping me forget my tired legs.

It was very exciting to move in yesterday! It felt very surreal after coming here every day for the past couple of months, but this time we didn't have to leave and go back to our rented apartment. Last night we finally got to stay!
















Left: packing up our old apartment. Right: removalists

As soon as I finished work yesterday at 3:15pm, I rushed home and found the removalists packing up the last of our belongings. I followed them over to our new place on my bike, and helped point fingers and give directions ("Over there. That goes here." :-)). When they left and closed the door behind them, it was a funny feeling to know that the place was now ours to live in. I only had a few minutes of solitude though, and then my contractor arrived to do a couple of things.

Justin and I spent the evening unpacking boxes. Most of my time was in the kitchen, wiping out all of the cupboards before putting stuff away. It is so exciting to use everything or the first time, like cooking a pizza in the new oven last night, having a shower (SO nice not having to shower in a bath!), and I even used the toilet yesterday when I didn't need to go, just so I could try it out! :-)













Today has consisted of more unpacking and organising in amongst dragon boating and trail running. I look forward to the school holidays in 3 weeks when I will really try to organise things well, set up the place, do some decorating, and clean! (there's so many things to clean, like paint that has gotten onto window frames, sticky tape residue on bench tops, etc). Over the next couple of weeks, small tasks will still continue with our contractor, such as installing the kitchen and laundry taps (our only working sink at the moment is in the bathroom), building the broom cupboard, kitchen splashbacks, etc.