// October 13th, 2008 // No Comments » // Personal
This weekend was one of those … two days with very little time for R&R which ends with the distinct feeling that you need a two day break to recover from it all.
The GGF and I have finally moved into our own place. We’d been considering the move for a while but were finally given the push by our old landlord who decided to perform a spectacular, tires smoking, engine screaming 180o on us being allowed the kittens … and where they go, we go.
After a month or so of searching (the Jersey housing market is a complicated and expensive place at the best of times) and having missed a perfect opportunity in St Ouen due to timing we finally settled on a place in St Peter. Last week saw the GGF moving the contents of wardrobes and kitchens and Saturday was set aside to move “the rest”. The rest consisted of the big stuff, TV, desks, computer, fridge, etc.
Thanks to my family (and their big estate car) and friends (and their van) we managed to get everything in place by Sunday morning and, after much re-arranging and unpacking we actually had somewhere that resembled a house come Sunday evening. The place is not massive which is going to cause me a few issues as I tend to have at least 3 boxes of misc. computer parts and AV equipment kicking around at any given time and these will have to find a home somewhere (and yes, I do use most / all of it at sometime or another) but it is cosy and is the kind of space I can imagine spending some serious quality time over the next few months.
It’s also good to out on our own as, frankly, sharing a flat was fine when at Uni and directly after but it can get a bit irksome when you’re a young professional (allegedly) in a serious (apparently) relationship with 2 bouncy (assuredly) kittens and the prime of your life (hopefully) ahead of you.
So we’re in and truth be told I ache a little today, a fact that will not be improved by playing badminton this evening but at least we’re done and are now well into the 2 week period of not being able to find a flipping thing