Back in Sydney

It has been a busy couple of days!

Katie came up Friday night after work. The removalists arrived at 740am on Saturday and got to packing up my stuff. They were quite quick, mainly because they didn't ask any questions... and they packed a few things that belonged to the unit.

The cleaners arrived early, at about 1030, and set to work where they could. After the movers left the carpet cleaner arrived - it all worked so smoothly. In the end, the place was empty and spotless by 1230.

Sunday was spent running around (from 730 onwards). First to visit a friend in North Sydney, then home quickly before my monthly bookclub meeting. The meeting was a bit of a wash out - not everyone had read it, and no one really liked it - but it was great fun anyway. Sunday afternoon/evening was all about trying to make space for all of my things that were in transit. We underestimated the space needed - and the amount of doubling up we'd have.

We now have double of most cooking tools and cutlery - and crockery actually. We have a spare fridge, washing machine, drier, microwave and vacuum - which we will sell hopefully.

The movers had several attempts to get out of the unpack portion of their service - despite me having paid for it, and that the insurance cover requires them to unpack... It was annoying and tedious. Once they had upended all my boxes, the place looked like a warzone. And I was surprised that they didn't put anything away - like the bookshelf - they packed all the books then dismantled the shelf - but didn't even reassemble it! Oh, and they damaged the wall in two places, and smashed a few things... still it was better than my move up to Newcastle.

Thankfully, all of the crap below has been unpacked... we have found a spot for most of the stuff... but the cupboards are bulging...