Sunday night, 10.13pm and oh my word...... Ive been a busy girl!
Yesterday started a lot earlier than usual for me on a weekend.... 7.30am! I usually have a rule of not before 9am at the weekend but with the sun streaming in through the windows, and my darling little ones having so much fun they felt the need to squeal in delight..... I was up and raring to go!
We headed off to Ipswich to try and find Jessica some grey school tights, and pick up a few bits before heading to Dads for breakfast! Well, couldnt get the tights, but got some cute socks instead! Got to dads and spent an hour chatting and eating toast before heading home and Dad headed off to Bracknell with my brother for the day.
Once home, the fun began! Cue boxes everywhere! Got a lot more stuff packed, and all the boxes from upstairs are now stacked in the corner in the living room! Lots of packing, tidying and sorting out done, it was time for a snooze! Had an hours sleep and then woken by Dave to say he had run me a nice hot bath..... lovely! Our friends Nadine and Stuart came over for a chinese takeaway last night - what a night! Had so much fun, laughed lots and ate WAY too much! Managed to make myself feel like I had the hangover from hell this morning too!
Our clocks went forward an hour, so of course we lost an hours sleep too! So, new time, I was in bed at 1.30am but very little in the way of sleep..... old time of 3.50am (4.50am) the girls are awake..... erm NO! GO BACK TO SLEEP! Managed to hold them all off until 6.30am new time (5.30am old time) when Dave gave in and brought them downstairs. I came down at about 8am new time.... so man alive, that was 7am old time....... I DONT DO MORNINGS! Added with the fact I felt like I was going to die, it was not a good morning! While Dave had done the ironing, tidied the bedroom and packed up some more boxes, I lay in bed feeling sorry for myself! Finally fell asleep again and was woken at 12 noon to be met with my dad downstairs - Dave had taken the children to go and pick him up! We had some lunch, popped to the shop for some bits for tea, and generally chilled out for the rest of the afternoon.
After a lovely roast chicken dinner, we got the kids bathed and into PJs and did homework with Jessica. Kids all into bed, Dave takes Dad home and I set to cleaning the living room carpet...... however Jessica had ideas other than sleep! She decided she wasnt sleepy - which in old timings I guess 6pm is early.... she stayed up and watched me clean the carpets! She finally got into bed at 8.30pm new time (7.30pm old time) and not heard anything since!
Watched the final of Dancing on Ice and now watching House MD while updating here...... and the realisation of 6 more sleeps in this house is freaking me out! I still can barely believe that in 8 days time, I will be in my new home, 700 miles away from pretty much all I have ever known! Although I have moved around a lot, the longest I have been "away" (as in unable to see dad within the hour) is 14mnths..... but even then we were "home" at least once a month as it was only a 3hr drive! I'm now moving so far away, that it would take 14hrs straight driving to get back should Dad need me!
I need to keep telling myself I am doing this for the better of my family, and I know it really, but these emotions just keep popping up! I have also sat tonight and worked out our monthly finances up until July, and actually, I can see now how much we will save by living in Thurso. The reduced cost of housing and the fact we wont need to use the car, will be saving us a hell of a lot of money, that can fund family days out, and future holidays!
Right, well thats it for tonight, Ive bored the pants off myself, let alone anyone who might read this! Here's to an uneventful week - even if I am stuck in for the next 3 mornings waiting for the gas man, the electric man and the energy efficiency man! All these checks that need to be done before we move, but oh so inconvenient!
Night all.... take care and sweet dreams!
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