Well the first wave of the move has been completed.
This morning I was a very sweaty and achy Newt as approx 15 boxes of stuff came down from the attic. Rach was a bit flabbergasted at the amount of Role-playing books, Comics and Books I have, and serious discussions were had about reducing the amount of geek stuff I have. My inner 15 year old is sulking badly at this moment in time, but my adult self aching dully down my left side sees the sense in it. Expect a big sale on Ebay over the coming months.
Since certain boxes would have killed Brian to lift and I fancied seeing the new house I went over to Oldham in the transit van Rach had hired for the job. The heavens descended on us, sheets of rain and fog and Rach who hasn’t driven a transit before was most perturbed!! Got there picked Brian up and put boxes in house and garage in record time. Still sinking in that this large house is ours now. Had another quick look in the room that shall be the gaming room (aka the dining room).
Came back to Leeds mid afternoon and after a quick lunch and some quick packing, I started the days work. Which is strange. I’ve been working since 4, just had tea, so I guess I’m half way through my working ‘day’. Well this is the sort of wacky adventure I wanted when I embarked upon my career as a Software Developer.
First batch of gubbins, the entire contents of the attic which contains 95% of my stuff goes tommorrow in a Rach driven van. I’m working from home, doing the loading at that end, while father in-law does the unloading at the other. We then have a break and then more or less everythiing else except bed/sofa goes to new house week commencing Feb 6th.
So I spent yesterday in the attic packing boxes, a job that was physically tireing and somewhat emotional. The cats ‘helped’ like running around like Viking berserkers, jumping into boxes I was trying to pack. Me and Rach know that the cats know we are moving. Lots of supervised vists to the new outside world and bribes in the form of ham are planned when we move.
All this moving marlarky meant it was good to go out on a whim on Friday night to the Portland and drink far too much beer with deputy_dug, dr_misrule, Speedy, Cal, sarah_orange Jenny and some other folk. It was great to see everyone and despite being a bit too wobbly and huggy on the drinks front its really centred me at a time I was begining to flip out. Thanks chaps 😀
Since some of my witterings about gaming have been swamping my LJ, which should be a place of nonsense and screaming personal angst, I’ve set up a blog on my web space for my geekery.
It also gathers up my other gaming blogs, d101 & The Struggle for Lithuania, in one easy to read and search WordPress site.
