Two weeks until the overland transport arrives to collect the house contents. Boxes trip us up and dominate the house and the lists of things to go and things to stay fluctuate wildly as we keep changing our minds. A trip down the hallway in the night is fraught with obstacles and sleep is a bit hard to come by. Will the car make it, will we get mugged, will we remember everything we need for the journey, will the house survive in our absence, will we really need lolly makers, egg slicer and fridge magnets in Crete or should I take THAT box to the charity shop? All the local charity shops are beginning to turn around the open sign to closed when they see us coming!
We approach countdown week. A significant birthday looms and M has entered 'lame duck' mode at work as she realises that she will soon become "someone who used to work here". No help for it; she will just have to grin and bear it and be happy that the handover is progressing well. A boring weekend with parcel tape and scissors was lightened by a trip to Poole on Saturday afternoon for what we thought was an evening meal/stopover/breakfast but turned into a lovely break staying overnight at the Marina Hotel and magical sunshine which lit up Sandbanks, Brownsea Island and neighbouring Poole to give a really well-timed pre-birthday present. Returned to a freezing cold house to think about our lists and tape up a few more boxes!
On advice of younger daughter, decide to surround my temporary desk site at work with photos of Crete and play non-stop Greek music to keep cheerful in final weeks at work. Latest weather reports from Crete report that it was very warm and sunny but the mountains have a good capping of snow this year which will ensure plentiful water during the summer. .... Not long now ....
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