By that, I mean that we have officially unpacked the last box, sorted the last drawer, decorated the last wall. It's taken almost two full weeks, and that surprised both of us. You would think that between two Geminis, who've moved almost 50 times in the last decade, we'd have this thing down to an art. But one little mewling baby creature changes the whole equation, and brings a lot of new baggage. Wow. We both swear that we're here in the new house TO STAY, at least for a good long while. And what a place to stay!
Waking up to the sunlight streaming through our bay window, or lounging in the sun room with the enormous windows open to the front garden is sheer bliss after our tiny cubicle of a flat which preceded this. I almost don't know what to do with all the space to sprawl out... I spin in circles, just because I can.
The girls have a room all their own, with lantern lights and a crib and paintings on the wall. That's been a long time coming too. And our master bedroom is massive, bigger than our old place, I think. But it is the view, the view, the view that just makes my heart soar each day. I love it here so much - the friendly ghosts of the mother and grandmother of our landlord, who clearly love this place and haunt it with a warm and gentle presence of welcome... the tiles in the kitchen and the wood floor in the nursery.... the fireplace's cosy warmth and the single iris poking its spring face out of the garden. I feel like it's a real home, like it was a real home from the first box being opened.
And there's a rocking chair. A £10 find at the resale shop, and a sewing project for me, as it needs a cushion. (So does the windowseat, but one thing at a time right now.)
There's been a ton of stress too. The car needs almost £1000 of work done to it, and we were hoping to take a trip to the states in June that now is clearly not going to happen. I've been dealing with paperwork and taxes and recertification and PhD applications and job interviews, but in the end, I'm so so glad to be in this new beautiful space, perched on the edge of the world, I feel like it's all manageable somehow. I enclose evidence.
