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Well, I am surrounded by a number of boxes and a few odds and ends that need to get boxed up for our move tomorrow. I’ve done lots of laundry these last few days, such as washing the gross bed pad that was left here for us that we used to block the vent in our bedroom to prevent a draft. My peace of mind is slowly returning to me; one clue is that I didn’t wake up till 11.13 am when the phone rang — granted, I woke up when Bryce was leaving for a conference around 7.30 but then conked out. Saturday and Sunday I had pretty much had it. I HATE moving. I have a hard enough time concentrating or just relaxing when our flat is cluttery; when moving, it’s utter mayhem all around me. Several times I’ve had to just go lie down for a minute in our bedroom or go read or go check my email in a place that wasn’t (entirely) messy. I can handle mess in moderation, especially if it’s an organised mess where I still know where everything is. But when you have a flat the size of ours, there’s nowhere that is safe from chaos.

Yesterday was very productive; I finished my rough draft of my conference paper for Greece and mailed it to my supervisors for comment. We also registered with the University Health Service which looks to be much superior to average NHS care here. We walked all around the city yesterday too, from the Uni to Morningside (Bryce was trying to trade in an old camera for a lens at a shop there) and back through Old Town to our flat. En route we bought some drinks and fresh blackberries to snack on. We also got loads of packing done. It was a mostly-good day.

On another note, I am utterly grateful for all the people who are helping us move tomorrow! David Urminsky and Benjamin Wilkinson — 2 of our N. American friends — are helping Bryce lift bunches of boxes and free furniture tomorrow. I will pitch in helping them load up the van each time and then, I’ll be focusing on making this flat look spic and span for the inspection on the following day. Neyir and Liz, David’s and Ben’s wives respectively, are also gonna help when they’re finished with work. The Urminskys were also so thoughtful for inviting us to dinner tonight, so that we don’t have to have another boring pasta meal or hotdogs.

I’ve put the ugly-as-anything curtains back up and taken down our lovely ones my mom made; in short, our flat is getting de-niced and quite uglified as it goes back to its totally mismatched, pattern and colour overload. Our phone and internet are being disconnected tomorrow; you may however still email and we’ll get back to you when we get set up at the Hays’ flat. We’re still available on our mobile however throughout our two-week stint of homelessness. And we’ll be off to Greece soon at the end of the month — sunshine, gyros, the forgotten sensation of warmth…oh yeah, and a conference the whole time.

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