The Eagle has landed

Well.. amazing really.. but it has actually happened and I succeeded!

I have proven all of my family and friends wrong by proving it WAS actually possible to buy the basic furniture and white goods all in one day after inspection of the house and the transfer with the notary.

It was knackering though and since that day we haven't stopped.. John was supposed to paint a few walls here but I have been able to distract him with a million other jobs that were more important, like mending the suncanope outside since it was in danger of falling on someones head.

But.. it is starting to look like a house already, I have a couch and a 81 cm widescreen telly (well... you're done then aren't you really?) Also a coffee table and a fantastic desk and chair, a bed and mattress (unfortunately they are still in separate rooms since only 1 room has curtains sofar so we threw the mattress on the floor) and the most gorgeous secretaire.

I have also already attended my first community meeting, apparently there are constant problems with how to divide the use of the heating systems and for years they are debating how to solve it, I don't think they understand the concept of 'just get it done'. There was loads of talk and talk but no decisions made so I felt very at home (since most of the BACs meetings are like that!) Upside though that they had free drinks afterwards so I got 2 red wine for my sufferings!

Tomorrow we are going to go to Ikea again and buy a table for in the lounge and another one for in the kitchen (oh how I miss the Scottish kitchen!), a lamp, a desk organizer and then that is it.. John will hopefully finally manage to do what he set out to do and paint the purple wall in the room but then that is it..

Goodbye..

We can already feel how painful that will be but we are ever so grown up about it, no tantrums just pushing it nicely into the future basically ignoring the fact totally so to not ruin the lovely week we have together....

Thank God for small blessings, my 20mb download internet connection works perfectly so I will make sure that I find enough to watch to keep myself from disintegrating when he is gone....

This feels like home though, it still feels like the only thing to do which makes it easier, it is in the cards.. all I have to do now is watch it unfold...