Sudden movement

Yesterday the people managing the apartment block we're renting in told us that they've found someone to effectively buy us out of our contract here. Such good news. It would be a shame to keep paying for this place until early November. There's one condition though - that we move out this weekend. The new tenants need the place early next week. As such today, after work, we've had to rush around trying to get the essentials we need for the house. We've got stuff arriving, when our container finally gets here of course, but we needed a kettle, toaster, basic cooking equipment, ironing board, duvet etc anyhow. And temporary curtains for our bedroom. And some bedding for the bed that doesn't arrive until Tuesday. It was an amazing successful evening in the end. We got exactly what we needed, and Briscoes had a sale on (it was meant to start tomorrow but they gave us the benefit, which was nice) which meant we saved about 25-30% on everything we bought.

So, over the weekend, we're moving into our new house. It's very exciting, but the house is going to feel a little empty until our furniture arrives. People at work have been lovely, offering us all sorts of stuff to see us through. It's really touching. We're probably not going to need much more than an airbed for a couple of nights, but for that we've got three offers to choose from. And that's just from people in my team at work.

My boss was telling me I should take a day off next week to go skiing. He thinks that I should be making the most of the lifestyle change the move to NZ has led to. I couldn't imagine my old MD in London saying something similar.