poplar road

Unfortunately for me, as I wait for the boys to arrive this morning, rather than Sunday morning, I'm looking at a bunch of furniture with STUFF all over it still, 44 boxes done but more to pack, no wardrobe boxes for clothes, and no keys to the storage locker until Richard gets here. Lockers and boxes and shelves, oh my. I haven't actually seen inside the storage room for half a year at least. All of it will have to be carried upstairs and out the (newly repaired) front doors, very carefully. I hope the weather calms down a bit or this could get ugly.

However, it will all get done, and leaving a day earlier means I may actually have time to roam around my new house, unpack a few things, and get used to the idea before the twins and I drive back to Vancouver at the end of the weekend.

Yesterday was my birthday, and I can't remember a more exciting one (although the 20th birthday party in the hotel in Osaka on week two of my Japan exchange came close). Nor has the outlook for the year ahead ever been full of so much promise and anticipation. I just wish I wasn't spending my birthday long weekend in an all-out flap!

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes - now wish us luck on the start of this new adventure. Richard's first comment when he arrived to take possession of the house on Wednesday: "What have we done?!?" It's been a series of hurdles and celebrations, but hasn't quite sunk in yet. But in less than 24 hours, I'll spend my first night in my new house. Can't wait! My next entry will hopefully have new pictures from this weekend as we move in to 4881 Poplar Road, so stay tuned.... Right now, I have to go finish packing!