Last Leg

Last evening we had the house inspection with the landlady and her previous tenant. She brought her pair of identical twins. They were very active and then one of them started becoming agitated and started bawling on and off. Her cousin and niece also came along for the ride.

This morning at about 10:30 am, the movers came with our container from Singapore. They got quite lost looking for the house so I had to meet them at a gas station nearby and they followed me to the house. There were only 3 of them and by 2:15 pm, they were done. But then many of the boxes ended up in the store-room because we were not sure what were in them despite the careful labelling or where to put them. We would have hell of a job unboxing them in the days and weeks to come. Sigh! Many of them were actually meant for local storage in Singapore but at the last minute because of the documentation required, we decided to just ship them.

Then in the midst of all the shifting and unpacking, the appliances men came with the washer and dryers we bought a day earlier. But they were fast - hook 'em up, make sure they work and they're gone.

The house is still quite a mess. I started hanging up the clothes, the beds are in place and the writing desks. But there are still things stacked in all the different places and we have to find a way to hang all the paintings without too much damage to the walls. The landlady said we can hang them but we are so unsure about what to do about the holes, etc., when we finally leave. The house is nicely painted but they are special mixes and the leftover paints from 6 years ago have all but solidified. The formulae are on the paint cans but if Larry, the tenant before us, could not paint over the patches he made correctly, we will surely do worse.

I took lots of pictures and will upload them when I get the chance.

Tomorrow, the Comcast people will come to set up the internet and cable TV connections and the fridge men will deliver the twin door Amana fridge we got from Fry's at a fairly good price - it was a show room piece but in almost perfect condition save for a tiny scratch.

And on Sunday, we check out of the apartment and will spend our first night at the house. At long last, we will be "home".