Alongside looking forward to moving into this house is the seemingly huge amount of work to do prior to moving.
We do have a tennant for our own house so that piece of the puzzle slotted into place quite quickly. Disposing of my car however has been more difficult. The mortgage company decided they needed a surveyor's report in order to draw down additional borrowing which has been another appointment this week. In addition, the tumble dryer part of the washer-dryer took this week to decide to pack up. We were on the edge of deciding whether white good needed to go or be replaced but fortunately this has been repaired quite cheaply so the washer-dryer gets its place on the truck.

The lorry itself is now set to become the focus of our weekends. Basically we have 12 cubic metres booked. Consequently we are now heading to mark out a space so we understand exactly what 12 cubic metres looks like and then we need to trip around the house moving items to either our 12 cubic metre marking space or to the local tip. All of this looks set to take time.

And then on the back of this the flights are booked and at last we know that our furniture will be collected on the morning of the 30th July, we will fly out on the morning of the 31st July, and our furniture will arive in Spain on either the 1st or 2nd of August.

To end a quote taken from a book I'm reading at the moment,
"So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one piece of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun."