Um, not a lot. We are waiting out the final few weeks
of the extension to the appendix of the over-run moving period, and are
expecting to finally hit the road within
twenty-eight days.
I’ve started moving my records back into my parents’
house. There are about six times as many of them as there were last time they
lived there, so my aging ancestors weren’t that thrilled when the first carload
arrived, but they do understand that valuable plastic and card can’t just go in the storage
container next to the dual carriageway with everything else.
Meanwhile, I have been making a project of reducing my
alcohol consumption, bringing it down to a respectable average of a pint a day
over the last month. Or at least up until yesterday, when I enjoyed an
afternoon at every place you can buy a drink on Borough Market, with an
ex-colleague who holds the dubious honour of being the only teacher I have ever
worked with who drinks more than I do. This requires a little more work before
I enter into a new life that involves driving a large vehicle nearly every day.
The final details of the move are being tidied up, but
I can’t deny that I have more time on my hands than I know what to do with. As
evidence of this, what follows is an extract from an email I've just sent in response
to a quick enquiry from the nice people who are buying our house:
Hola.
A table 2m long would
fit, sure, but would only leave about 40cm clearance at each end. This would be
enough for me to squeeze through fairly
comfortably (and I have frankly enormous buttocks), but my personal
feeling is that such a table would be just a tad too long. However, we only
actually use the other side of the table when we have guests to dinner
(virtually never) and I'm guessing most of your guests would be more agile and
less curvaceous than me.
Other factors to take
into account are that our existing table has curved corners (has yours?) and
that about three quarters of the table's width at each end will have more
clearance, as the kitchen unit and the wall next to the back door will mostly
be either side of the bench, not the table.
You may disagree with my
assessment, of course, and I rather hope you do. I would hate myself
if I had crushed your table dreams. The width and height are perfect.
Maybe you should come and have a look at ours again before ordering anything.
It is not out of the question that our existing table and bench may be
available if you want them, but you might have your heart set on something
different.
Okay, I'm ducking out
now. This is the single greatest responsibility I have taken on in months, and
I can't handle it.
Tb.
So I think I have to accept that I started this blog too early,
really. I mean, I wanted to write about the house sale and how we felt about
leaving London
