Tress and I walked the little fellow together through our neighbourhood, once more before we left. We did some last minute packing and tidying and went for an early lunch at the FHC shopping centre. We then decided that I should start my drive first, and not wait for the removalists to first arrive. Tress was to wait for them, who had a good reputation for being punctual.
I took off, in my car that is packed to the rafters, and slowly made my way out of Melbourne.
I arrived to a bucketing Murrambateman, and then made my way to Kiddo’s home for a bite. I then went to our new home in Duffy and slowly unloaded the boxes. It was the first of several late nights.
The next day, I went for a walk, bought a coffee and then exchanged messages with Tress and Kiddo. Tress was keeping me updated of the removalists’ ETA, and Kiddo asked if I wanted to get breakfast at a cafe before they took little Abby for her weekly swim class. I caught up for brekky, and then got home in time for the removalists to arrive. Our new home was being filled with stuff from the old home.
The process went on for the whole day and I spent the next several days unpacking… and each day, I caught up with Mic, Kiddo and little Abby. It was very satisfying.
Early on Sunday morning, a little car pulled up in front of our new house. It was my Uber ride. I was grateful it showed up on time (just a little after 5am). The Bhutanese driver and I had a good chat as he took me to the airport. I caught the first flight out, and landed at Melbourne airport a little before 8am, where I promptly headed to the wait area where Tress has been parked, with the little fellow on the backseat. Tress jumped out, I got into the driver’s seat and we began the last leg of our move. We drove up (back up for me) to Canberra, and arrived a little after 3.30pm.
When we got home (yes our new home), I tidied up the lawn, Tress unpacked and tidied up and we teed up a dinner with the mob we did all this for.
Last night as we sat around the dining table having dinner, the odyssey this has been, clicked again. It all made sense.
This morning, as Tress, Oreo and I walked around the area to take in the new surroundings and familiarise ourselves with the area, I said to myself that we’re in a great spot. I am, again, ever so thankful to our Lord for having blessed us so abundantly through this time.
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