Not long before we move out now.  All the paperwork was signed this afternoon and I’m hoping we can get through a day without any crises or sudden spanners in the works.   Still not all packed, but I am off work tomorrow and should get everything done in time.  The broadband and TV goes off tomorrow and with any luck it will all be connected in the new place on Saturday afternoon. We are keeping our fingers crossed on that.

Normally I would worry about getting everything else in order before worrying about getting a PC or television set up, but it looks like we will have to get something in place so the engineer can test everything is working OK.

Very excited about it all really because this is the first place Jayne and I will move into together.  She was already living here when I met her and I moved in so this is like a new start for us.  It will be just like being newly-weds – right down to having bugger all furniture: as it stands our bedroom will contain only a bed for at least a couple of weeks.

For the time being my personal anthem will be Femi Kuti’s masterpiece What Will tomorrow Bring – the remixed version naturally.

On Sunday night I wrote about how we were only six days from moving house.  On Monday got a text from Jayne saying there was a hitch do do with the electrics at the new house.  Nothing to stop us moving, but it would delay it for a while.  Having already booked the lorry for Saturday, arranged for a new cooker and bed to be delivered to the new address, and with a Virgin engineer scheduled to turn up on moving day this was a bit of a disaster.

After work I went round to the new place so we could all discuss it and try to work out what to do.  It literally took me five minutes to walk there from work, reminding me of one reason I want to move there.  We had a plan, but not a great deal of confidence it would work.  I was so distracted that I went into work and forgot my security pass!

It sounds like a trivial thing, but I was very proud of getting close to four years working on the site without forgetting my pass once and having to go to security for an idiot’s pass.  It was especially annoying because our passes are used to buy things in the canteen and vending machines.

All day I was waiting for news of what outcomes our swappees had with the housing association, ombudsman, and all the other people they were talking to.   Not that I would get news anyway since I don’t get a mobile signal at work.   When I left for the day I called Jayne and she told me that everything was sorted and we were all set for moving on Saturday after all.

I’m not sure I dare believe it, and will not be totally comfortable until I am in there and busy erecting shelves, but for now it all looks good.