We're in the new house!

I always forget how grim moving day is; goodness knows, we've done it often enough that you'd think the horror wouldn't come as much surprise anymore. But every time, I forget just how exhausting and backbreaking it is, and just how sweaty and grimy and disheartened one gets.

But it's done, we survived, and now we get to do the fun, settling-in part.

And BT got the internet and phone switchover right, which was a nice surprise, since I seem to remember it took them a couple of weeks last time we moved.

I am actually quite glad that we lived in the Awful House for those past few months, since we now appreciate so many things that would have washed over us before.

Like electrical power points, for instance. If you've never lived in a house with just two places for plugs in the kitchen, you don't realise what a sweet experience it is to be able to plug in fridge, washing machine, toaster, kettle, and slowcooker and still have spare power points. Oh, and speaking of sweet experiences - we have a dishwasher again! It is bliss not to have to wash dishes - and (although I am slightly embarrassed to admit this) the dishwasher gets them so much cleaner than we did washing them by hand. Things shine instead of looking faintly smudgy.

And warmth. For the first time in ages we slept like normal people, with our heads on the pillows, instead of burrowed under three duvets, heads and all. Central heating and double glazing - joy. Speaking of sleeping, that is one thing we got right this move - we remembered to re-assemble the beds and make them before we did anything else, so that we had somewhere comfortable to collapse when we'd finished lugging bits of furniture about. (But why did we have to re-assemble the beds, you might ask? Because, infuriatingly, in order to get them down the twisty narrow stairs in the Awful House,we had to take them apart. Likewise with the wardrobes.)

Work tomorrow, which is frustrating as I'm longing to carry on getting things organised here. But, the week after next is half-term so I will have time then. Can't wait!