I'm here, finally, in my little house in Mallacoota – for good.
No more having to leave. It’s official – this is Home now. And now that the
unpacking is done, it feels like
home. What a journey it’s been, though, to get here.
A buyer has made an offer for the Canberra house and it
looks like All Systems Go there.
I spent all of last week putting things in boxes. How did I
get so much STUFF? The first time I moved house I was able to fit all my
worldly goods into about five cardboard boxes. This time it felt more like five
hundred! Three days before Christmas, a family posse – Mick, Jayne, Steve,
Sara, Kate, Mark and I – loaded up a rented truck – we even put the Harley in -
and that was that. Here I am. Or rather, here we are. Basil the Travelling Cat did the Canberra-Mallacoota run
three times in two days – about 1100kms overall, and behaved impeccably.
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| Basil the Travelling Cat at Wallagaraugh Rest Area |
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| Travelling Cat is travelling |
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| Travelling Cat is exhausted, and takes up far more of the armchair than he used to. |
All the hard work that Mick & Jayne did in the garden
down here has been undone by Mother Nature, and I really need to mow the grass
and pull out some weeds. But not today. Today, after unpacking the final box, I
just want to sit and enjoy what’s left of my first Christmas Day in Mallacoota.
Cheers, dears!
