Blogging at Eighty

 Yesterday afternoon I heard that contracts on the sale of my house and purchase of my flat had been exchanged with a completion date of Tuesday 14 March.  It sent me into a flurry of trying to decide what to do first.  I still have a lot to pack so I called the removal company to drop of some boxes.  They will be coming on Monday to pack my breakables.  Next I tried to contact some of the people on my long list of - people who need to know I'm moving.  Water company really quick and efficient.  Phone company helpful but its difficult to see what the hold up is.  Hopefully it will be sorted today.  Just looking I wonder how many times in the last few weeks I have typed the word hopefully?   I am not going into the whys and wherefores of the troubles I've had since April 2022 when I started looking for somewhere to move to.  You don't need to know and I don't want to remember them now I am on my way.  I'm just looking forwa...

 I had hoped to blog while I was in Spain for a week but it was not to be.  I had a good time and thanks to my friend's fitbit I now know I am not the wimp I thought I might be.  She told me that nearly everyday we not only managed 10,000 steps but one day got up to 17,000 steps. I had wondered if the assistance we had book at the airports was really necessary.  I have been converted.  Not so much by being whizzed about in a buggy but the fact that we jumped all the queues and didn't have to stand for long periods.  However what with getting up at 6.30 am and not getting home till 6.30 pm, even with assistance, I was shattered.   I am now, hopefully, back to normal and looking to move home in the next 16 days or so.  Still waiting for a date so can't book my removal company or let everybody know my new address.  House now looks like a cross between a warehouse and a teenager's bedroom with stuff all over the place.  But I find I can igno...