Sunday, November 30, 2008 - I ran over the laundry
Our shipment arrived on Thursday, so we are trying to fit the contents of two homes (our family home in China and husband's bachelor pad in Hong Kong) into one house in Scotland. Since taking possession of the house, we have discovered mice in the loft (causing damp marks on the sitting room ceiling, due to customary pee locations), mice in the kitchen (above the cabinets, feasting on ornamental grain sprays) and mice in the utility room (nice and cosy behind the dryer).
The boys don't have beds yet - they are being delivered tomorrow - but today we searched every box in the house for our bedding, so that I could get it washed. Days are very short at present, so it was pitch dark and three degrees C below freezing when I went out to my car with a bag of sheets. I was taking them to wash at our temporary accommodation, because the washing machine at the new house is unusable. I suddenly realised that I had left my car keys in the house, so dumped the bag of wash by the boot of the car. A minute later, keys in hand, I climbed into the front seat and sat watching the ice dissolve on the windscreen. I backed out of the driveway, feeling a slight bump and assuming that I'd hit the grass edge.
It wasn't until I reached the end of the drive that I remembered the washing. The stars were brilliant above, but the moon wasn't up, so I was forced to stumble back down the drive and scrabble in the frost for the - only slightly tyre-marked - family bedlinen.
Comments
Monday, December 1, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Kim
Oops! That's funny!
Monday, December 1, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
Sounds like you are settling in just fine! Nothing like a few pressed (via your car) sheets to make a new house a home.
Cheers,
Jenny (wishing I could see your frosty Scottish stars)
Monday, December 8, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
LOL Laura, I particularly like tha fact you felt a slight bump and drove off
Lisa (Boyceview)
