Tags: Newport, moving, jobs, Glasgow, home
Date: 18 November 2007 14:24:18
I have been away the last few days helping HD to pack up his stuff in readiness for moving it all into the Stately Pile. Well, I say moving it all - some is now in the Stately Pile, and much of the rest (along with some of my stuff too) is now in storage. HD is a man of very many talents, but it transpires that timely packing isn't one of them. Fortunately his brother-in-law was also on hand to help, and he drove us up to Scotland yesterday in a very big truck (and sang Flower of Scotland (or at least the first phrase as that's the only bit he knew) very loudly as we crossed the border).
Anyway - no more trips to Newport for me! It felt a bit weird leaving the old house for the last time. I won't miss Newport on a Saturday night though (although Glasgow is more than capable of providing all the white stiletto drunkenness you can imagine, Newport certainly doesn't have the monopoly).
I have alluded to some not very good news this week - basically the new job that HD was due to start tomorrow in Scotland has fallen through. He did say that a number of interesting jobs in his field are being advertised (over the summer when he was looking there were virtually none), so this coming week is going to see lots of CV-sending and agency-contacting activity. It's really stressful, not to mention very crap indeed [some details edited - probably all Too Much Information].
What isn't crap though is that in 5 weeks and 6 days' time we will be in the middle of our wedding :D