The last time I wrote while we were in the midst of the movers unpacking, was during our move to our HK apartment on Boxing Day of 2008. This time, it is unpacking yet again in NZ, after expanding our household members and the number of boxes belonging to us. Hopefully we won't have to move any time soon again.
The move went well. Perhaps I had such low expectations of the NZ movers unpacking, but actually the crew was much better, and even a bit better than the crew in HK in my view. There were some damage -- our India Jaipur delicate stone inlay box, my favorite Vermont chest of drawers, and the Japan Kyoto ceramic art. But the other stuff made it, in one piece, or rather, in 316 boxes.
We had intended to take our helper in HK to help us with the move for one month but her visa application got rejected twice, an expensive 8000 HKD lesson to learn never buy a non-refundable ticket again! But luckily my aunt was able to fly with us to help with the children, and it helps that Jack adores her and wanted to do everything with her San Gu Po. The unpacking is going steady and starting to see a home slowly take shape is such a great joy, albeit a lot of work. We are both loving the house, and the great weather so far has certainly helped. Jack has also started school straight away after the second day of us landing and seemed to enjoy it and started to make new friends. Mic's cousin Judy and her boyfriend will be visiting next week to help with a bit of the unpacking. I feel so blessed and thankful about this move and the house, everything every step of the way just felt right and falling into place. Even our helper not able to come, turned out to feel right also -- this is our new life, and it was probably right that we needed to do this ourselves.
Settling in, into sunny Nelson.
