I'm just over a week in the new house now and I must say I'm really enjoying it! The house and I are taking some time to get to know each other before I make huge decisions about what goes where - but the basics are sorted: Kitchen. Bedroom. Internet. Office. Alfie. ( Alfie - after a fashion. We're having a huge battle about where he sleeps at the moment. He's winning...)
I joined a gym last weekend and went for my fitness assessment yesterday. The reassuring stuff was that I'm only about a stone over what I should be ( I thought it was a lot more than that) and my resting heart rate is good.
The downside was that my blood pressure is sky high! I'm really surprised by that. Throughout my illness, my BP always returned to a very normal normal no matter what they did to me. However, about a month ago the nurse at the surgery took my BP and it was up - but when I went last week, it was back to normal. Maybe it's just the stress of the move?
Anyway the upshot is that the gym say that I can't start my programme until I get a note from doctor saying it's OK. Something to get sorted this week.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Moving On
So.
Just about my last night in this house. Tomorrow I'm in Birmingham and then on Thursday the removers come to pack me up. On Friday everything ends up the new house. Hopefully.
Alfie's left already - to the kennels and back to our new home at the weekend.
I've been happy in this house mostly. It's been the first I've owned on my own. And the first one I've chosen. J and I have had so many happy laughing times here.
But it's also the one where I discovered I was ill and where I spent uncomfortable ( and sometimes traumatic) months recovering.
And it's the last house of mine my mum ever saw - that makes me very sad. I recall how she struggled the last time she was here.
All in all mixed feelings about leaving then. But I feel good about the new place. It feels light and spacious and open.
I hope to match its mood from now on.
Just about my last night in this house. Tomorrow I'm in Birmingham and then on Thursday the removers come to pack me up. On Friday everything ends up the new house. Hopefully.
Alfie's left already - to the kennels and back to our new home at the weekend.
I've been happy in this house mostly. It's been the first I've owned on my own. And the first one I've chosen. J and I have had so many happy laughing times here.
But it's also the one where I discovered I was ill and where I spent uncomfortable ( and sometimes traumatic) months recovering.
And it's the last house of mine my mum ever saw - that makes me very sad. I recall how she struggled the last time she was here.
All in all mixed feelings about leaving then. But I feel good about the new place. It feels light and spacious and open.
I hope to match its mood from now on.
Monday, April 07, 2008
Key to the door!
It finally happened! I own the new house in Darlington - and it's lovely!
I move next week so will spend the next few days acciimatising...
Pretty healthy at the moment apart from a chesty cough.
I move next week so will spend the next few days acciimatising...
Pretty healthy at the moment apart from a chesty cough.
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