The current abode now contains a TV, two computers, a mattress, two pieces of furniture, a few clothes, and a cat. The future abode looks like a container storage park, if the containers were actually MamyPoko nappy boxes stuffed with irrelevant household shit.
On Friday a small truck will transport everything apart from the cat to the new abode; we will transport the cat; then we will finally be living in our new place.
Which leaves tomorrow, and my wife advised that that will be given over to making merit. “Thursday, the whole day, will be given over to making merit before we move into our home” she intoned in her most serious, don’t argue with me, voice; a couple of days ago. So I didn’t argue. But this evening I sought clarification as to the delights ahead of me on the morrow.
“Well, first we could go out for breakfast and coffee”. I nodded my head enthusiastically; that’s some of the day not spent in a temple. Maybe I could spin it out to two cups of coffee and a couple of hours. “Then we will go to the temple near our new home and make merit”. Fair enough; then what? “That’s it, the rest of the day is free”.
Of course, had I initially queried the plan to spend the entire day throwing money at monks; she would have risen to the challenge and invented things to do. I am getting the hang of living with a Thai lady.
So, a temple visit in the morning followed by an extended grocery shop to fill up the humungous new fridge; because I have also been advised that we will have to stay at home for the first couple of days to keep the cat company because “it will be nervous in its new home”. I suspect the cat will return to its normal behaviour of eating the furniture and vomiting in unexpected places within the first hour; but I am not going to challenge that for fear of being wrong.
Next post will be from my new computer room; how very exciting (for me).
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2014-08-20| genuinej saysRather than waste a couple of days cat-sitting, you just need to put butter/margarine on its paws for a day or two. As puss sits and licks off the offending spread, it becomes increasingly aware that its new surroundings are in also its new residence. Bingo; job done! This trick also works for women, I’m lead to believe, so keep it up your sleeve should SWMBO need reminding of her change of address. I wish the three of you all the best in your home.
2014-08-21| Grant saysYes, second that, have a happy home! I’m picking that it would be a braver man than Uncle Spike who would dare butter SWMBO’s paws…
2014-08-21| Parry saysBuild that studio. Elinchrom strobes and soft boxes the lot. Go on Spike! It’s the modern day gentlemans ‘garden shed’.