Reunited

We received a rather large parcel in the post today, 5 to be exact! Way back in December we sealed what remained of our possessions into 5 cardboard boxes and 10 weeks later they have arrived.

Packing them was actually very stressful; trying to decide just what to pack and making sure that each box remained under the weight limit. Cortisol levels were not helped by realising, after we had sealed the boxes, that we had packed forbidden items. Not only that, but we had not marked which boxes contained the items that New Zealand's strict Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry would want to inspect!

Thankfully unpacking them was not stressful at all with only one item was damaged; if you don't include the dog eared books. Perhaps we packed some stuff we don't really need - at least not right now anyhow. When we were packing we were anticipating living alone, not in a flat share where most of the essentials are already here.

Some of items of course are well received and we are glad to have them arrive. Amanda's pretty chuffed to have her dressing gown and hot water bottle for example - it is Autumn here after all! Meanwhile Rich is happy that the books, CDs and cooking utensils have arrived.