Moving homes or houses !

What's it about moving houses .. I am sure no one in their right mind would enjoy it. I am the knid of guy who likes to warm up to his 'digs' and well am too lazy to move just because there is a better 'set of digs' about with more space and style ! That is precisely why I have been in this flat for a year and six months now. But that's the cost of being an expat.. in the last 6 plus years of being an 'expatriate' I have moved 5 houses ! not to mention the fact that its soooo easy to move places in Dubai... you have friends around to help you pack (well they were'nt married back then) and then on the d-day all you do is go find a Pathan with a lorry haggle some and presto you'd get a 'superb' deal, and just because you are a 'Pakistani brathar' the God fearing Khan would throw in a 'Chota' to do all the moving for you.. add to this the Malbari Natoor (watchman) and presto all you have to do is drive your 4 wheel from one part of the city to another (or for my last move there,, one city to another) and sit pretty, and best of all you can do it at your leisure.

This Country,, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland aka EINGLAAND and more so London, you have to do every thing on your own (unless you are filthy rich !) which for the record is no fun at all. The wife and I spend a good time of last weekend packing our worldly belongings (which seem to just multiply on their own) into our 'movers' brown packing boxes and in suit cases of various denominations. Now during the week she is to have all the fun and pack up her 'Kitchen' and then 'de pack' the land lords Kitchen back in its shape (don't ask what that is all about)

The D day is we are hoping end of this week, so if every thing goes by the book we'll have moved in our new flat. And then is one half day of fun with the 'Inventory Inspector' from my present real estate/manager and we'll have fun counting spoons, ladles, furniture and the three paper backs we got in with the flat.

One of our neighbour's volunteered to ferry the two dozen odd boxes and suit cases to the new place at the weekend, lucky us we are just moving two blocks away within the same post code !