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Chapter 49 – Boxes and more boxes pt2
Have you ever felt like you are constantly doing things but getting absolutely nowhere? Well that's exactly how I feel at the minute. It's Saturday morning, the movers didn't leave till after 5 last night and we unpacked the kitchen and our bedroom before exhaustion took over and we had to go to bed. Since we got up this morning Gerry has been putting away boxes that came from the attic in the old house and I've been emptying boxes of CD's, DVD's and books onto the shelves in the living room but I don't feel like we're getting anywhere.
"Sandra; where do you want our wedding china? In the sideboard in the dining room or the kitchen?" God the wedding china, it's hideous I don't think we've ever used it to serve anything on. It belonged to my mother and her mother before that and I did a good job of pretending I was delighted when she carried on the tradition and gave it to me when we got married but I'll never actually use it.
"Definitely the sideboard right at the back were we don't have to look at it." I can hear him laughing but I know he agrees.
"Ok I've moved all the attic boxes from the old house into the storage cupboards in the attic room here and moved all the spare room stuff up there too the movers had put the bed together again and put the mattress on so I made it up with the white cotton bedding that matches the curtains you put up there. How are you getting on?"
"So far I've only managed to get through the boxes of DVD's, CD's and books we still have the photos and lamps and all the little bits and pieces to sort."
"This is going to take us a more than a weekend at this rate Sandra what were we thinking assuming we'd have it all done and be settled in by Sunday night?" I know he's right nothing is going as fast as either of us would like it to but what can we do?
"ok look bring me in the rest of the boxes for here and you go finish the spare room and set the computer up on the new desk we bought for the office and we'll see how far we've got by lunch time then rethink if we need to."
He's gone again but he looks completely deflated there has to be a better way than this and I've had an idea where's my mobile amongst all this?
"It's me, we need some help if I make some calls will you gather everyone up…yeah I'll get back to you in ten minutes sit tight."
It's been half an hour since I finished making calls and the doorbell has just rang but before I can get myself out of the chair I can hear him running down the stairs to answer it.
"Granddad! Where's Sandra have the babies come yet I like your new house does it have a garden?"
I've made it into the hall just as Gerry Jr runs past him followed by Paula, Emily, Catlin, Jack, Brian and Esther.
"Sandra, Sandra can I feel the babies are they playing football again?"
"Of course you can sweetheart but I think they're asleep at the minute." Gerry's looking quizzically at me as his grandson puts his ear to my bump telling the babies to wake up. "I thought we needed reinforcements so I called the cavalry."
"You should have called us sooner Sandra I told you to let us know if you needed anything." Esther is already in full on organisation mode but it's brilliant. "I brought supplies for lunch so why don't you divide this lot up into pairs in a room each and then come and we'll make lunch while they work."
I've turned to face the other as Gerry stands beside me slipping his hand around my waist as he whispers in my ear.
"You're amazing I'd never have been able to get them all here at once."
"Well given how bossy you said I was yesterday I figured I could get them all here with just the promise of a take away and booze tonight when we're finished by way of a house warming." They're all smiling at us as I divide them into pairs and send them all off in different directions. With this much help we'll be finished today then tomorrow maybe we can relax and look for the rest of the office furniture!
