It’s 5.06am. I first got up at 2.56am after lying awake for some time. I am tired, yet I can’t sleep – too much on my mind.
Over the weekend, with the assistance of friends, we have moved some of the larger items into our storage facility so the flat is starting to empty, progress is being made and I feel like we are moving. On the other hand, I look around and still see so much to do, so much to sort out! Only one week left to do it all in.
There are three lots of packing being done – packing up the flat into the storage facility, packing for our 10 week trip and then packing up shipping boxes to send our things to New Zealand and it’s all getting a little confusing! Some wondered why we are spending the money on shipping things out, why not buy things out there as you need them? I contacted a few friends, New Zealanders who had been living in the UK but have returned to NZ recently, and they informed me that everything is more expensive in NZ. This may come as a surprise to many, as if you travel from the UK to NZ you think “Wow, it’s just so reasonable” which it is if you are earning £’s and spending $’s but on the old NZ$ not so much, and, hopefully, we will be earning NZ$’s whilst out there! So, I am packing up bed linen, towels, clothes, shoes, handbags (of course!), coats as well as a few kitchen essentials like the coffee machine and coffee grinder, kitchen knives and other assorted items, yet to be finally decided on, to save us having to shop when there.
We are using Freedom Shipping and so far so good. We received four tea-crate size boxes and a smaller box from them a few weeks ago. The bubble wrap that was to be included wasn’t there, but this was delivered the following day after I called to mention it. One of their representatives emailed me about helping us get a tax refund – sounds helpful but at the moment it’s just another hassle as a huge form has to be completed! But it is something we need to look into, at some stage! It will take up to 12 weeks for our boxes to arrive in NZ, so the sooner we get them away the better!
