Nearly But Not Quite
Last night, in between right now and the unknown date in the near future when we will be moving into our beautiful new dooooplex, we moved into a little two-bedroom flat with all our stuff in piles of boxes and black bags. Well, I say 'we', I mean of course 'me', as we moved Nikki into the temporary place on Sunday, last night was my turn. Apart from one box (the one with the books in it, of course!) which was incredibly heavy and required all of my manual handling training to lift, it was all pretty straightforward.
Well, it would have been, if it wasn't for my uncanny ability to be completely terrible when it comes to getting myself together. Why is it, that I can organise a complete truck-full of lighting, sound equipment, set and costumes to be unloaded and set-up within a fairly tight deadline, but I find it a total 'mare to put my crap in boxes and move it from one place to another...?
The flat is ok, there's plenty of room for all our stuff, clothes, etc, the shower works, it's clean and dry, there's a balcony I can smoke on, and the bed is reasonably comfy ('sleepable in' is how I'd put it). Nikki claimed that the toaster was 'broken', prompting the very real fear that 'life without toast' would become more than just a silly blog name, but a bit of jigging around and wiggling of levers and lovely, Marmitey toast was had this morning.
And so it begins. Nikki and I are now officially 'living together'. If we haven't killed each other by this time next week, we should be cool for a long while yet.
UPDATE:I just realised something. There's no internet access in this temporary place of ours. How am I going to live without my eveningly hour or two of interweb trawling? I'll go MENTAL! Either that or I'll go to an internet café. But I know there's none nearby. Ah... crap.
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Well, if you had called me like you said you would (or replied to my text) I would have helped you get your stuff together!! Is it all over for Arse Road now? Is Andy on his ownio now? Aw! Can I come over and annoy you in the new gaff? Will you ever answer all of these questions?? Who knows?!
Posted by: Babs | May 23, 2006 11:30 AM
Arse Road is no more. I didn't reply to that text as I was up to my gooter in clothes and electronics that required sorting and packing! Andy isn't on his ownio, as his missus has moved herself in. You can come over and annoy us if you want! Although I'd prefer if you came over and didn't annoy us. :-)
Posted by: Matt | May 23, 2006 12:15 PM
Pets come next. Kittens probably.
Posted by: razorhead | May 23, 2006 12:19 PM
oooh get some terapins! I am gaining two on Thursday when my new house mate Conor moves in - yay! Or a fish like Bob. They are so much less hassle than something that makes noise and requires attention!
Posted by: Babs | May 23, 2006 1:03 PM
Also, Matt, I am NEVER annoying...am I?
Posted by: Babs | May 23, 2006 1:04 PM
There will be no, I repeat no, terrapins. There will quite probably be a kitten at some stage, which will metamorphize into a cat. There might also be fish (singular or plural).
And no, you're never annoying. I swear. Especially when you're quiet. Which is never. :-P
Posted by: Matt | May 23, 2006 1:10 PM
I am only ever quiet when I am eating, this was observed by Trish, madness I say! :-P em...why no terrapins, they are groovescent! You are just jealous of my inherited ones! I will get you the fish from the dude that I got Bob, he seems to supply good ones, Bob is now 3 and a half and still going strong, although Betty (Bob's missus) died last year, she had a hard life, RIP
Posted by: Babs | May 23, 2006 1:35 PM
Again, NO to the terrapins. Fish are a possibility, but don't go rushing out a bringing me a bag of Goldfish, we won't be ready for anything resembling a pet for a few months.
Posted by: Matt | May 23, 2006 2:03 PM
NO TO FISH!
I had to babysit for a weekend some kids who had goldfish when I was younger. I spent the whole weekend worrying that the fish would die and I would have to handle the burial and the kids grief. It was a frightening thought back then.
Cute teddybears that dont die are welcome however.
Posted by: NKL | May 23, 2006 2:17 PM
Oh and Babs.....MORE THAN WELCOME* to visit any time....
(*cooking 3 course dinner of 5 star quality for all parties present mandatory for all visitors)
Posted by: NKL | May 23, 2006 2:25 PM
Ah now, I will be teaching you and Matt how to cook properly, I think that that is enough payment for you! And I am definitely buying you a fish now, it will be called Bob #2, just for you! :)
Posted by: Babs | May 23, 2006 3:32 PM
No to fish?! This merits further discussion off-blog, I think... You worry far too much by the way. :-P
(I agree on the mandatory visitor restrictions)
The fish will be called Bob v2.0, actually. Because I am a geek.
Posted by: Matt | May 23, 2006 3:45 PM
I won't call over then if I am made to cook! And then you will never get your groovy present!! So there :P I will SHOW you how to cook nice stuff, like pies, and curry and that, but not just cook for you! (Unless you pay me of course!)
Posted by: Babs | May 23, 2006 4:01 PM
Nikki, you are meant to do the cooking for guests not the other way round.
Oh yeah you can't cook. :)
And I'd like to point out last time I was in dubs, I offered to cook for you and you turned me down.
Matt, when I used to visit Nikki in dubs I hate to dial up over my roaming mobile. I never quite understood how Nikki got through the evenings with no laptop and no net. Please fix her. :)
Posted by: Adrian | May 24, 2006 8:52 AM
All this talk of cooking is making me hungry.
Is the new Bob a significant improvement over the old one? If it's just a bug fix you should probably call him 1.1 or 1.01
Posted by: QE | May 24, 2006 9:16 AM
The new Bob? No, this is not so, it's just Bob # 2, the "old" Bob is happily swimming around in his bowl on the TV table in my house, he is great, he lives like a gold fish, but is not a goldfish, he is whitey silver with mad coloured speckles all over him, he is teeny, I'd say maybe 2 and a half inches long, he's crazy and sometimes wakes me up with his uber fast swimming! (he hits the gravel and that's what makes the noise) so Bob (original) and Bob #2 will be equally as great as each other.
Posted by: Babs | May 24, 2006 9:58 AM
Adrian, Nikki is more of a 'won't cook' than a 'can't cook'.
I'm not dialling up from my mobile either. I'm broke enough as it is without that! Nikki gets through the evenings without the interweb because she is not a geek. This may change when we move in together (to our new house, not the temp. place).
Bob will definitely be v2.0. Not a significant improvement, just a different fish. Kinda like Colin McCrae Rally v2.0.
Posted by: Matt | May 24, 2006 11:11 AM
Having the net is not about being a geek, it's about being able to function.
Posted by: Adrian | May 24, 2006 4:47 PM
"Having the net is not about being a geek, it's about being able to function."
Able to function... as a geek? I can eat, sleep, and go to the toilet without the help of the internet. Can't you?
Posted by: Matt | May 24, 2006 5:11 PM
Can you book tickets .... can you get CDDB info for your ipod .... can you call people for free .... can you do your banking .... can you research (anything) ....
Having the net is less and less of a luxury and more and more the primary and only way to get things done, and when it's not it's way more efficient.
And these days efficient, is functioning.
Posted by: Adrian | May 24, 2006 9:39 PM
Getting CDDB info for your iPod is not what I'd call an 'essential' part of my life. I can book tickets on the phone. And I can save my calling people and banking for during the day. Why would I be researching when I could be watching 'Desperate Housewives', or heaven forbid, going out?
Having the net is still a luxury, in my opinion. I do want to have it when I have my new house, but I think I can do without it in the meantime. I'm going on holiday in the middle of this net-free period, so it'll only really be about 2 or 3 weeks without it, and I think I'll survive.
You should try to live your life without the net (not your working life, your private life) for a couple of days. I'd put money on you not being able to.
Posted by: Matt | May 25, 2006 9:53 AM
You can do everything with out the net.
You can also cook without an oven.
But there is a point where the efficent of the net exceeds the non efficency of not having it to such a degree, that it eseentially becomes essential.
Posted by: Adrian | May 25, 2006 11:03 AM
We could go back and forth with this argument forever, but basically, the net is not essential, but it is very, very convenient. I won't be using my mobile to dial up as long as I'm in the temporary place, but I have already applied for broadband in the new place. So really, I both agree and disagree with you.
Posted by: Matt | May 25, 2006 11:15 AM