Saturday - Moving day

Today, a cast of thousands helped Mum and the man in the apartment below swap today (to remove the starts from her daily life). It was just wonderful to see so many people come out to help.

We had Win on cleaning and coordinating duty - and didn't she clean? She scrubbed so hard she was reducing surfaces to their base elements.

Neil was on all things related to tools. He was removing shelves, taking the conditioner off its frame and removing the fittings. He is also going to set up various shelves and other fittings in the new apartment.

Daniel, Scott, Lisa, Mary, Chris, Callum, Declan and I were focused on moving stuff (and Lisa was also working with a space aged vacuum that scared me a little). A special mention goes to Mary for the chocolate chip cookies that keep the team going and Lisa for the jam and custard roll (there was a fancy name for it but of course I cannot spell it and don't want to give Uncle Phil any ammo). Mum was on lunch duty.

It took all day and it was quite an event. The dude in the apartment Mum was moving into was not really prepared. Nothing was in boxes (not even the kitchen) which made for a few more trips up and down the stairs than expected (although I am expecting calves of steel tomorrow as a bonus). It was also a bit of a challenge that he was deaf and mute (and I could not read his hand writing). Just added that bit of drama that any good move needs.

Callum and Declan were fantastic movers. They were willing to do anything and were much stronger than they looked. The basically moved Mum into the new apartment. In the morning, we emptied Mum's apartment into the courtyard in the unit complex and after the big stuff was moved in, I would say the boys moved most of the boxes and bags into the apartment. They had boundless energy and they certainly kept me moving.

Aunty Win got the team working like a well oiled electrical engineering team and was directing the incoming boxes as well as setting up the lounge room.

A big thanks to everyone for their efforts today - it would not have been possible without each person. Mum was very chuffed that everyone would do this for her. The only downside for the day was Declan's brush turkey trap did not yield a bird so it is leftover chicken for dinner.

Now all we need to do is get the department of housing's approval to swap houses. Just details.