A weekend in summary...

I've realised at several points over the last couple of years that I am blessed with some particularly awesome friends, and this was proved once again on Saturday, when a big group of them gave up a good chunk of their day to come and help my sister and I move house. To be honest, the whole experience was much less hideous than I was expecting and everything got done so much faster than I'd hoped, to the extent of being able to pick up my mattress that afternoon instead of on Sunday. I even started to enjoy driving the big van of doom (though parking was still not a fun experience, especially when the space you're trying to get into is only 2 foot longer than the van... kudos to Henry's directions for that one...). Looking at Helens photos from the day (mine to follow at some point) made me realise I had a whole lot of fun (especially when being serenaded with Ronan Keating songs caused me to stall twice in the middle of the road...)! :oP

So two van trips, 8 fantastic people, 24 rashers of bacon in sandwich form, countless cups of tea, 1 bottle of bucks fizz, two flights of twisty stairs, lots of biscuits, 1 sore knee, and too many boxes/bags later, we're in. Unpacking and sorting has begun, but it will probably be a few weeks til we get it all settled. It was also nice to hear people comment on how nice the new place is (we think it is too)...

Saturday was topped off with tasty Cafe Kino food and then seeing Feeder at Colston Hall. Now, this was an interesting experience for me - The first time I saw them was about 10 years ago, at the L2 in Liverpool (ooooh pretty fairy lights), at a tiny gig just before they got famous (I think "Yesterday Went Too Soon" had just come out) - I was in the middle on the barrier at the front, shook hands with the lead singer and managed to nab a playlist at the end... Oh I felt old as I stood halfway back, nursing a sore knee on top of the sore ankle and getting overexcited every time they played one of their old songs. Was a pretty good gig (despite the lack of interaction with the crowd) and a fairly balanced mix of old and new stuff... Also had an awesome moment walking home. It was raining torrentially as I walked between the bus stop and the flat and I was listening to cloud cult on my mp3 player, through headphones that completely block out any other noise other than the music. It was just a perfect moment - beautiful music, a post gig high and stunning views of the streetlights catching the rain as it fell...

Sunday morning was spent at Church, then much of the afternoon was taken up with unpacking and sorting... My room is starting to take shape (the bed is up, the boxes are mostly gone, things are in the general proximity of where they should be)... The annoying thing is that we won't have internet there yet - it takes a couple of weeks to transfer across the broadband, so I'll be facebookless for a while (given it's blocked from work which is my only internet access at present...).

So it's all good. Once we've got the old place sorted and our deposit back, we can hopefully put the whole mouldy thing behind us. Whoop indeed...