Today I had my second physical therapy session. It's a lot of work and takes a long time. Now I am sore. After the first session I was really really sore! But, also after that first session the swelling in my left food has improved a lot. Wearing nasty support hose helped too.
It's been a weird week. Nick and I went to Reston last Thursday to supervise the packing of our household effects (Foreign Service talking)
Friday, Nick went to Reston to be there while the movers put all of our furniture and "stuff" onto the truck. After the truck was full, after their lunch break, the truck full of our things came here to Aldie.
I couldn't believe how long it took for them to unload everything. They were here until dark!
It is so different when you are doing all of the arranging and paying than it is when the State Department is paying. Of course, whenever we were going overseas our things were sorted into air freight, sea freight and storage. It usually works pretty well. You get to your new home and shortly your air freight arrives. the basics. Enough dishes and pots and pans to get by. Sheets and towels and a small amount of clothes. Then after a couple of months you learn that your sea freight has arrived. And you look around and wonder "what did we ship?". We have been doing just fine with what we have, and now there's another couple of thousands of pounds of household effects. And then you reverse the project in a couple of years and either go to another posting, or back home.
We have lived in the new house since July and have been doing alright. Okay, living in a six bedroom house with one bed. But for the two of us that's enough. And sitting on the love seat with Buddy and Nick sitting in an office/ desk chair while we watch TV.
It.s as if we have been living on our air freight. but now that we have all of our things, it feels good. There's still unpacking to do, but there's no hurry. And this time there are no kids running around and trying to help.
We're still sleeping in the downstairs master bedroom. That's where we have been sleeping since July. And with my crummy knees, it works. But I am sure we will be moving upstairs soon.
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