I am successfully moved. Woohoo!

I got the packing actually done by the time the removal vans arrived, which was a big improvement on my last move. This was partly because I started it quite a lot earlier, partly because I discovered packing my computers is a good way to remove a source of packing procrastination, and mostly because feanelwa selflessly donated three hours of help packing my kitchen on Saturday, for which my gratitude cannot adequately be expressed in words and would be better expressed by large roast dinners.

The removal people were efficient and sensible, which didn't surprise me because I've used them twice before. They protected all the relevant bits of my stuff from the relentless dribbly rain, uncomplainingly dismantled and remantled things which were too big to move in one piece, put portable rolls of rug down before doing anything so they didn't track mud all over my nice new carpet, and generally did good.

(I was caught out, however, by the fact that they dismantled and remantled my bed. I had expected them to ask me to do that one for them, on the grounds that they did the last two times, and had deliberately arranged to keep a screwdriver unpacked for the job. But this time they did it, so if I'd known that in advance I could have packed the screwdriver…)

I haven't managed to unpack everything already, as I did last time I moved. But I've done over half of it, and enough of the house is in a functional state for me to survive for a few days.

I'm without phone and home network connection until Saturday, because NTL Virgin weren't able to book me an earlier appointment for reconnection. A bit feeble – last time I moved they managed to show up on the same day, so that I was able to spod from the old flat and the new one within twelve hours of each other – but I'm back at work for the rest of the week so I can at least spod from there in a pinch.

My biggest problem right now is that the desks from my old study didn't fit through the rather narrow door to my new study. The removal people could have dismantled and remantled them, but I decided against it, because I plan to replace them anyway (I can fit bigger ones in the new space) so I'd only have to do it again within weeks. Downside of that, of course, is that I'm actually going to have to get a move on with ordering the new desks.

Finally, the shower in my new house is so much better than the one in my old flat that it's worth lingering under. This made me late for work this morning, and will probably do so on a regular basis if I don't watch out :-)