Done Since 2024-09-29

We're here! It's been a difficult week in a lot of ways, but we're in Den Haag, with keys to our house and a large quantity of luggage. (Even so, I made a couple of really stupid bring-vs-ship decisions -- the Starport tableware and the (Cal. Academy of Sciences?) stuffable backpack would have been really useful.)

But we made it. We have until Wednesday to finish moving ourselves out of the hotel, meaning we have until then to make the house minimallly habitable. We're going to start by getting some blankets and maybe sheets at HEMA, across the street from the hotel. The beds left in the house aren't what we want to end up with, but they'll do as a stopgap.

In the last week we have:

• Sold Molly (to N's ex, which simplified things greatly).
• Packed suitcases (leaving behind a few things that would have been very useful, like a stack of maske, the tableware from the Starport, and a stuffable small backpack).
• Flown to Schiphol, and taken a cab from there to the hotel (for which my large MEI suitcase/backpack proved very useful indeed, because it's about a block from the nearest drop-off point -- the street the hotel is on doesn't allow cars).
• Registered with the municipality.
• Met up with (real estate agent)Ceva, who gave us our keys, a lovely bouquet of flowers which we left at the front desk, and a trip to and tour of our house. (Details in yesterday's post)
• Been out to the house yesterday with j, taking a few items (my recording gear, Colleen's ashes, and the green tool bag that once was hers) and meeting the local swans.

It's been a difficult, strenuous week, but also a very busy and productive one. I'll take it.

( Notes & links, as usual )