It is a week since we moved into the mobile home and I have to say that I am surprised at how well we have settled in, the boys especially. Of course there has been a bit of tension: 2 boisterous boys bored in a mobile home while storms rage outside is a recipe for disaster! But on the whole things have gone smoothly enough. I am really happy that they were at school for the most part.
The move itself took forever! I don't think Daithi realised how much stuff was in the garage. We had a loan of a fantastic van from our neighbour (Daithi was smitten) and oh my did we need it. The house was empty by early afternoon and I went off trick or treating with the boys at their friend's house. Conor really got into the spirit of things this year. He was a vampire and was such a sight running from house to house collecting sweets. I forgot my camera (again!) so I am hoping to get photos from my friend and will post them up. I have managed to make the sweets last all week but next year I am going to remove the majority the same night, before they get an idea on how many are in their bags. We left Daithi at 4pm busily packing up the garage and returned at 8pm to find him doing the same!
I have to say that first night in the mobile home was freezing!!!!!! It was the coldest night so far this autumn/winter and we felt it. We were completely unprepared and spent as much of the night wrapped up hugging hot water bottles. The gas couldn't be connected because the cooker was leaking gas so we had no hot water or heat apart from a small electric heater. The boys were safely tucked up in bed and seemed completely oblivious to the ice forming around them. I felt very guilty heading off at 5am to Dublin for the knitting and stitching show (well a little bit ;) ) .
Poor Daithi had a bit of a stressfull day by all accounts. The boys were extremely clingy and wouldn't stay with friends while Daithi finished clearing the house and taking the van back to its home. As a consequence they arrived at Liam's classmates birthday pary 2 hours late, just as it was finishing! Finially they had been invited to friends for dinner, which the boys refused to eat. And to top it off a freezing mobile home to sleep in because they had been out all day! Meanwhile I was enjoying my lovely full Irish breakfast (veggie version), embroidery workshops, exhibitions, spending money and 3 course evening meal! I got back at midnight to find Daithi wrapped in 2 quilts, full pyjamas and hat looking completely stressed out.... oh well!
The Sunday was a beautifully sunny day so we were able to sort ourselves out. Cian brought down a replacement cooker from uncle Josie's house (hope he doesn't come over from England to soon!) and we were able to get the gas connected... hot water on demand, cooking, heating...hoorah! Friends have loaned us a great electric heater which is sufficient to heat the place too. Daithi connected up the washing machine in the house but I have to find a way to dry the clothes now. I have no drier so will have to find a launderette somewhere I think. We also put up spare sheets of insulation around the outside of the mobile which has worked really well at making the bedrooms and bathroom more cosy. So now we are comfortable and much happier than we were in the rented house! I even slept much better when Daithi was in Galway for his 3 day stint. It feels like the final stage now..... I can see the house from my window and know that we will be in soon enough!
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