I'm Back....Again!

 The only place I've been is sick in bed for a week. Heavy cold or the flu!

Monday I was determined to get some more unpacking done!  I was feeling mentally refreshed after my day off but my body was protesting. I walked over 5000 steps on Sunday, from my waist down everything ached. I wanted to get the boxes and crates in my room empty so I could take them back and pack up more stuff.  With a lot of moaning and complaining I managed to get that done. I also spent about an hour looking for something that I might have thrown out!!  After lunch I took it easy as I had a busy week ahead of the usual round of teaching and cleaning, packing, unpacking and cleaning.

One thing I'm really struggling with is not having real communal space. We have the kitchen/dining room but no living room. When my mother-in-law and grandmother-in-law lived here they used the kitchen/dining room for everything, the living room was a storage/dumping place. They had so much furniture in here that it felt dark and crowded.  They didn't get along therefore having a place to hang out together wasn't important for them!

One item of furniture that I thought about keeping was this kitchen cabinet.

kitchen cabinet

The problem is that it is dark and very tall, making the room feel smaller.  David said that the bottom part is the right height to fit under counter we bought!  Something to think about.

Tuesday was back to the old house. I went early to start on Mikey's room. I told him I was just going to put things into boxes and crates and he could sort out thing when he gets time. Christopher and I spent a good couple of hours doing that but we ran out of boxes and I started to cough a lot, I thought it was because of all the dust.  I went to my bank to close the account and get the bit of money out. I thought it would be a simple thing but took over an hour!

Back to the old house for a quick lunch, just instant noodles! By this time my coughing was worse and I was really feeling awful!  I tried to lie on tatami floor but it wasn't comfortable at all. I did my one lesson and got back to here about 9pm. I went straight to bed!

Wednesday I woke up feeling like I had been hit by a truck. Still coughing, headache, body ache and then I started to throw up. I decided that my bed was the best place to be!

Hannah called in the afternoon, she had a fever as well. She wanted to come here for a few days. She was worried about the fever triggering another seizure, she felt it would be safer to stay with us for a few days. Mikey went and picked her up after teaching that day.

Thursday Hannah and I stayed in my room, we thought about going to the doctor but I have no idea which doctor to go to near here, I guess that is something else I need to figure out! Also it felt like too much effort to get dressed and go!

Friday I managed to get out of bed and went to the kitchen/dining room. David and Christopher had been very busy while I was in bed!

They took out that big kitchen cabinet, the bottom part went under the counter, they also took out the tatty green table that was there. They moved the unit from the corridor and put it next to the fridge, no choice as we need a place for food storage.

just fits and matches!

moved this in, must be a better solution but for now this is okay

empty wall, I might paint it later, just to refresh it a bit

Saturday Hannah went back to her apartment, she said that this house is too cold.  She recovered very quickly this time, which is good.

I'm still not 100%, still coughing, still sniffling! The only place that I feel warm is in bed but I have to get my act together or we will never be settled in here!

We've had a neighbor come and greet us!

Welcoming committee

He sat staring in for almost three hours. He went over to where the cats were but came back, maybe the humans are better entertainment!