July 18-20, 2016
The packers arrived on Monday, July 18 to
prepare my stuff either for shipping to Moscow by Air or Sea or Long Term
Storage (LTS). Given that my apartment in Moscow is furnished, the bulk of my
furniture and irreplaceable items were destined for LTS while my dishes, art,
clothes and many treasured tchotchkes (Russian word for useless objects) were being shipped to
Moscow to liven up and provide the "Judy" touch for my new home.
Justin and Ryan
filled box after box with my treasures and made sure that I maxed out on the
air shipment as that will likely arrive sometime in August while the sea
shipment will likely not materialize until October. Decisions, decisions,
decisions … what will I need/want sooner rather than later. It was a bit of a
scramble as I had underestimated the possible size of the air shipment so I was
pulling things out of suitcases, drawers and cupboards so who knows what is
coming!
As luck would have it my favourite Vikings; Chantale, Jan, Samuel and
Marcos were visiting from Denmark so I had invited them for a clean out the
fridge supper. Joined by Lynn and Gavin, we dined among the boxes on honey
bourbon back ribs, corn on the cob, salad and rice with strawberry shortcake
for dessert washed down with some wine and beer. What a great evening reminding
me that even though I was going to be far from home there would be some friends
close by in Denmark.
Justin and Ryan were back on Tuesday to complete the
packing and benefited from leftover ribs and all the fixings including dessert
at lunchtime so they were pretty happy too!
Wednesday, the movers arrived and
packed the truck with all and sundry. The process of loading the truck was like putting
together a jigsaw puzzle (unloading will be more like Jenga!) to make sure the sea shipment and LTS boxes were
separated and that weight, etc. we take into consideration for packing. Several
hours later it was just me and the dust bunnies left in the house. It was
bittersweet to clean-up one last time. Gavin and I had a beer on the front
steps and then I headed to Karen Wood’s for my last night in Ottawa; drinks and
snacks by the pool with a few girlfriends.
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