Packing

So the dreadful weekend is here with means that we need to pack and sort out our house. Pickfords (the moving company) are packing everything up for us but you still have to pack a few things and prepare as much as possible so that it will go reasonable fast once the movers are here.
We started the day off with the two last episodes of Dexter before we got started but now to my big surprise we've been very productive for a couple of hours (hence the break..).
The guy who is moving into our house is already in Italy so he's coming around in an hours time to have a look at his home to be - just hope it won't scare him off considering the mess at the moment...
I am very sad to leave my beautiful plants behind but my neighbour Geraldine will look after them so at least they are going to a good home :). Oh well, I am sure I can buy plenty of new plants in Brunei to fill the house with. Talking of house, we still don't know what we are moving into in Brunei so it will be either a house or an apartment. When we moved here to Naples we did not find out where we where going to live until the day of our arrival... (there is just no such thing as planning....)
We are also waiting to hear that our flights to Brunei are confirmed because now we have arranged everything back home for our departure on the 11th so hopefully that will not change (although.. you never know...)
I guess I should drag myself from the sofa and continue with my packing. The sooner I get done the sooner I get to have a Bellini as a reward.. or two :)

The movers are finally coming

After almost a year here in Naples, Italy it is time for us to move on to Brunei.

Paul is posted here to JFC which is the joint allied headquarters for Nato.
Originally we where meant to stay here until Oct 2010 but the Brits decided to leave the post of DCOM (Deputy Commander) to the Canadians which means that the Brits working in that office gets sent elsewhere. The General is going back to the UK, Andy and Linda are going to Holland, Chris and Marcie are going to Jamaica and we are soon on our way to Brunei!

So we finally got the call yesterday, Pickfords are coming to move our furnitures - on Tuesday! Oh well.. there is no such thing as the present and at least they are giving us 5 days notice.
I guess this means that we now have the weekend planned for us and we will be spending it hopefully productively sorting out our organized mess!

We are only allowed to take 9 cubic meters to Brunei so we need to decide what goes and what stays behind in storage. In Brunei everyone gets a furnished house so there is not really any need in bringing anything apart from washer and dryer. Luckily we don't really have alot of things with us out here and the only big piece of furniture is our sofa and the treadmill (and yes the treadmill is definitely coming).

At work everything is now a bit chaotic and people seem to realize that I am actually leaving in two weeks (and no.. still no replacement for me). I am really hoping that they are hiring someone to train with me before I go and I am curious to hear who it might be (interviews where made last week).
For those of you who do not know I work full time for the Canadians (Canadian Military Family Resource Centre) as a program coordinator. So what do I do... well a little bit of everything.. from organizing language training, kids activities, seminars, trips, courses, etc, etc... basically whatever you can think of I probably do in this kind of strange job...

Paul has been really busy since we got back from vacation and of course he caught my bad cold so he has been a bit under the weather these past days. Today the General invited all his staff over for curry so Paul came home quite cheerful after a fantastic Gurkha curry (thank you Pawan for sending me leftovers).

The good thing about going to Brunei (well there are several good things) is that it is a Gurkha regement so I am sure I will finally learn how to cook the perfect curry!