They're taking over!

The boxes, that is. The moving company delivered our "stuff" yesterday.

I had an important steering group meeting to run at 8am in the morning (people calling in from UK and US, so this is the best time). Then it was straight out the door and back home, from where I'd left about 1.5 hours earlier!

They started by bringing most of the boxes inside and stacking them in piles in the different rooms. Then once that was all done, started unpacking. Only a couple of minor pieces of damage - a knock on the end of one of the cabinets, right down by the floor at at the back. Probably not worth fixing, although we'll see what the insurance company does. Also a foot broken on a chest of drawers. We ended up with all of the feet removed and it now sits on a piece of wood.

Possibly the most concerning is the mildew on the leather couches. And on the dining chairs. Not sure how we fix that. The chairs could be reupholstered if it comes to it, but the leather? I guess I have a job this weekend - find leather cleaners (ever tried to do that when you cannot read the writing?) and see if I can clean them up.

However, it's nice to have something feeling a little less like we are living day-to-day. I managed to get the stereo hooked up last night - big transformer to boost our 110v up to 230-240v. Sonia is still in Bangkok, so hopefully before she gets here I will have a chance to sort most of the things out and get the coffee machine running, etc.

Pop quiz: what appliance uses the most power (as in watts)? This is important because the transformers are rated to different wattages. Answer comes tomorrow or the next day...