a lot can happen in 3 weeks

One thing is certain; once me and Harry decide to do something, we hit the ground running so to speak, well there's not time like the present I guess!

That being said, we are officially moved into our new apartment. I think the turnaround time was about a week; from viewing the new place, to giving our notice at our old place, packing, organising a mountain of things and moving into the new place. Probably the most chaotic and stressful week we have had since we moved to Cyprus. I mean really. Who's stupid idea was it to move that quickly.....oh yes....ours!

To make things worse, Harry was sick and ultimately I got sick. I do not recommend packing and cleaning whilst suffering with a mammoth cold. Especially when you realise you packed all the toilet roll, tissues and napkins and have nothing to use for a runny nose.....

And as if that wasn't enough, a small mini drama ensued when we lost our only set of keys to the new apartment down the small gap between the floor and the lift in the new building. I think my heart stopped as I watched the keys drop in slow motion down the lift shaft. We had been given the keys by the new landlord early so we could start moving our stuff. Officially we had the apartment from saturday, but we had to be out of the old by 4pm saturday so we started moving bits mid week. Unfortunately in the daze of stress, sleepy, and sickness this event occurred. And of course it occurred on Friday night at 11pm!!! Excellent. We were meant to stay in the new place on Friday night, but obviously that plan went out the window, so we spent one last night in our empty apartment, with no sheets, a duvet and dog to keep us smiling through the stress of how to get our keys back.

8 am Saturday morning the lift man came to our rescue, retrieved our keys and so we spent the morning frantically clearing the old apartment and cleaning. Phew.

Now we can put this nightmare behind us, we are moved in and I think I have found a place for everything. Multiple Ikea trips later and we have some new sparkly things to make the new apartment even nice. While its smaller than the last place, its perfectly formed and we still have a spare room so we are open for summertime bookings! And we have a rather lovely balcony which Harry believes he can get a pool on.....im more dubious.

It's a work in progress and a few more things to get sorted, but as you can see, we are getting there.