Just words

It is almost time now.  In six and a half weeks we will be setting off for the return leg to Bulgaria.  The time here has flown in and I can’t quite believe that we are already preparing for this.  We were both dreading being here, but it has actually been really enjoyable and that is mostly down to great friends and our insistence to make the best of it, which we certainly have done!

So, most of you will have read the updates from the Mr’s blog and therefore I will not bore you for too long or show you the shots which you will have invariably already seen.  I just wanted to jot down a few thoughts about where we are and how I feel about all the change ahead. 

Once again, we will be driving back across Europe as fast as we can in our new van, Harrison (Ford)....yeah, I know, it wasn’t my idea!  We have much to achieve once we are there, with several utilities to switch back on, pay the bills and of course, connect the internet again – my only way really of keeping in touch with anyone. 

What is the plan, I hear you ask?  (Well, probably not, but I’m telling you anyway)  There are various things that we need to achieve before Himself goes back to the UK and we only have about a week to get these things done.  This could be a struggle.

Composting point – we need a new composting point as the one we were using last year is now settled and working away, doing its thing.  So, we need something a little more robust and likely a little bigger for this year as we will both be spending all year there this time.  This is a blue job. 

Collect Rambo – This is a pink job for when the above blue job is being sorted.  Rambo has been in kennels over the winter with Ken, the guy who transported him from the UK to Bulgaria, but I need to go and get him as soon as I can really for two reasons.  I miss the big stupid lump and also, more importantly, he is my guard dog and will make me feel a little more secure and at ease after Himself leaves me to fend for myself.  This is a 4-5 hour drive there and the same back, so it will be a whole day of travelling.  I won’t be knackered at all!  I have had to promise that I will show him that I am the boss in this time and that I will also not spoil him.  I don’t believe in making promises, so only one of those is likely to be stretched a little.

Prepare for the chickens – We have talked about getting some egg laying chickens for quite a while now and I am going to take charge of this (and the subsequent drama that will unfold trying to get Rambo to not terrorise them).  I want to prepare a section of the green building with nesting boxes and sufficient hay and bedding for the chickens.  I am quite excited by this and hope that this is something I manage to achieve on my own.

Lucy – we hope to change the cars over.  I will have Lucy and Harrison when I am there.  Thomas the pickup is a perfect mode of transport for over there and with all of the trips to the builders merchant, but he will be back in the UK, so we need to get a small car that will allow me to do the necessary pottering around but that is able to take a small amount of building matter at times.   

Open a bank account – I need to be able to pay for any of the building works that are carried out, so this needs to be done.  This will also be the start of the process of getting a residency.  Woohoo!

Hopefully, after we have achieved all of this we can have a couple of days before He has to leave to enjoy ourselves, before reality kicks in and we have to part ways for a few months.  I am REALLY not looking forward to that.  It will definitely be tough not to be together, but we need to suffer it and get on with things as best we can.  There is a bigger picture to concentrate on and it will all be worth it when He finally arrives back again.  I’ll miss the cheeky big lump.

Of course, to help me keep my mind occupied I will have my work and I also have to plan the vegetable garden and dig out some more beds.  I have made a spreadsheet of the seeds and sets I want for growing.  I know that may sound a bit geeky, but if I don’t write these things down I forget things and then I will have sod all to eat when it comes to the summer!

I also have more parts to complete in the guest rooms.  More partition walls, sectioning off the wet room and also, with any luck, getting the electrics dropped down into our bedroom and finishing that room with a skim of plaster and the floor tiles.  That would be awesome to have that completed for him coming back.  But we shall see....

Having all of these things to do is great, but things don’t always go to plan, so I will do my best and hope I don’t let him down.

Anyway, that is about all I have for you now.  When I get back I will be doing his daily blog, mostly for him to be honest, as he will need to be kept up to date with progress and how things are. 

Wish me luck....

A x