Moving

I've just been to Brisbane to help Megan move out of College and into the apartment she will share with her friend A. I jumped on the internet when I got to her room and bought two tickets to the Buddy Holly Musical for the Mothers Day weekend next year so Drew and I will see the show on the Saturday and do the MD run on the Sunday. That will be a special weekend. I managed to get tickets in C row so it’s going to be fantastic.

Our first stop was Indro, where we did a couple of quick jobs that needed attending to then we started shopping. Megs decided she would like a solid silver bangle as a graduation present so we chose one at The Silver Shop. At the kitchen shop she bought a pizza stone and a non stick frypan and some utensils. I bought a set of cutters for Gibbo for when we have our Japanese meals. We will be able to cut some fancy vegetable shapes. We checked out the manchester shops and Megs found the style of doona cover she really liked but it wasn’t the right size.

Then we made our way to DFO at the airport. After cutting across two lanes of traffic we found a handy park and started shopping. At the Sheridan shop Megan found exactly the doona cover that she wanted as well as new towels. Then we went to Jacqui E to find some new work clothes. We both squeezed into the smallest change cubicle in the world while Megs tried on the clothes. It was very cosy. She chose 2 skirts and a shirt. When we left DFO we took a wrong turn and ended up at the roundabout at the international airport and cut across another two lanes of traffic. We drove half way to the Gold Coast to the Ikea store. What a great concept. You walk through the showroom and admire all the different room layouts, write down the relevant code then make your way to the warehouse to find the item you want. Smaller items can be purchased on the way through. Megs picked up a few things she’d seen in a catalogue – wooden coat hangers, a scarf hanger, a very cool lamp and a moveable wooden artist model.

Then we headed back to the apartment to drop off the purchases and the gear that she had packed up over the previous few days and did three trips up 4 flights of stairs to deposit it all in her new room. Then we raced over to Indro again to track down some red sheets.

We finally got back to College at 5pm and had roast beef and veges for tea and the tastiest dessert I’ve had in a long time. Then we met up with Gibbo over at the CClub and had a thirst quenching cappuccino. Megs went back to Women’s while Gibbo and I stayed at the Cosmo.

Next morning, Megs picked me up at 8-30 and we went to the unit to unpack another carload of gear and set her room up –another three trips up 4 flights of stairs. We decided that she needed a bookcase so off to Indro again we went. We picked up a slimline one that fitted perfectly in the alcove in her room. I put it together with a screwdriver.

Gibbo picked me up just after lunch and we headed over to Chefs to pick up meat then came home.

It was good to be able to help Megs move, not just the physical side of it but the symbolic and emotional side too. She’s moving on from the second phase of her life, Uni and College, into the third phase, the “this is real life” phase where she will take on more responsibility for herself and learn more about life and living. She is great company and we had fun, we joked and we laughed and it was a happy two days spent together.

So this is the end result. Megan is very happy with her room and just needs one or two more things to finish it off, mainly a triptych for the big expanse of wall above her bed and some red decorative pillows. Here is the end result, a haven to come home to.