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I wish I am The Flash so I can move fast enough to multi-task and be finished in shifting before Friday (quite impossible!).
I wish I have Hermione Granger’s Time Turner so I can work full time at the office and be doing the arrangements and interiors of our new home at the same time.
Gaaaahhh!!!
I know I’m just cramming. I thought that last week’s four-day holiday will give us enough time to move to the new flat so we can sleep there on the 10th (Friday) without too much fussing and cleaning about. Here is a time-line of my happenings since last week:
29 November (Monday): Sneaked out from our lunch time to go to Jebel Ali. Bought a second hand sofa for 600 Dirhams. Not bad for one 3-seater and one 2-seater beige sofa. The problem is that we bought it miles and miles away from Sharjah. And we have to arrange for the pick-up on Sunday from Green Community West.
30 November (Tuesday): Signing of the tenancy contract with our property agent, issuing postdated cheques (for the agency fees, SEWA deposit, municipality fees and rent)
02 December (Thursday): Scheduled to look out for furniture and stuffs but cancelled since Hubby is working even if it’s a holiday.
03 December (Friday): First thing in the morning, hubby and I went to our new flat to take measurements. Just so we would know the specifics of what to buy or not. By 11am, we’re on our way to Sahara Mall (still in Sharjah) to look at the sale offers in Home Centre. We saw a nice computer table there. At 2.30pm we took an Arabic lunch at the food court. We reached IKEA Dubai at 4pm. Saw this really nice red shelving unit and thought of buying it. We listed down the things we wanted to buy but ended up with buying only the shoe rack, some candles and some kitchen stuffs. We decided to just come back on another day for the shelving units because they won’t fit into the cab. At past 8 in the evening, we saw ourselves struggling with the baby and our shopping stuffs on our way to Karama where we will have to buy our bed. A done deal was made for a king-size bed and a mattress for 800 Dirhams. We went home tired and hungry!
04 December (Saturday): This day, we went to Sharaf DG to use my 100 Dirham voucher since it will expire on the 16th of December. We managed to buy a rice cooker and a microwave plus a free 100 Dirham voucher (again!). We used both vouchers and from the total price of 340 Dirhams, we only cashed out 140 Dirhams. Sweet! After that, we ate our dinner and headed to Carrefour at Sharjah City Centre. We bought a TV with a free touch-screen cellphone, a gas cooker, a fridge and a washing machine. By the time we finish, it was almost 12 midnight! Another tiring day.
05 December (Sunday): It’s a no working holiday for me and a one-day leave for hubby. At early morning, Hubby left home at 8am to meet the pick-up driver at Satwa Dubai. They are going to pick up the sofa I bought at Jebel Ali. After that, they headed to IKEA to buy that shelving unit we’ve been eyeing since Friday. We’ve got the truck so why not maximize the use. We rented it for 300 Dirhams. Quite cheap already if you ask me, and that includes the labor too. They arrived at 11am in our new flat where I was waiting. We did the carpentry work for the shelving units and the center table and some cleaning until 5pm. And knowing how OC my hubby is, we only managed to finish cleaning the kitchen and the master bathroom. By this time, my back has gone missing with too much pain.
06 December (Monday): Deliveries of the appliances arrived! Since we’re back to work already, I have asked my babysitter to take the receipts to the security guard so he can receive the items. It’s a relief that the admin of the building were so nice when it comes to assisting their tenants.
07 December (Tuesday): After work, I went to an Etisalat branch in Sharjah City Centre to apply for an internet, landline and cable TV connection. At 10pm, our bed set was delivered and assembled at the new flat. It was huge!
08 December (Wednesday): I went to the new flat to wait for the internet guys. The appointment time is at 8pm and while waiting, I washed the new dinner wares, took out the microwave and rice cooker from their boxes, and inspect the appliances delivered. Etisalat came in our new flat at 9pm for the installation of the internet and landline. The cable TV connection will come in another appointment day. I came home at 9.30pm, almost the same time as hubby. After eating our dinner, we packed some of our clothes, shoes and other stuffs to prepare them for the big move!
09 December (Thursday): Oh! This is today right? We’re planning to move most of the small stuffs today. And that is if hubby comes home early from work. He usually comes late, like later than 9pm, so I’m not so sure if we can really do this tonight.
Sigh.
Big SIGH.
Tomorrow is the big day and there are STILL so much to do!
I’ll update you soon (with pictures) after we move in.
For now, wish us good luck.
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