Up and at 'em

We both feel much, much better tonight. Cooking our first meal and spending our first full day here has made a big difference. I don’t think either of us had taken a dislike to the place or worried that we’d made a mistake; it’s just that we both loved The Willows so much and felt so at home there that wherever we went next was bound to cause a bit of a comedown. But now, after 24hours of pining, we’ve accepted the change and started to explore and appreciate the new place.
It’s warmed up a bit as well. No-one had been in here since October half-term and the owner forgot to pop in and put the heating on, so it was all a bit cold and unwelcoming when we got here. We’ve got that sorted now, though, so we don’t have to worry about waking up in a frosty bedroom again tomorrow!
For future reference (if we continue to live this nomadic life we are currently committed to) I’d prefer to house-sit, or rent if necessary, places that have only just been vacated. It’s nice to move into a furnished, lived-in home, even if it’s furnished and lived-in by strangers with completely different tastes to you. It’s not so nice when you clamber into somewhere that’s been empty for 5 months and is only sparsely decorated.
Anyway, we decided to be here, and here we are, and I can already see us being happy here. By my reckoning, we should just about feel settled in time for them to turf us out to make room for holidaymakers…..

RC 23-3-14