As it happens, this idiom is very adequate to describe todays activity of handing in the cancellation notice for the rental apartment - in person, to make sure everything is done correctly and there were no lose ends.

So, that's it. It's official. We are on the home straight before we move straight to our own home. From now on, it's countdown until the move. No precise date yet, but we have enough information based on which we decided we should hand in the notice today as it was the deadline for the lease expiration by 31st July. Contingency plan exists to cover the unexpected scenarios.

The emotions are mixed up. It feels like I wrote about leaving England to move to Germany only a few weeks ago, the whole process of selling our old house and packing up is still fresh in my mind, yet it's been 2 years. And we're less than 3 months away from another place which we will call our home again. My mood and state today have been everywhere on the scale from panic to ecstatic.

Unfussy outfit with much needed splash of energising red and comfortable shoes for walking. Changed for school run later in the day, recycled the b&w colour block tee before it ends up in the washing, added pink shoes and lipstick.

Thanks for your time and comments.

11 years ago