Our Big Move To France

Moving to France sounds exciting. In reality, I am truly just exhausted. Can’t sleep, can’t stay awake, overwhelmed with details, tasks and requirements, to the point of paralyzing anxiety.
But who’s complaining?
For now we have no hot water, but thankfully our landlord is quick to address the problem with a blocked flue from the water heater. I bet the last person staying here didn’t even report it to him. Yesterday the plumber came and today the flue cleaning guy is coming, or whatever you might call it. So hopefully the problem will be fixed, and luckily we can shower at MM’s place, just an 8 minute walk away.
Today we left the apartment early, for a gorgeous walk along the river, to their apartment to await the delivery of Terrys bicycle.
So it’s a very different mindset, moving versus vacationing. Our main focus is not seeing the sights, but stocking the apartment. And to be honest, it is such an immense joy to have a real kitchen and new vegan products to explore, that I look forward to cooking our meals and don’t feel any need to eat out.
All that will come later. Like tomorrow!

We have a full day of fun things tomorrow, so I’ll have less mundane things to report. In the meantime, mundane is the priority, as my anxiety is lessened when things are in place, and everything is new (light switches, stoves, washers) and there’s so much to do (activate visas, get eSIMs, make appointments with the bank to apply for an account, get address changes finalized, buy rain gear for cycling, find a yoga class, find a pool, etc etc etc)