Timing?

4 December 2010

This waiting is making us really anxious.

Had a text this morning to say the roof panels have arrived and look fabulous. All good, but he also said the kitchen benches will arrive tomorrow.

I know the kitchen is the last thing they're going to finish, but I'm sure he said that would take him three days. Which means the earliest we can really expect delivery would be Friday. At best.

This is pushing things really close to the wire. Friday would give us eight days to collect the bus (and learn how to use it), spend a couple of days around Taupo so we're close to the BBC if there are any little tweaks required, get back to Wellington, pack everything in, spend some time with our kids, have our farewell picnic and get on the road for the Far North on 19 December!

It also leaves no margin for error - if there are any problems with the bus, how will we have time to get them fixed?

Our original delivery date was early November. Various things pushed this back - changes we made and their shift of workshop included - and we accept these things happen.

But that isn't easing the current anxiety.