Just to let you know that there may be
interruptions and less stories on our website over the coming days.

This is due to Joan and I having to
uproot and move home.

As Joan says “At our age, to do this
again in less than four years, is more than enough pork for
threepence!”

Now where ever did that phrase come from?

Joan is the only person I know who has
ever said that. In fact the only nearest saying I can find to that
one is "Too Much Pork For Just One Fork" . Joan said it was
popular saying of her father's. So it must be Caymanian.....?

It goes back to a time when pork was
very cheap and there was a lot of it.

But moving house when you're in your mid-70's and 80's is no fun. The stress is almost intolerable.

Brandi Neal, writing on the “Bustle.com” agrees with me. She says she has moved seventeen times in fifteen years! Wow! She doesn't say how old she is but I know if Joan and I have to move again it will be to our graves.

This is what her article says:

“Research has shown that moving is
more stressful than divorce.”

“Studies have consistently reported
that moving is one of the most stressful life events because the
amount of tiny details involved in moving to a new home makes a lot
of people feel hella bajiggity. British energy company E.ON conducted
a survey of 2,000 people, and six out of 10 people cited moving as
the most stressful life event with divorce or a break up coming in
second. What's more, if you're moving because of a break up, the
stress can become overwhelming.

"Extensive research has
demonstrated that accumulating a high number of life change units
within a brief period of time (one or two years) is related to a wide
range of physical illnesses (even accidents and athletic injuries)
and mental health problems," Lumen Learning noted on its
website. While you probably fully intend to prepare for you big move,
the stress and anxiety that comes with finding a new home, putting
things in boxes, deciding what to keep or toss, and organizing the
actual move is enough to make even the most organized person want to
take a nap.”

She does give a lot of tips to help
make your move less stressful but sadly none of these are much help
to me.

This time I am using a removal company. I tried to do it myself with help from friends last time around. Most of whom now I wouldn't dare ask again.

I will just record one last thing our
writer says:

“There's no way around it — moving
sucks. Even the most organized person is going to experience a few
hiccups and frustrations.”

And if you're not organised and old and decrepit, and going senile, and have every ache and pain in your body imaginable.... (yes me)

Watch this space.

If nothing new on our website appears
in a week's time...

Search the orbituary columns on another
Cayman media website.

Then you will know where our new home is located.