Leaving our lovely home

After 8 years living on a street I love, with wonderful neighbours, we are moving. We stalked a house that we liked for a few weeks and then - in one of my impulsive moments - I arranged for us to view. Within 4 days we had sold ours and had an offer accepted. 

How long did the euphoria and prosecco last? 

Around 36 hours.... and then we entered a world of mortgage applications, surveys, random surveyor comments, reports to counter surveyor's comments and generally high levels of bum covering. 

I read that moving house was as stressful as Christmas, death and divorce. I thought I could do better. 

I failed.