WEEEEEEEEE'RE HEEEEEEEEERE

So, quick mini-update: we're alive, we're mostly in the new place (little fiddly bits remain, as well as all of my stuff in storage which we're getting Friday) and life is good. It still smells of paint though. :-\

Strangely, the weather worked with us even though we thought it wouldn't. On Monday, it was in the 40s. On Tuesday (the day we moved) it was in the teens and 20s. So Monday afternoon, Mister and his friend D broke up some of the ice in the backyard. But that left quite a bit of ice remaining. So for most of the move, my friend M was out chipping ice to give us something to grip onto (fyi -- ice chips and textured ice is not slippery!) while Mister and M's boyfriend J lifted heavy things with either me or M spotting, and I'd load the car with boxes. We had a ziptruck for the big stuff, and just kept loading up the car to have that ready to go quickly. The fact that all four of us are the "get shit done" kinda people, J and Mister are very strong, and we're only moving THREE BLOCKS AWAY made a lot happen in a very short amount of time.

The mattress was the scariest part, but I think it was mostly because the ice problem hadn't been dealt with. We moved it first because "if it fell over, its soft".

We need camera and batteries in the same place (a.k.a. here) and I'll get you guys pics of the new place!

Four More Days!

I cannot believe that I am four days away from sleeping in my new apartment! We're planning most of the big move for Tuesday day and Wednesday night -- this is working around my work schedule. Mister also made the executive decision that I'm not cooking until after we move, so's we could pack what was in the kitchen. Don't -I- feel silly for having bought leeks and carrots yesterday in anticipation of cooking for 7 today... :-P

Ideally, we'll have all of the stuff from here moved in by the weekend (I'm off next Friday and Saturday) so's we could run up to Lowell and get to work on moving out the stuff in the storage unit. I have A LOT of stuff. And because my mom is coming into town to help us unpack stuff, I want to actually have enough to do.

So I've reserved a Ziptruck for Tuesday the 15th so's Mister, M and I can move the mattress and big furniture. I can't wait!

The question is of course when to pack up things we're using? When to pack up the comps? Have we even set up comp service in the new place?

So much to do, and so much of it is dependent upon timing...

N.B. Not looking forward to moving the mattress down the three flights of the outside back stairs, through the garden with its icy dog-tred paths and from thence to the truck... I could see it ending badly.

Moving

So I'm currently involved in the nuts and bolts part of moving -- figuring out what's staying, what's leaving with me, what's trash, and getting it all boxed up. For once, I'd like to have an easy move that doesn't involve packing the day of and during.

I got a whole ton of packing done on Tuesday with a friend, and I think with one more day like that I'll be completely packed. The problem is finding people to help me pack -- so many of my friends do not feel comfortable in that house, that it makes it difficult to get assistance. Why don't I just do it myself? Several reasons, not in the least being that -I- don't feel comfortable in that house! Also, without someone to help me focus and keep me on task, as well as provide mental distraction I peter out and get no where. Just one of those things it's good to know about yourself.

My new apartment has a cat and a dog -- for which I'm very excited about. Leaving Erik the Red at Zu'ul is extremely saddening. If I didn't think it would be worse for him, I'd take him anyways.

But, looking forward to moving, bitchiness of packing and all. Will be leaving in a new square to explore, and still fairly close to F (officially, I'm going to start calling him "Mister" on here -- less confusing than his Bond-esque name).

I guess this post was going to be an explaination as to why I'm not posting as often these days -- but then it turned out fairly big anyways!