July 31, 2008
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Moving
I seem to have a special ability to bash up as many limbs as possible when moving. So far I have given myself a nice gash and bruise on the back of my left leg by not moving quick enough while slamming the car door. Then yesterday, while rushing through a doorway with a heavy box of stuff, caught my arm on the doorframe, scratching it up and bruising it. Only two limbs to go!
The job of sorting through 30-some old boxes from storage is done. It was fun finding so many treasures. Now I am trying to clean and organize the garage for storage. There are so many spiders in there, it is cobweb mecca. I have listed the furniture we were using to stage the old house in Craigslist. It is the first time I tried to sell anything there and I was amazed with the response! The only item that didn’t have people totally jumping all over it was a coffee table, otherwise people are snapping up things. The washing machine went to a family with 9 kids, who just had their washing machine break down yesterday. And the green couch is going to a couple just moving into a new house. It is nice to see things getting good homes.
We were thrown for a bit of a loop. The bed we bought to stage the master bedroom was going to be the one Joe and I kept to use. Our current king sized set is just too big for the Vista house. However, I discovered it is only Full sized, not Queen as I thought and that is just going to be too cozy for long term for the two of us. So we want to trade with Becca, who has been using a Queen that I used for myself at the old apartment. She is not a happy camper, despite the fact this is a totally new set and new mattress and she will get new bedding of her choice. It is not the size change, she claims, she just likes the wood and design on the Queen set more than the Full set. Arggh, teenagers! She is so critical of everything lately, and moody. And she has grown like a weed this summer. Hormones I guess. Ugh!
Tomorrow I meet with the movers to figure out what we are doing with that, and the realtor who will be selling this house. Then at lunch, my friend Jo is coming down to have lunch with Joe and I, and see our house before it is sold.
Oh and on the job front, they called this week to collect a lot more info for the background check. Apparently, they don’t use a firm to do the background checks because they are nonprofit, so they save money by doing it themselves. So I seem to still be in the running, we will see.
Comments (4)
I think it is genetic. I am always causing damage to my body when I am trying to get a lot of stuff done in a hurry. Maybe we should just put you in a full body cast. It would be a challenge to do work, but your body would be well protected. lol
I am surprised the king size bed won’t fit. That master bedroom in Vista seemed pretty big. I guess my memory is failing. Tell Becca she can’t pull the teen thing until she is legally a teen in 2009. Yeah, I know, she was a teen when she was six.
Hugs and love to all of you.
I didn’t really bash anything when I moved here, though I ripped a hole in my arm… which was lovely. My bil was putting a door in and had the frame tacked in temporarily with nails… only partially driven in and, of course, my arm tangled with one. I actually heard the skin tear. Never a good thing! Fortunately… my sis had steri-strips, so no trip to the ER for stitches!
I’ve heard Craig’s List works wonders. Also Freecycle groups, if you just need to be rid of something without needing compensation. I guess there are goodies you can get if you’re quick enough. And people will take almost anything. And fast. My friend put her spare bird cages up and they were laid claim to in 15 minutes!
You’re just having a helluva time aren’t you? Damn!
Fingers crossed for the job!
-M
The banging yourself up is genetic. I doubt there has been a week in my life where i didn’t have a bruise or a cut somewhere on my body.
Hugs!