Day 115
Monday, July 21, 2014
This turned into an odd sort of day, a little
unsettling. For starters, I kept
expecting TGF all day. I had been told
she was going to talk to someone at her new job briefly; and then was taking
one of the boys to the Laundromat to do the laundry while she came out
here. That of course told me from the
start that her time was much too limited to spend very much out here … but I’ll
take whatever I can get now.
I did my best to keep on working through areas on my
list. I’m sure there’s a lot I’ve
missed, but the bulk of what needs to be done seems to be in the back end of
the house, where there’s no a/c. Even
though I keep it (front part of the house) set fairly high (78), it’s still
uncomfortable at the back. But I did
work in the kitchen a lot, and in the back hall/laundry room/bathroom
area. Sadly, a lot of what I got done
wasn’t even on my list … I simply had no choice but get some basic cleaning done
before I could do much else.
In the process, I realized why cleaning back there is making
me feel punk. In addition to the heat,
and breathing so much dust … I was also breathing in litter dust and mouse
droppings. Yuck and double yuck. I know they are a fact of life in this old
house, but I will NOT miss them when I move!!!
Around mid morning DGS15 called and asked if he and a friend
could come today (Tuesday) to spend the night and mow the grass. He said TGF was getting laundry
together. Later … into early afternoon,
so laundry done … she called and said she’d be along soon but was waiting out a
bit of a storm.
Later still, she called and asked if I was all right. And why wouldn’t I be?? Well, turned out they’d had a short but
fairly severe storm. It never got
here. The most I got was rain, and faint
distance thunder. I’m thankful I at
least got rain (even though the “lawn” is getting scary .. and now will be too
wet for DGS to mow it, though I doubt that will stop him from trying).
And later again, she called.
When she had finally gone out ready to head over, she found that the
storm had knocked down a tree limb onto the windshield. Excuse me for a moment of panic. OK, it’s not “smashed”, just cracked. They will, of course, replace it; and it’s
still driveable. I’m withholding
judgement until I see it on how bad it is (or if I can tell). But she was pretty rattled, so we decided she
will come this morning instead.
In the meantime, DN had called to ask if it was OK if she
came today instead of tomorrow since DSis is leaving town. Of course it’s OK. But I did tell TGF I have to get to the
grocery store this morning .. I don’t have anything to feed all these extra
guests. I can’t go on and get my main
grocery shopping done .. payday isn’t until tomorrow. But I have to get some things for today (and
I’m on my last cup of coffee because I ran out of creamer …I’ll manage for
today, but those kids do NOT want to be around me in the morning if I can’t
have at least one cup! LOL! I do
occasionally drink it black, but not first thing in the morning … and not very
often.
Along with all of that going on, I also got an email from
the rental agency with a link to a Lease Agreement. I believe it is requesting an electronic
signature. When DSis brings DN over
today she will look at it for me, and make sure I do whatever is needed in the
correct place. The mere fact that I’ve
received that gives me a huge sigh of relief to have something concrete. No matter how many times everyone says all is
fine, this feels more “official”. I am
surprised that it can be done electronically instead of having to take a trip
all the way in to the rental office!
At the moment I have one unused box. I’m running out of spaces to put things … if
I can’t pack them up for taking or storing, there’s no point in digging things
out of cabinets just to make more piles everywhere. Even the yardsale stuff is getting out of
hand. I’m pleased with myself about the
vast volume of stuff I’ve been able to let go of … and I know that the more
items there are the better the chances of a successful yardsale. I just hope it’s going to be worth all this.
If I didn’t need to make some money off it, I’d donate it all and be done. There are a few things I really don’t want to
just give away … but I’m close to not
even caring about that. I keep telling
myself if I could just sell some “main” pieces of good furniture (primarily the
entertainment center and my desk system, and also the freezer) that would cover
the “gap” and I’d let the rest go; or at least let most of it go and put the
rest back on the online yardsale sites cheap.
I’m just really tired of stressing over it. Moving is stressful enough without that
worry.
I don’t know how today will go. I think there’s still chances of storms ..
maybe not as much as yesterday. TGF said
she’d come “in the morning”. I have no
idea when that means, but I’ll get showered and dressed earlier just in
case. First of all, I’ve amassed a huge
pile of bags of trash (which also represents a lot of *stuff* going out of the
house!). It needs to go. Because of time, and weather, I expect
getting the books to the library will end up waiting. And waiting.
It will probably be next week before TGF gets the bookcases and other
bits I’m giving her for her classroom … but they have already been cleared so
really aren’t part of the problem. But
for today, hopefully after the trash we’ll get to the store and back long
before DS brings DN over here.
It looks like I’ll have 2, possibly 3, helpers tonight and
tomorrow .. and no boxes so I can take advantage of them!! Well, I will find something. I actually have several things I’ve already
talked with DN about wanting to get done.
There is no way I’m entrusting DGS to sort paperwork (he’s only 15 and a
bit of a hothead, with no comprehension of what might be important). He’s wanting to drag stuff out of the barn;
but with no where in particular to put it, I’m not sure that’s a good
idea. I suspect the majority of what’s
left out there I would have no problem with just walking away from!
Maybe if TGF helps sort the stuff piled on the table … and
takes the things I’ve put there for her and/or DSS … there will be room to
start over sorting. The only kitchen
cabinets left to go through are the pantry, and whatever is stored in the
bottom part of my glass front cabinet. A
lot of it is baking stuff, that’s probably old (and more trash!). I don’t know what else, so definitely an area
to be dealt with. The boys might not
know what to do with it, but they can at least drag it all out. Oh yeah, and one more small lower cabinet,
they can empty that too. I’ll have to
think up more things for them to work on.
I’d really love for them to clean the porch. Again.
I don’t know if they will though … seems no matter how many times I ask
(and how many times I go clean that one area myself), it’s always a mess. I don’t understand why. Yes, the more I thnk about it, they can get
that area at least a lot neater.
It’s had to tell if there’s real “daylight” or not .. after
6:00, but very dim out. Looks like
another cloudy dreary day, but hopefully better by the afternoon. I need to go on and get ready for today.
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