Day 116
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
This day started out frustrating and ended up busy. As I often do, I woke early (5ish), so it was
a really long day. TGF had said she
would come “in the morning”. By mid
morning I emailed to ask when they were coming.
My reply was that something had come up she had to take care of,. She said she thought she’d be done around
noon. Well, I found a few little things
I could do; but all surfaces are covered with things either waiting to be sent
to another location, or waiting to be packed.
I am completely out of boxes, and just can’t sort anything else with no
place to put things. The clutter is
really annoying me; not to mention how much it complicates things for me,
making it harder to find anything.
I heard from DN that she would be here around 3:00, so I
emailed TGF about the time frame. She
never read that email, got here about 2:30.
(noon??) But she had DGS15 and a
friend of his with her, and the boys immediately loaded all the piled up trash
in the car. DN got here not long after
that, and there was a spell of confusion with the adults all trying to talk, a
couple of teens running in and out, and DSis’s adorable grandson insisting on
being outside (a very independent 3 year old).
DS went on home (with an armful of things I had previously
forgotten to give her … more stuff out the door!), and TGF got the trash to the
dump. Then we (myself, TGF, DN, and the
2 boys) went to Wal-Mart. I had a small
list of items either to replenish personal supplies or for the apartment (a few
little things .. new pot holders, some new wash cloths, a new sink
strainer). Before getting groceries, we
went to Subway. That was a little
brutal, but the only sensible thing to do at the time.
By the time we started trying to get groceries, the natives
were getting restless! LOL! And I was
wearing out. I really have to work on
building more stamina .. I DO intend to be able to do a lot of walking! Anyway, we settled for just getting enough to
keep the hungry kids fed and us all to have something this morning. I will email TGF the rest of my list, and she
will get what I need and bring it. Hmmm …
sort of like the home delivery part! J
Once all the groceries were unloaded, TGF went on to
VBS. When it was over she came back to
pick up DGS’s friend (he couldn’t stay overnight). And, after that, we mostly settled in.
DN went through several things for me. I had one tote full of random “officy”
things, but wasn’t sure what. It turned
out much of it was things we (or she) can use, some was trash, and a few things
were put aside to share with other people.
She also spent some time going through some old notebooks to see what we
can adapt for our use. Like me, she
thrives on lists and charts and such.
I had gotten an email from the rental people asking me to
electronically sign a “Lease Agreement”.
I waited for DS as I wasn’t sure I would do it right. Well, turns out it wasn’t the actual Lease;
it was a request for permission to use my e-sig. Uhhhh… no.
I will reply to them that I will come to the office in person for
anything that needs to be signed. (In
only 32 more days I will be living there!)
And as of this morning the deposit check has finally cleared!
It’s frustrating and scary how much is left to get
done. I keep being told “don’t worry, we’ll
get it done” .. but the ones saying “we” are rarely here to actually help. I will get boxes tonight (hope they’re not
too wet to use, but that’s unavoidable).
I have help for the next 3 days .. and we already have a list of things
that need to be tackled.
I’d really rather avoid the bother of yet another yardsale
.. but I just can’t find any other way to help raise the expenses needed for
moving. I ut a number of items on the
online yardsale site again. The only
reply I’ve had so far is someone interested in 2 small window unit a/cs. I got at least 3 emails asking questions (how
big, do they work, are they in good condition) and a person wants to come
look. They’re still in windows!! And I only asked $25 each .. good grief, what
does she expect??? I desperately wish I
could sell the entertainment center, the desk system, and the freezer. If I could sell those, I could skip the
yardsale all together. The trouble, of course, is that things are posted so
fast that it’s hard to make sure mine is even seen.
OK, I’ve been up 2 hours now. DN and DGS are still sleeping. I need to go on and shower and find things to
get busy doing!
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