Day 143
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Yesterday was a very busy and unexpectedly emotional
day.Since we didn’t really know how the timing was going to go, DIL and I didn’t
start on anything too complicated; but we did work through a lot of random
paperwork .. the vast majority of which is trash.
TGF got here a little after noonish. She had 4 boys with her, so they made fairly
quick work of loading the car and DIL’s truck.
Most of my clothes, my plants, and a few other odds and ends went. At the last minute I put Maggie into her
carrier (not difficult, but she doesn’t much like it), and off we went.
Of course, I found out that all along I’ve had the wrong apartment
number. “B” and “V” sound alike, and no
one ever noticed I was saying the wrong thing.
So, we went to the wrong building first.
Plus .. once again, I wa wrong … NOT 3rd floor, only 2nd. Once we finally got to the right place the
boys did a fairly good job of bringing everything in. If, of course, you ignore the fact that they
didn’t notice one of the things from my closet was hanging pockets for earrings
.. so they left a trail of earrings down the sidewalk and stairs. Hopefully all of them were found!
I did have a bit of a weepy spell; I just got so
overwhelmed, and as I said, hated leaving Maggie. She’s not very happy and it will take her
awhile to settle in (and that won’t happen until after all the moving is done
and things quiet down).
The apartment is nice.
Some areas are smaller than I visualized, others bigger. I’m rethinking some furniture arrangements,
though nothing major.
After leaving the apartment we all went to the storage
unit. It is much smaller than I
pictured, and that makes me panic a little.
There’s just no realiz=stic way to put furniture in there. It will have to be for only the things boxed
up (mostly) to be stored. I still don’t know what’s to become of the things I
wanted to sell that no one wants (not even that nice big freezer!!) … but I
have a few more weeks even after I move.
I’m still thinking possibly a consignment shop. This whole letting go of
stuff is gut-wrenching; and not being able to do anything once I got my mind
around giving things up is really tearing up my nerves.
We took the shelving units to storage, and when we went to
close it … that’s when I realized I hadn’t left the extra key with DN or
DS. Drat. So TGF went on home with the boys, but DIL
and I went back to the apartment; but got no answer. (DS replied to text from DIL that DN was
probably asleep). Nothing I can do but
give DB the key when he comes later in the week. (Sorry!)
After that we headed home, but she went on to the next town
over for us to get some supper. We went
to a nice Mexican restaurant, and had enough to bring home leftovers for
today.
During the evening DIL worked on the filing things a bit
more, but was too tired to do a lot.
After all that driving I’m not surprised!
She fell asleep early; I wasn’t far behind. But I woke around 3:30, and had a hard time
getting back to sleep. I just dozed off
and on until around 6:30. Now it’s
already 8:00, and much to do today. She
is going to go pick up some of TGF’s boys to bring things down from
upstairs. DIL has to go on home; TGF
will pick up the boys when she gets off work.
Apparently she plans on that being very late … I hope she is sending food with them if she
expects me to feed them, because I seriously have little here. I thought she was going to take trash to the
dump when she picks up the boys; but she sent DIL a text asking her to take the
trash .. said she’d “call” (who??) to say it was OK for a black truck to
come. Really?? She has that kind of power, she can just call
someone and OK a truck without a sticker??
Interesting logic, but DIL is certainly not willing to try it! So, I guess all the trash will just sit here
in the way until moving day. Oh goody.
Well, the day is already flying by, I need to get showered
and dressed and get busy!! I only have 5
days left to get ready, and at least half of one of them will be taken up
running errands. It really is panic
time.
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