Day 146

Day 146

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

It gets harder and harder as moving day gets closer.  And the stress level expands exponentially (I have no idea if I used or spelled that right, but it “felt” right!).

I don’t even remember what I worked on in the morning, but something.  My DB got here by early mid morning, and he got busy on some things that were a problem for me.  The electronics are now sorted and packed.  I worked on the kitchen (he brought me food –yay – and said I should be “camping” by now  Well, I’m not as organized as I should be) .. the dishes are packed, and most of the kitchen stuff.  I think.  It still seems like there’s a lot .. I’m really having a hard time determining what can be packed and what I’m actually using until the last minute.

DB brought down the rest of the stuff from upstairs that the boys “missed”.  

A little before noon my SIL picked me up.  She took me to the bank and I was able to deposit her payment (a payment on the lawnmower and some yardsale items), plus DB gave me a check for some yardsale things they had sold.  It’s a relief for the bank account to not be so low!  The manager wasn’t there, but his assistant helped me.  Unfortunately, she had trouble with her compuer, so it took a long time.  But necessary changes were made. After that I rode around with SIL while she took care of some errands.  Then she took me to her house for lunch.  It was 2:00 before we got there!   After lunch I kept telling her I needed to get back to work; she kept saying I needed to rest and she’d take me soon.  It was after 4:00 before I got home.  It was nice spending time with her (and meeting her SIL), but I felt like I had “lost” way too much time.

I did, however, finish sorting all the remaining things that had been brought down.  There is now another Huge pile of stuff in the donation area. 

My biggest concern today is that I have a big pile of things in the living room to be gone through, and a lot of them I don’t know what to do about.  I have some framed certificates of some sort that I think belonged to my parents.  Sadly, no one wants them any more (and maybe this is partly why letting go of so much of mine … at least the things that were important to my parents aren’t being discarded until after they’re gone.  Letting go of things that matter to me … no matter how easily they *could* be replaced …. Feels like just throwing my life away.  Yes, I know, they are just “things”.  But they matter to me.)  Anyway, I need to decide if I toss the whole thing or try to take them out of the frames and just toss the paper.  I will have to deal with that today.

By dark I had pretty much done what I could.  The only lamp not “packed” is the one by the computer; and since the bright overhead lights hut my eyes, I had to deal with the dark.

One great development last night, though, is that the people finally came and got their table and chairs (bought nearly 2 months ago).  It was dark before they got here, and the door was opened awhile .. but fortunately, I’ve not seemed to be plagued by an excess of gnats or mosquitoes.

This morning I was awake by a little after 4:00 again. This is so frustrating!  I managed to wait until 5:00 to get up, but by then I realized I just had too much on my mind.  I have moved around a lot of the stuff left in the den.  One thing that occurred to me that we haven’t addressed yet was the a/c unit!  So I moved the stuff that was in front of that so it can be removed.

I need to get showered and dressed earlier today, and I need a “game plan”.  I think I will start at the back, and make sure everything that has to go to the apartment is moved  or consolidated in as few areas as possible.  I need to finish packing the kitchen.  I need to take time to do some shredding (all old checks, leaving only the book in my purse … I will have new ones in a few weeks, and I need very few).  I need to confirm with DN that she doesn’t want the braided rug, because I see no point in storing that .. it can be donated.  Either way I need to vacuum and roll it; just need to know where it has to be.  And I have to move that stuff that needs to be sorted that’s on top of the rug.  Duh.  I also have to find out if she wants the trunk that came out of her mom’s attic years ago.  And if she doesn’t want it I need to find out if DSis wants it back or not.  Too many questions!!

I think I also need to sort the box where I’ve been tossing extenstion cords and power strips .. I have WAY more than DN and I can possibly need.  I need to cull that down to a more reasonable number and then decide what to do with the rest.  I don’t want to just throw them away;  I don’t know if any family members will want them.  Most people don’t live in old houses with wonky electric like mine!!

I don’t know what DB has in mind for today; I know he was working on assembling shelves yesterday.  He has mentioned the possibility of taking trash to the landfill and/or taking the load of donations to the Good Will store (who will accept the things the ReStore wouldn’t take).  Either or both of those jobs could take a lot of time … and not be at all fun when today is going to be one of the few actually HOT days we’ve had this summer.  I’d love to be able to take a truck load to the apartment … but I wouldn’t love not having young helpers to get things up the stairs! LOL!

It’s already daylight.  I should have gone on and gotten up at 4:00! I will go find something to work on for awhile, then get a shower.  It’s going to be a long day!!