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I hate moving.
I need to pack this weekend, b/c I really need to move next week (the agents, when I finally managed to reach them again, said I was okay to move in whenever I felt like it - would have been nice to know that a week ago, so I could have done the move over the long weekend, but ... such is life). So yeah, I need to sort and pack this weekend. Ugh.
I also seem to have (temporarily?) lost my driver. Emma said she would drive the van with my stuff in it down to Dunstable and back up to Newcastle, b/c she's generally crazy - um - rocks :D ...as long as it wasn't when she was moving. Which I'm assuming is happening about now, seeing as she hasn't been online in days and isn't returning my text ... but I can't book the van until I know she's okay for the two days it'll take - grrrr. Kind of running out of options here!
I haven't mailed off the stuff to Wolsie, although I'm becoming less and less concerned with that. I haven't looked at my units for September which I'm becoming rapidly more concerned with - eeep!
Have I mentioned that I severely dislike packing?
Right, well we decided that the bathroom'll take next to no time at all. The kitchen cupboards will take maybe an hour - but the fridge/freezer needs to be completely defrosted so I can clean it out - that'll take more than a day, I'm sure. The bedroom will take a day on its own, b/c I have to go through all my clothes and, as Tracy put it, be brutal on my sorting of what I'm keeping, and what is going into town to the YMCA (or whereever I decide to drop the stuff off). The biggie, though, is definitely the living room. It will take days. Plural. I'm thinking tackle sorting the clothing today (or at least start), and the bathroom. I should inventory the food in the kitchen as well - I already did the dishes and whatnot - now I just have to try to remember what was mine and what came with the house! I can probably tackle my books today too -- Louisa said she would take unwanted books off my hands :) Somehow I don't think there's going to be much 'unwanted' persay so much as 'not enough room to move' them :(
I might have a better idea of whether or not I'm going to need more packing/moving supplies or not at that point as well ... I hope.
And I really REALLY need to get in touch with Emma. I think I'll try calling her in a couple hours and see if I can get ahold of her that way ... the agencies are open to book the van today, but b/c it's a holiday weekend, they won't be open again until Tuesday.
On the semi-organised side, I have managed to cancel my phone, close out my hydro and water/sewage accounts, and deal with my council tax. I have found a new company to hook up with for internet (although there are some problems there that I can't sort until after the move, naturally ... sigh - but BT are being right pains in the arse, so I'm not returning to them now that I've actually got some choice in the matter). I put in for a change of address at the post office, so for 6 months, all my mail will be redirected as required. I managed to mail off Dad's gift, but I've still got mom's and Kara's (which is bloody heavy, and so will cost a small fortune, I'm sure!!! It's a good thing I luv ya, cuz :P) ... I should probably do the changing of online addresses (as I recall them) asap too ... y'know, while I'm thinking about it.
So much to do, so little time ... and even less energy.
But it will get done. It will. B/c it has to. So ... yeah.
Right, so I'm still alive ... and just to remind everybody, after this week I'll be incommunicado for a bit until I get my internet up and running at my new place. They seem to have internet access at the school, if I can snag the computer in the staff room ... so not counting on it. I haven't found the library as of yet to check out if it offers access like the one in Durham ... I may just be down to my mobile for a few weeks again. Sigh.... anyways, so if I disappear for a while, it's not that I don't luv y'all anymore, I promise!
I need to pack this weekend, b/c I really need to move next week (the agents, when I finally managed to reach them again, said I was okay to move in whenever I felt like it - would have been nice to know that a week ago, so I could have done the move over the long weekend, but ... such is life). So yeah, I need to sort and pack this weekend. Ugh.
I also seem to have (temporarily?) lost my driver. Emma said she would drive the van with my stuff in it down to Dunstable and back up to Newcastle, b/c she's generally crazy - um - rocks :D ...as long as it wasn't when she was moving. Which I'm assuming is happening about now, seeing as she hasn't been online in days and isn't returning my text ... but I can't book the van until I know she's okay for the two days it'll take - grrrr. Kind of running out of options here!
I haven't mailed off the stuff to Wolsie, although I'm becoming less and less concerned with that. I haven't looked at my units for September which I'm becoming rapidly more concerned with - eeep!
Have I mentioned that I severely dislike packing?
Right, well we decided that the bathroom'll take next to no time at all. The kitchen cupboards will take maybe an hour - but the fridge/freezer needs to be completely defrosted so I can clean it out - that'll take more than a day, I'm sure. The bedroom will take a day on its own, b/c I have to go through all my clothes and, as Tracy put it, be brutal on my sorting of what I'm keeping, and what is going into town to the YMCA (or whereever I decide to drop the stuff off). The biggie, though, is definitely the living room. It will take days. Plural. I'm thinking tackle sorting the clothing today (or at least start), and the bathroom. I should inventory the food in the kitchen as well - I already did the dishes and whatnot - now I just have to try to remember what was mine and what came with the house! I can probably tackle my books today too -- Louisa said she would take unwanted books off my hands :) Somehow I don't think there's going to be much 'unwanted' persay so much as 'not enough room to move' them :(
I might have a better idea of whether or not I'm going to need more packing/moving supplies or not at that point as well ... I hope.
And I really REALLY need to get in touch with Emma. I think I'll try calling her in a couple hours and see if I can get ahold of her that way ... the agencies are open to book the van today, but b/c it's a holiday weekend, they won't be open again until Tuesday.
On the semi-organised side, I have managed to cancel my phone, close out my hydro and water/sewage accounts, and deal with my council tax. I have found a new company to hook up with for internet (although there are some problems there that I can't sort until after the move, naturally ... sigh - but BT are being right pains in the arse, so I'm not returning to them now that I've actually got some choice in the matter). I put in for a change of address at the post office, so for 6 months, all my mail will be redirected as required. I managed to mail off Dad's gift, but I've still got mom's and Kara's (which is bloody heavy, and so will cost a small fortune, I'm sure!!! It's a good thing I luv ya, cuz :P) ... I should probably do the changing of online addresses (as I recall them) asap too ... y'know, while I'm thinking about it.
So much to do, so little time ... and even less energy.
But it will get done. It will. B/c it has to. So ... yeah.
Right, so I'm still alive ... and just to remind everybody, after this week I'll be incommunicado for a bit until I get my internet up and running at my new place. They seem to have internet access at the school, if I can snag the computer in the staff room ... so not counting on it. I haven't found the library as of yet to check out if it offers access like the one in Durham ... I may just be down to my mobile for a few weeks again. Sigh.... anyways, so if I disappear for a while, it's not that I don't luv y'all anymore, I promise!