Boxes, Boxes, Boxes!
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purplerabbitArrghh! I am so very tired of moving -- packing, moving, unpacking -- over and over again.
I had to pack and move all of my mother's things from her two-bedroom place in Florida to a storage place in Richmond. (We already had one storage place costing over $100 a month, then we rented another for her stuff!)
Flying back and forth to Florida also involved lots of packing and unpacking of luggage.
Then when both Mary and Alura moved in last Sept., we had to rearrange the entire house to make room for them. And it has never ever stopped!
First, we had to clear out the office to make it Mary's room. Moving stuff from her storage place. We had to move the library out to the magic room. All this required some type of rearranging of every room in the house. Mom needed a closet, so I had to pack up the sewing things in my wardrobe and move it into her room. Mary's hospital bed, patient lift and other medical equipment took up lots of room. As things got better, we moved in three bookcases, the dresser and chest for clothes, small filing cabinets and microwave. We also found a small refrigerator and a recliner with a lift in it for her room.
All of the office equipment had to be moved into the library. The bookcases and books had to be moved to the magic room. One of our recliners and mom's recliner both had to be sold. Mom's regular bed and lots of other smaller piece of furniture from both Mary's apartment and our house had to be sold. Then we had to practically strip the magic room to make room for the library and are still in the process of figuring out what can stay and what has to go there.
Rowan's things had to be packed up to make room for Alura. Since she needed a closet, the things we had stored there needed to be put in storage and we had to get a wardrobe for our bedroom for my clothes. When he came back at winter break, Alura's things had to be packed and moved to the magic room. Rowan's things had to be moved back. Then reversed again when he left. Now Alura is packing again and we will be unpacking Rowan's things again.
This time though, Alura won't be moving her things back in. She has decided to try attending school and living with her parents in Sacramento. She arranged to have her classes group into two consecutive days a week. Next quarter she will take Amtrak from Sac to Richmond, then BART into SF for her classes at the Art Institute. That evening she will BART back to our place, stay the night, BART back to school and then return to Sac. Hope she can handle the commute. This will let her spend more time with her boyfriend and other friends up there. It will also ease the crowding and pressure at our house. Yet, we still get to see her each week and follow her art school adventures.
And now we are moving and consolidating both storage places! Some friends moved into a house near us and our renting their garage to us for a storage place. It will cost less and be a lot closer than the place we have been using. Problem is that we have enough stuff for 1 1/2 units now. We are still in the process of trying to sell off all the "ebay stock," extra household stuff and more to make room. So this weekend was the fourth yard sale weekend in three months. And we are moving all the stuff out of our old storage places by next Friday. Whew!
If luck is with us we may have to move again this year. Yes, luck. We really want to buy our own home. We don't know if we will be able to pull it off, but with interest rates so low, we are going to try. That is, if Troy's job holds.
Things are generally getting better so I am happy to be getting things done. I will be even happier when a lot of this moving is already done.
I had to pack and move all of my mother's things from her two-bedroom place in Florida to a storage place in Richmond. (We already had one storage place costing over $100 a month, then we rented another for her stuff!)
Flying back and forth to Florida also involved lots of packing and unpacking of luggage.
Then when both Mary and Alura moved in last Sept., we had to rearrange the entire house to make room for them. And it has never ever stopped!
First, we had to clear out the office to make it Mary's room. Moving stuff from her storage place. We had to move the library out to the magic room. All this required some type of rearranging of every room in the house. Mom needed a closet, so I had to pack up the sewing things in my wardrobe and move it into her room. Mary's hospital bed, patient lift and other medical equipment took up lots of room. As things got better, we moved in three bookcases, the dresser and chest for clothes, small filing cabinets and microwave. We also found a small refrigerator and a recliner with a lift in it for her room.
All of the office equipment had to be moved into the library. The bookcases and books had to be moved to the magic room. One of our recliners and mom's recliner both had to be sold. Mom's regular bed and lots of other smaller piece of furniture from both Mary's apartment and our house had to be sold. Then we had to practically strip the magic room to make room for the library and are still in the process of figuring out what can stay and what has to go there.
Rowan's things had to be packed up to make room for Alura. Since she needed a closet, the things we had stored there needed to be put in storage and we had to get a wardrobe for our bedroom for my clothes. When he came back at winter break, Alura's things had to be packed and moved to the magic room. Rowan's things had to be moved back. Then reversed again when he left. Now Alura is packing again and we will be unpacking Rowan's things again.
This time though, Alura won't be moving her things back in. She has decided to try attending school and living with her parents in Sacramento. She arranged to have her classes group into two consecutive days a week. Next quarter she will take Amtrak from Sac to Richmond, then BART into SF for her classes at the Art Institute. That evening she will BART back to our place, stay the night, BART back to school and then return to Sac. Hope she can handle the commute. This will let her spend more time with her boyfriend and other friends up there. It will also ease the crowding and pressure at our house. Yet, we still get to see her each week and follow her art school adventures.
And now we are moving and consolidating both storage places! Some friends moved into a house near us and our renting their garage to us for a storage place. It will cost less and be a lot closer than the place we have been using. Problem is that we have enough stuff for 1 1/2 units now. We are still in the process of trying to sell off all the "ebay stock," extra household stuff and more to make room. So this weekend was the fourth yard sale weekend in three months. And we are moving all the stuff out of our old storage places by next Friday. Whew!
If luck is with us we may have to move again this year. Yes, luck. We really want to buy our own home. We don't know if we will be able to pull it off, but with interest rates so low, we are going to try. That is, if Troy's job holds.
Things are generally getting better so I am happy to be getting things done. I will be even happier when a lot of this moving is already done.
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Date: 2003-03-10 07:08 am (UTC)I hope things feel a littl eless crowded for you soon.
Bright blessings on you all.
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Date: 2003-03-10 08:03 am (UTC)nothing definite yet
Date: 2003-03-10 08:23 am (UTC)Typical catch-22. Can't afford someone to watch Blake so I can work, can't work until i can afford someone to watch Blake.
Anyway, I'll be sure to let you all know either way.
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Date: 2003-03-10 12:08 pm (UTC)Hope, hope, hope.
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Date: 2003-03-10 04:43 pm (UTC)Let's make some plans for when Rowan is in town. Allegra will be very interested to see him, of course! And I'm hoping we'll be able to squeeze in an actual adult visit as well.