Insanity
Have I mentioned moving over Christmas break is an absolutely moronic idea? If I ever have it again please just shoot me first. I feel like I'm going to insane before we get this accomplished.
Our new address is
23 Forest Hill Dr
#101
Glen Ellyn, IL
60137.
WOOT WOOT NO STAIRS!
For those of you wondering this complex is directly behind the 7 eleven at the corner of Butterfield and Park(about 2 blocks West on Butterfield from its intersection with 53 Rohlwing Rd. (we used to live much farther north on Rohlwing:)
So here's the timeline/todo list as fleshed out as it currently is which is not very.
Today saturday the 19th
Finish as many of the dishes as is possible
Otherwise make the house viable as the landlord will be showing the place today
Load 2 large boxes of super fragiles, family Christmas presents, card table and chairs, vacuum and other cleaning supplies, tape measure graph paper pencils and other plan making supplies etc into car.
Drive north
Sign lease
Eat lunch
Clean apartment, unpack the fragiles, make floor plan
Take family christmas gifts to parents
Come home.
Some time Sunday-Wednesday
Get all but about a weeks worth of clothes, necessities, and cleaning products packed including: books, office stuff, kitchen stuff, rest of clothing, linens, etc etc (My guess is that we have only about 1/3rd of our stuff packed.
FUEL Sunday night
I work Monday through Wednesday. Pat just works Monday.
Also contact Com ed-Glen Ellyn power (DONE), Comcast-Glen Ellyn internet(waiting until we're in so we can schedule the installation) Ameren-Normal power shut off, Verizon-Normal internet shut off, Nicor- Normal Gas shut off, Town of Normal-water and trash shut off
Set up USPS mail forwarding
Change address with bank(DONE), investments(DONE), credit card(1 done 2 to go), Sallie Mae, Xpress Loan Servicing, Wells and Fargo, Wheaton College, Amazon(Done)
Car plate renewal (DONE)
Cat micro-chipping address assignment(DONE)
Get give away stuff gone
Recycle again and again and again
Get stuff for mom ready
Hopefully on the 24th take mom her furniture and do Christmas with her
25th Christmas in Elgin
26th Move everything but cat and cleaning supplies to Glen Ellyn
Set up Glen Ellyn
Sometime 27th-31st
Clean Normal
If didn't happen on 24th take Mom's stuff
Return keys to Gary...and probably to the other folks in town we have house keys for since we'll no longer be in town to handle stuff
Get pills for cat---may need to do this before Christmas I'll put it on Pat's list to find out.
Move cat and cleaning supplies to Glen Ellyn
ASAP
Find job both of us
Our new address is
23 Forest Hill Dr
#101
Glen Ellyn, IL
60137.
WOOT WOOT NO STAIRS!
For those of you wondering this complex is directly behind the 7 eleven at the corner of Butterfield and Park(about 2 blocks West on Butterfield from its intersection with 53 Rohlwing Rd. (we used to live much farther north on Rohlwing:)
So here's the timeline/todo list as fleshed out as it currently is which is not very.
Today saturday the 19th
Finish as many of the dishes as is possible
Otherwise make the house viable as the landlord will be showing the place today
Load 2 large boxes of super fragiles, family Christmas presents, card table and chairs, vacuum and other cleaning supplies, tape measure graph paper pencils and other plan making supplies etc into car.
Drive north
Sign lease
Eat lunch
Clean apartment, unpack the fragiles, make floor plan
Take family christmas gifts to parents
Come home.
Some time Sunday-Wednesday
Get all but about a weeks worth of clothes, necessities, and cleaning products packed including: books, office stuff, kitchen stuff, rest of clothing, linens, etc etc (My guess is that we have only about 1/3rd of our stuff packed.
FUEL Sunday night
I work Monday through Wednesday. Pat just works Monday.
Also contact Com ed-Glen Ellyn power (DONE), Comcast-Glen Ellyn internet(waiting until we're in so we can schedule the installation) Ameren-Normal power shut off, Verizon-Normal internet shut off, Nicor- Normal Gas shut off, Town of Normal-water and trash shut off
Set up USPS mail forwarding
Change address with bank(DONE), investments(DONE), credit card(1 done 2 to go), Sallie Mae, Xpress Loan Servicing, Wells and Fargo, Wheaton College, Amazon(Done)
Car plate renewal (DONE)
Cat micro-chipping address assignment(DONE)
Get give away stuff gone
Recycle again and again and again
Get stuff for mom ready
Hopefully on the 24th take mom her furniture and do Christmas with her
25th Christmas in Elgin
26th Move everything but cat and cleaning supplies to Glen Ellyn
Set up Glen Ellyn
Sometime 27th-31st
Clean Normal
If didn't happen on 24th take Mom's stuff
Return keys to Gary...and probably to the other folks in town we have house keys for since we'll no longer be in town to handle stuff
Get pills for cat---may need to do this before Christmas I'll put it on Pat's list to find out.
Move cat and cleaning supplies to Glen Ellyn
ASAP
Find job both of us