Whew
Lo, I am moved!
Two solid months of go, go, go: Switzerland trip, apartment hunting, lease signing, packing, beach vacation, more packing, offloading extra items, panel prep & travel to @Fanworks, cleaning, moving, unpacking. A little more than two months if you count the crunch to finish those @nonconathon fics beforehand.
Plus, it was like, Oh, you think you've got this managed? Let's toss one more wrench into the works! Like returning from the Cape to discover that a power repair issue on our street had fried my modem, router and TV antenna, necessitating rapid replacement and a battle with the utility company to reimburse. (They did. At least I didn't lose major appliances, as neighbors did.) Or the moths infesting the pantry in the new apartment, which at least I discovered before moving in so I could buy pheromone traps and airtight containers for the dry goods not already in some. $$$ Or the piles of stuff the previous tenant left behind that I had to either throw out or find new homes for before the con.
Let us never do those eight weeks again. Seven days post-move, I am only now beginning to recover from the emotional and physical exhaustion. And that was with the help of friends, sister and movers.
Of the good: There is more space here than in the last apartment, even if everything having been designed in a European style means storage is lacking. (Lots of hooks, some open shelves, a couple of awkward closets; I am figuring out modifications that make sense for my needs.) The "study" nook now houses my vidding computer-vidding! remember vidding?-beside the built-in bookcase that I keep staring at. It holds so many books that it freed up three bookcases for things like DVDs and entertaining supplies that don't fit in the kitchen. I have ordered cheery yellow gingham curtains for the kitchen and a doorstop for the bedroom shaped like a smiling shark head.
My commute does appear to be 45 minutes now instead of 60, which is also nice. I've only done it two days so far but the weather has been suddenly gorgeous enough to test out my plan of biking to and from the bus. So far so lovely. Excessive heat warnings last week but now a most welcome fall edge to the air. Hope it lasts. Autumn is the best of seasons. (And this apartment needs some airing out.)
There is more work to be done, but guess what I'm doing this weekend? N o t h i n g.
Signing off to the sound of crickets, a breeze in the leaves and a distant clock chime.
Originally posted at https://bironic.dreamwidth.org/389894.html, where there are
comments.
Two solid months of go, go, go: Switzerland trip, apartment hunting, lease signing, packing, beach vacation, more packing, offloading extra items, panel prep & travel to @Fanworks, cleaning, moving, unpacking. A little more than two months if you count the crunch to finish those @nonconathon fics beforehand.
Plus, it was like, Oh, you think you've got this managed? Let's toss one more wrench into the works! Like returning from the Cape to discover that a power repair issue on our street had fried my modem, router and TV antenna, necessitating rapid replacement and a battle with the utility company to reimburse. (They did. At least I didn't lose major appliances, as neighbors did.) Or the moths infesting the pantry in the new apartment, which at least I discovered before moving in so I could buy pheromone traps and airtight containers for the dry goods not already in some. $$$ Or the piles of stuff the previous tenant left behind that I had to either throw out or find new homes for before the con.
Let us never do those eight weeks again. Seven days post-move, I am only now beginning to recover from the emotional and physical exhaustion. And that was with the help of friends, sister and movers.
Of the good: There is more space here than in the last apartment, even if everything having been designed in a European style means storage is lacking. (Lots of hooks, some open shelves, a couple of awkward closets; I am figuring out modifications that make sense for my needs.) The "study" nook now houses my vidding computer-vidding! remember vidding?-beside the built-in bookcase that I keep staring at. It holds so many books that it freed up three bookcases for things like DVDs and entertaining supplies that don't fit in the kitchen. I have ordered cheery yellow gingham curtains for the kitchen and a doorstop for the bedroom shaped like a smiling shark head.
My commute does appear to be 45 minutes now instead of 60, which is also nice. I've only done it two days so far but the weather has been suddenly gorgeous enough to test out my plan of biking to and from the bus. So far so lovely. Excessive heat warnings last week but now a most welcome fall edge to the air. Hope it lasts. Autumn is the best of seasons. (And this apartment needs some airing out.)
There is more work to be done, but guess what I'm doing this weekend? N o t h i n g.
Signing off to the sound of crickets, a breeze in the leaves and a distant clock chime.
Originally posted at https://bironic.dreamwidth.org/389894.html, where there are
comments.