Hit the crash...
I got a lot done for the move last week. Tons done in the past two weeks. I hit my physical limits though. Yesterday was a complete rest day. Did nothing, not even daily art sketch. Couldn't sleep well last night. Woke this morning to pain. Took pills. Tried to move.
Wrench... got up to do something after resting to let the pills work. Back twinged. The tightness that tells me Stop Now or you'll be on bed rest for a week.
I weighed my laptop bag since my carry on needs to be under 20lb with machines in. With my old laptop it was 20lb exactly, nothing else could go into it. HP new one that works didn't fit in it anyway, so gifted that to Kitten and brought it downstairs. Back whinged. Stop and rest.
Hours later got up to find other bag. HP laptop wouldn't fit in the lightweight canvas art bag. Oh well, no need to repack that then. Rummage in closet. Find big art bag of many pockets. Empty, at least. Hold up to HP laptop - yes it'll work. Put netbook in it and weighed it - weighed less than the six pounds the Dell bag was when it was empty. HP won't fit in the laptop pocket built in, but the netbook's nicely protected. Big laptop can go in the middle with something padding it, maybe a towel ala Hitchhikers or some lightweight bubble wrap to reduce the space I stuff heavy art supplies in.
Weight testing on it full comes after I turn off the computer tonight and get it in, then see what my weight allotment for travel toys, lunch etc. is in the bag. It'll have more space than weight available the way it's built. That's what I accomplished for packing so far today. Planning and getting out the carry on bag to organize it. Every little bit gets something done.
I'm going to try to pack up my travel on plane stuff first, then pack up everything else and ship some boxes ahead to Nevada. Especially art supplies, so I'll have them fast once I land. My Western friend has a big 4x4 and promised if everything didn't fit on the first load, she'd make a second trip.
I'm nervous about getting the packing done in time because this is what happened when I packed to leave Kansas. I packed about half of what I had and they packed the rest in three days, packing down the stuff I needed most and kept out to use to the last minute in with the lowest priority stuff. Can't do that this time, no leisurely unpacking with space to put boxes. I have to make sure there's only low priority stuff in the low priority boxes because they go in storage.
Real tempted to put ALL books on a middle priority to send for them later, just so I don't have to do anything with them but will get them once my studio's in place.
Money's looking good but still tight even with that budget. I'm only about $200 from goal now, maybe less than $200 - but need to reserve as much as possible so that I can cover Internet bill till I've got an income or moved to a rent controlled place. Ah well. It's an adventure. Right now the biggest gap is my body energy and physical capacity to pack the stuff.
Wrench... got up to do something after resting to let the pills work. Back twinged. The tightness that tells me Stop Now or you'll be on bed rest for a week.
I weighed my laptop bag since my carry on needs to be under 20lb with machines in. With my old laptop it was 20lb exactly, nothing else could go into it. HP new one that works didn't fit in it anyway, so gifted that to Kitten and brought it downstairs. Back whinged. Stop and rest.
Hours later got up to find other bag. HP laptop wouldn't fit in the lightweight canvas art bag. Oh well, no need to repack that then. Rummage in closet. Find big art bag of many pockets. Empty, at least. Hold up to HP laptop - yes it'll work. Put netbook in it and weighed it - weighed less than the six pounds the Dell bag was when it was empty. HP won't fit in the laptop pocket built in, but the netbook's nicely protected. Big laptop can go in the middle with something padding it, maybe a towel ala Hitchhikers or some lightweight bubble wrap to reduce the space I stuff heavy art supplies in.
Weight testing on it full comes after I turn off the computer tonight and get it in, then see what my weight allotment for travel toys, lunch etc. is in the bag. It'll have more space than weight available the way it's built. That's what I accomplished for packing so far today. Planning and getting out the carry on bag to organize it. Every little bit gets something done.
I'm going to try to pack up my travel on plane stuff first, then pack up everything else and ship some boxes ahead to Nevada. Especially art supplies, so I'll have them fast once I land. My Western friend has a big 4x4 and promised if everything didn't fit on the first load, she'd make a second trip.
I'm nervous about getting the packing done in time because this is what happened when I packed to leave Kansas. I packed about half of what I had and they packed the rest in three days, packing down the stuff I needed most and kept out to use to the last minute in with the lowest priority stuff. Can't do that this time, no leisurely unpacking with space to put boxes. I have to make sure there's only low priority stuff in the low priority boxes because they go in storage.
Real tempted to put ALL books on a middle priority to send for them later, just so I don't have to do anything with them but will get them once my studio's in place.
Money's looking good but still tight even with that budget. I'm only about $200 from goal now, maybe less than $200 - but need to reserve as much as possible so that I can cover Internet bill till I've got an income or moved to a rent controlled place. Ah well. It's an adventure. Right now the biggest gap is my body energy and physical capacity to pack the stuff.