Yay, I'm moving again.
So last weekend somebody saw where I had foolishly left my wallet on my car seat after a late-shift snack run. And then they threw a rock through my passenger side window and took said wallet. This now makes two stolen hubcaps, two busted taillights, and a busted window since I moved here in December 2013. So I'm moving!
I'd been ogling possible house-buying up in the northern part of the county anyway. Most of my local friends and my preferred mechanic/vet/grocery store/library/everything is up that way. But I need a bit more clean-up on my credit before I can qualify for one of those spiffy first-time-homebuyer mortgages. I was going to wait it out where I was, but (a) money is consistently super-tight and (b) damn, did I mention the vandalism??
So I am moving May 30th to a cute 1970s-era vacation cabin which has been converted into a largish efficiency. (With a full bath, booya.) I got a great deal which will include rent and all the utilities, even cable -- which gives me a chance to actually pay some old bills and jack up my credit rating. It's not the Taj Mahal, but I have definitely lived in worse. The neighborhood can't be beat, and the landlord occupies the house next door.
However, this means I have to roughly halve my possessions into "keep," "store someplace fuck where," and "sell on Craigslist/donate in a panic" right freaking quick. Ack. I could just set all this shit on fire, but I let my renter's insurance lapse, so probably not.
Also, does anybody know -- what are the right kind of curtains to put on those hotel-room-style track things?
I'd been ogling possible house-buying up in the northern part of the county anyway. Most of my local friends and my preferred mechanic/vet/grocery store/library/everything is up that way. But I need a bit more clean-up on my credit before I can qualify for one of those spiffy first-time-homebuyer mortgages. I was going to wait it out where I was, but (a) money is consistently super-tight and (b) damn, did I mention the vandalism??
So I am moving May 30th to a cute 1970s-era vacation cabin which has been converted into a largish efficiency. (With a full bath, booya.) I got a great deal which will include rent and all the utilities, even cable -- which gives me a chance to actually pay some old bills and jack up my credit rating. It's not the Taj Mahal, but I have definitely lived in worse. The neighborhood can't be beat, and the landlord occupies the house next door.
However, this means I have to roughly halve my possessions into "keep," "store someplace fuck where," and "sell on Craigslist/donate in a panic" right freaking quick. Ack. I could just set all this shit on fire, but I let my renter's insurance lapse, so probably not.
Also, does anybody know -- what are the right kind of curtains to put on those hotel-room-style track things?