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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
That is all. [Wall Bash] [Cry]
 
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
 
I hate it when you beat around the bush, rivka. For once, could you just tell us how you feel?
 
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
 
Just hold VERY VERY still.


There, isn't that better?
 
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
 
*pat, pat*
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Papa, I'm sorry if I was unclear.

I loathe moving with every fiber of my being. My hatred for the very notion burns with the white-hot fury of a billion billion suns.

Better?


Tante, not really . . .
 
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
 
Sing it, sister.

Tomorrow it will be two weeks in our new home, and while I love the new home, and have gotten used to the drastic decrease in internet speed, having boxes EVERYWHERE and having not even a single room looking tidy is making me nutso.
 
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
 
I moved to a new home 5 1/2 years ago. The moving wasn't as bad as the unpacking. Come to think of it, I still may have some unpacking to do.

It will be like an archeology project, with old newspapers placing the date that the artifacts were buried.

Tell you what, why don't you drop everything, come visit the East Coast, and tell me all about it over a nice cup of tea?

Does the middle of next month work for you? I think I have a date free on my calendar.
 
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
I'm sorry. Is there anything we can do to help?
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
I am moving tomorrow. I have confirmed with the movers.

Today so far, instead of actually packing boxes, I have:

 
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
 
Thank goodness you don't live in Gaza. [Angst]
 
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
quote:
Run over to the new place to deal with the phone company. Yay! $125 to have phone jacks installed! (The good news is that my landlord will have to pay it.)

D'oh! My dad has the equipment and experience to do this himself.

quote:
Tried to get my DSL functioning. No joy so far.
Are you sure you have the right modem? When we moved, they sent a technician out who tried everything, then finally switched the type of modem we were using-- and it instantly worked. [Roll Eyes]

quote:
Discovered that despite ensuring that I have this piece to connect the hose to the sink, I cannot find this piece to connect the hose to the waterbed. I know I own at least three of the darn things. So, I will be heading out to the waterbed store, 30 minutes away, later.

Where? Is there one on our side of town that Jeff or my dad could stop by on the way home from work?

[Kiss] Let us try to make it easier for you any way we can. We're out to dinner tonight, but we'll be available in the next week or so if you need us. Really.
 
Posted by Jaiden (Member # 2099) on :
 
(((hugs)))
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Jonathan, thank you for helping put my day in perspective. Seriously.

kq, I don't know where anything is relative to anything! I'll call you in a minute, you doll!

Jaids, thanks. [Smile]
 
Posted by bunbun (Member # 6814) on :
 
rivka,

we feel your pain. Tomorrow the packing, Thursday the moving.

Yeesh. I foresee yards of boxes. Trucks blocking out the sun. Pandemonium! Chaos! Yikes!
 
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
rivka, I feel your pain. I really do.
 
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
 
I'm so sorry, rivka - I have not actually looked any further into buying a house simply because I DO NOT want to deal with the packing and unpacking.

What's another year of renting, anyway?

*grin*

*hugs rivka*
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
*plaintive* Someone remind me why I thought it was a good idea to move into my parents' place for the year they were away? Is anything worth having to move twice in twelve months?
 
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
 
No.
 
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
 
Bob moved three times in seven months. I hope he thinks it was worth it. [Wink]
My stuff only moved in the last one, but I was involved in the packing/transporting for all three. [Angst]

You have our sympathies.
 
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
 
I feel for you, honey, I do. I can't picture myself going through it again in under a year. In fact, when I moved into the house where I am now, I declared that I would never move again. My heirs will have to deal with the packing up. I'm staying.
 
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
I hear ya, rivka. I'm off to college on saturday. By the state of room, it doesn't look like I'm going ANYWHERE.

[Wall Bash]
 
Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
 
quote:
Good news: fugu is amazing. But you knew that!
Yes, I did know that. He may not remember, but he has saved me on three seperate occasions from a complete mental breakdown.

Good luck tomorrow!
 
Posted by TimeTim (Member # 2768) on :
 
I feel for you. But honestly, I love moving. the feeling of having stuffed everything you own into such a miniscule space, and now having it all there and easily accessible is fantastic. Then, looking into your room/house/domicile and glorying in the space you have! Positively delightful. I always like to imagine that the moving truck explodes and falls into a sudden ravine, totally destroying everything I have. Imagine the freedom! The glorious bouyancy of unattachment! Regardless it sure is stressfull. Good luck.
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Thanks for all the sympathy. [Smile]




TimeTim . . . uh . . . well . . . I'm glad SOMEONE likes moving, I guess. Tell ya what. Next time, you can do it for me. Deal?

Getting to the waterbed place at 8:05 (ridiculous amounts of traffic combined with my confusion as to its location) sucked. Target and Kmart both really meant it when they said they didn't have 'em.

And duct tape fixes EVERYTHING! [Big Grin]
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
4 am. I have been trying to get the @#$%^& waterbed to drain for 5+ hours. I remember now why I desperately wanted to start on this yesterday morning -- I always have trouble with this! In fact, last time I swore I was going to buy a pump. I forgot. [Wall Bash]

That one is $90, and the store is less than an hour's drive away . . . but then I found something better! Uhaul rents the same thing for $8 a day! But they don't open until 7. Well, the movers won't be here until 9 . . . and those pumps are supposed to empty a bed in 20 minutes. This just might work! *plans feverishly*
 
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
You're insane, and it might just work. Go, rivka!
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
quote:
You're insane
Well, that goes without saying, even when I haven't been awake pretty much all night! [Big Grin]
quote:
and it might just work.
*prays*
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
I gave up on the siphon about 40 minutes ago, and just left the end of the hose in the shower, so it wouldn't get water everywhere.

I just noticed that the water level in the bed is actually dropping. Not very quickly, and I will still need the pump. But I am amused by the irony.
 
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
 
When I was in university I went through sixteen changes of address.

You learn to live light.
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
O_O
 
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
Good heavens.
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
I feel like the lady in those Mervyn's ads.

*in the general direction of the local UHaul: OPEN! OPENOPEN!*
 
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
 
*laughs*

I restricted myself to a backpack of clothes, a milk crate of books, and my guitar for most of my early 20's - then I settle down and became a mom, and the gypsy life just ain't a breeze.

I have FURNITURE now for heaven's sake! Including a piano!

Rivka, I'm sorry - you just keep going - that bed will drain in no time! The boxes will fill Mary Poppin's style; and the movers will be timely and gracious . . .

*waves wand and says in favorite Jean-Luc style: Make It So*

*casts jaundiced eye back on monologue and decides more coffee before going to work is definitely needed*
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
From your mouth to God's ears!

*toasts Shan with a glass of iced coffee*
 
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
 
The co-op program alternated four-month school terms with four-month work terms, with one eight-month stint of school right at the end. I suspect that by this winter I'll be feeling a little antsy, like it's time to move to somewhere new.
 
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
 
I forgot HOW dangerous it was to visit you folks at this time of the day!

I'm LATE! Knowingly, willfully, wantonly so . . . I did work over 10 hours yesterday sans lunch so I'm not sure I care . . .

Rivka - happy to serve! *hugs rivka and races to get ready for work*
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Took 8 UHauls, but finally found one that has it. They're holding it for me.

Bye!
 
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
Weird.

I just opened Google News to check the daily news, and the top headline read:

"Time For Me To Close My Computer and Finish Packing"

I immediately thought of rivka.

However, it was actually a quote from a person leaving the Gaza strip

Farmgirl
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
*sings*

Do you hear what I hear?
A pump! A pump!
My goodness what a noise,
But the water, it surely does flow!
Yes, the water surely does flow!


[Big Grin]
 
Posted by bunbun (Member # 6814) on :
 
Said the puny mover to the massive truck
Do you know what I know?

A pump, a pump
squishing with all its might
It will make our water bed light.
It has made our water bed light.

 
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
[ROFL]
 
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
 
Do you see what I see?
Do you see what I see?

The books are shelved
neatly left to right
by their authors and alphabatized
Was a librarian here tonight?

 
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
 
[ROFL]


I'm sorry rivka; I hope things continue to improve during your move. Every single time I've moved I've felt clinically insane for at least a week. We moved 8 months ago and there are still boxes in the basement. But, that's why you buy a house with a basement. [Big Grin]

space opera
 
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
 
I might have to move in the next 6-9 months. I guess I should look into some of these boxes from my last move...
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Sadly, I have no basement. I really hope the sofa doesn't get delivered for at least a week; the spot it should inhabit is more than filled with boxes and boxes and yet more boxes!

Hopefully, the housekeeper who is starting work for me tomorrow (and just for this week, is coming twice) can help me get a handle on things.

Not that the books will be [Razz] alphabetized or anything . . . but maybe on the shelves.

I'm going to go sleep on my just-refilled waterbed. Nighty-night! [Big Grin]
 
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
 
I'm moving into my dorm room right now. I'm sure it's nowhere near as bad as moving into a house, and my parents are helping. Then again, I have to do this twice a year, and I semi-move another two times every year for winter break. Good practice, I guess!
 
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
Can I borrow your thread, rivka?

The guy from the Gas Company is over. (Incidentally, I think he's the same guy who used to come over to my mom's and dad's houses when they needed a technician since, oh, I can remember!) We haven't been able to get the stove or oven working. My dad got the gas flowing to them by opening a series of valves, but they won't start, and while we can manually light a burner, we can't find a way to light a pilot. (The guy has been in here half an hour and is still fiddling with the stove, so I think he's having some issues, too.) Grrr...
 
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
Well. Our oven will work if we wait for it, but we might want to make sure it works on a simple cake or some biscuits or cookies before we try cooking anything important in it. Also, someone put oven cleaner in there and didn't burn it off. [Roll Eyes] So we might want to burn that off first.

The stovetop we will need the pilots replaced on, as well as the feed tubes, since they are completely blocked and corroded. (We got this in writing from the guy so the landlord will have to take care of it, as it's not our responsibility what happened to it before we moved here.)
 
Posted by bunbun (Member # 6814) on :
 
I am steadily working toward increasing visibility in the apartment. Right now, I can see about 3 feet in every direction. I hope I can get to the door when the Chinese food delivery guy gets here. I hope I've left a clear path to the bed and bath areas...I hope Rob comes looking for me soon.
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Good luck with the stove, kq! That sucks, although I guess it would be worse if it sort of worked now and you had to deal with it in a month. Then you'd have to prove it wasn't your fault . . .

bunbun, does that mean you're all moved in? Yes, the boxes everywhere phenomenon does suck. I totally know what you mean about creating pathways! In my case, a number of them CAN'T get unpacked until after I finish assmbling cabinets/shelves/etc. to unpack them into.

Most of my books are unpacked onto shelves. Completely in the wrong arrangement, but it's easier to move 'em around than unpack them in the first place. At least that's my theory. [Wink]
 
Posted by bunbun (Member # 6814) on :
 
We are moved in. We have been working for the last 13 weeks on whittling our house furnishings down to what we can fit into the apartment.

We've largely been successful, and I am piling books onto shelves without regard to thier order. I need to have that "working household" feeling about me. Right now I just have that "corrugated cardboard" feeling around me. It's pretty close quarters right now.

Persevere, rivka. Gradually the cartons will pass into the universe.
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
quote:
I need to have that "working household" feeling about me.
Exactly!
quote:
Right now I just have that "corrugated cardboard" feeling around me. It's pretty close quarters right now.

Persevere, rivka. Gradually the cartons will pass into the universe.

Yep. Still have to finish packing up odds and ends from here (my parents').

Actually, aren't there places that will buy gently-used moving boxes? I need to find one of those . . .
 
Posted by bunbun (Member # 6814) on :
 
I don't know of any in our vicinity. I think I am going to make a half hearted effort at recycling, tho.
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
If I can't find one, I'll just Freecycle 'em (along with lots of other stuff).
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
One possibility
Too far from me
Here in L.A.! Wait a SEC! They want me to pay them to take 'em away? HA! [Razz]
 
Posted by bunbun (Member # 6814) on :
 
I found my underwear.

So I can go to sleep soon.
 
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
Now, where's that OOC thread...
 
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
 
Ahhhh, orderly rows of books.

I should have been a librarian.

Nathan hauled many books out for building a livingroom-wide train track last weekend.

However, he neglected to put them back in the order he found them.

It was not one of my better parenting moments.

[Embarrassed]
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
bunbun . . . um, gooood. *backs away*

kq, [ROFL]

Shan, been there! *pat pat*
 
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
 
rivka,

How are you doing? More settled? Hope your Shabbos was a restful as you needed it to be.
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
I just put together the second piece of those six stacking cabinets (so now I have one top and one bottom). They look very nice, but they're just not very deep. I think the others are going back. *sigh*

Shabbos could have been restful except that I stayed at my parents, so I could got to an aufruf. Then I went to some friends for lunch, and stopped by to see another friend who was in town for the weekend (and I hadn't seen in years).

Lots of fun, but no time for a nap. [Wink]
 
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
 
Double shiur with the Shluffer Rebbe for me!
 
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
 
Aw, Rivka, I'm sorry those cabinets aren't going to work out after all. [Frown]
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Yeah, I just ordered something else that should work. Now I just have to arrange to ship these back. >_<
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Good news update: One computer desk and one brand new Dell computer (complete with newly-installed wireless card, as well as wireless keyboard and mouse) are both assembled and appear to be functioning within acceptable parameters. [Big Grin]

Using a laptop for everything was getting old. [Razz]
 
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
 
quote:
appear to be functioning within acceptable parameters.
Now we just need to beam up the away team and we can warp on out of here. [Smile]

I'm glad things are getting settled for you, at least a little bit.
 
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
 
w00t!
 
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
 
Yay for rivka!

Slow and steady wins the race. And when you win the race, you get a kugel.
 
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
 
There's kugel?

<dons running shoes>
 
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
I always got a donut after I had my blood drawn.

As a result, I enjoy having my blood drawn.

As long as they don't clean my skin with rubbing alcohol, which I have developed an allergy to, apparently. [Frown]
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
What kind of kugel? If it's potato, I'll pass. Now, sweet noodle kugel, OTOH . . . *drools*

Dags, how is settling in going for y'all? (And you can't take the away team until all the darn furniture is assembled!)
 
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
My preferences are exactly the opposite, rivka-- not a fan of sweet noodle kugel, but love a good potato kugel.

Of course, I'm not a fan of noodles in general, and I love anything that's a potato in any form. So that may have something to do with it. [Wink]
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Actually, the odd thing is that potato kugel is one of the few ways of serving potatoes that I don't like. It's a bit like egg salad, which I also dislike -- even though I like hard-boiled eggs and deviled eggs. [Dont Know]
 
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
Ah, I like egg salad and deviled eggs, but not hard-boiled. *is weird and knows it*

I also hate uncooked tomatoes. But I love ketchup and spaghetti sauce (just not on too much spaghetti.)
 
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by ketchupqueen:
I love ketchup

No kidding?
 
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
 
quote:
Dags, how is settling in going for y'all?
Eve has masterfully managed to get us all settled in. I pretty much just had to move heavy things when needed and do some picture hanging. We have a whole bunch of laundry we saved up to take to the drop-off cleaners; we may panic over the amount of dresser space we have at that point. But that's it. Remember, we were moving into a functioning apartment we'd had for 2 years, plus, no kids, so our task was a lot easier than yours.

I've still got semester-start settling to get done, (put new books on the shelf, clean the desk, yada yada) but that's a whole lot easier than moveing settling.

quote:
(And you can't take the away team until all the darn furniture is assembled!)
I wonder if Jiordi can rig the replicator to do that automatically.
 
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
 
"I can't change the laws of physics, Captain!"
 
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
 
quote:
I wonder if Jiordi can rig the replicator to do that automatically.
SCOTTY coulda done it!!!
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Well, the replacement piece for the microwave cart thingamajiggy arrived today, so we'll just have to see how I fare without Scotty or Geordi. [Razz]

Of course, first I have to remember where the instructions (which I used to call the manufacturer) are . . . >_<
 
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
 
Online, perhaps?
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
No luck so far.
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
Much Googling. No luck.

Finally thought to look on the shelf where I put all the putting-furniture-together instructions . . . look at that! [Roll Eyes]

BTW, a short rant on furniture. They don't sell furniture. They sell kits to make furniture. [Razz]
 


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