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*
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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.
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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.Posts: 516 | Registered: Aug 2004
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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?Posts: 5609 | Registered: Jan 2003
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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.
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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...
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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 alphabetized or anything . . . but maybe on the shelves.
I'm going to go sleep on my just-refilled waterbed. Nighty-night! Posts: 32919 | Registered: Mar 2003
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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!
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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...
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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. 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.)
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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.
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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. Posts: 32919 | Registered: Mar 2003
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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.
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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 . . .
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I don't know of any in our vicinity. I think I am going to make a half hearted effort at recycling, tho.
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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. Posts: 32919 | Registered: Mar 2003
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Yeah, I just ordered something else that should work. Now I just have to arrange to ship these back. >_<
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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.
Using a laptop for everything was getting old. Posts: 32919 | Registered: Mar 2003
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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. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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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!)
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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. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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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. Posts: 32919 | Registered: Mar 2003
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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.)
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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.
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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.
Of course, first I have to remember where the instructions (which I used to call the manufacturer) are . . . >_<
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