I HATE MOVING…
SO…I moved this weekend (which means the first weekend of November)… moving is NOT my favorite pass-time…I really don’t enjoy ANYTHING about it. I don’t enjoy the process of packing (except for the part where you get rid of a whole bunch of junk you haven’t used and really don’t need but still keep for some mysterious reason). I don’t enjoy cleaning every surface of the old house once everything is in boxes. I don’t enjoy loading the boxes into the U-haul {which I don’t enjoy paying for} (I DO like being a “hoss” and not letting any guy think for one minute that I can’t carry a box!). I don’t like unloading the boxes or putting everything from the box (that I just packed yesterday) into the dresser/desk/cupboard/closet, etc. I REALLY don’t like the feeling of physical exhaustion that follows a move. I just don’t like moving.
I ESPECIALLY don’t like moving when the place I am moving into isn’t ready to be moved into. Like my new house. BASICALLY, the house was supposed to be painted, the carpets and floors cleaned, and the kitchen deep cleaned PRIOR to our moving in. WELL…the crew apparently got “stuck” on another job… SO…the carpets were cleaned the night before we moved in so they were wet on move in day – which makes them WAY dirtier than they were to begin with…the painting crew was painting on move in day and they focused most of their attention on the stairwell – the area that was probably the least convenient possible….the kitchen never did get deep cleaned and so we had an ant invasion on move-in day (this was due to a beer can left open underneath the sink for WHO KNOWS HOW LONG – way to invite the critters in previous tenants – we appreciate you!) and all the boxes needed to be “temporarily” stacked in the garage. Yay. See why I just LOVE moving. Gaaaaaaaaaa. It is the most frustrating thing in the world.
Anyway, as the story continues, the painting crew asked us not to put anything away in our bedrooms but to wait until they had finished painting to arrange furniture, etc. We moved ON HALLOWEEN so they had to leave rather early (as in like 2pm – and they didn’t show up until 11am…questionable when they said they would be there at 6am…) because one of them had a haunted house to attend that evening. They promised to be back first thing Sunday morning. When they arrived Sunday at about 12:30, they told us they were going to take the day off because they hadn’t rested much due to their late night Halloween festivities and they wanted to give us the day to get settled. I WANTED TO SCREAM! How are we supposed to get settled if we have to keep all of our furniture in the middle of the room?? YOU PEOPLE ARE CRAZY! {breathe, breathe}. Monday the painting crew came back and almost finished…so Tuesday the job was done. Tuesday, November 3 the job was done. The job was supposed to be done by Thursday, October 29. Good time management skills. I spent the entire day Sunday cleaning the kitchen and contact papering the shelves and drawers. I refused to listen to the paint people and went ahead and set up my room. I would rather have old paint than sleep in chaos for weeks. {DUH}. My life was then at least moderately manageable.
It has been 20 days now since we moved in and we are far from finished – there are still boxes all over downstairs and furniture that my roommates need desperately to dispose of. {they don’t really seem to think that is an urgent need though – interesting}. The kitchen isn’t set up and we have no idea what do in our living room/dining room. SO ANNOYING.
The only GOOD thing about moving day???? The cable was connected at 9am…by bedtime all my shows were recording again and I could rest in peace.
I SINCERELY HOPE NOT TO MOVE AGAIN FOR A LONG LONG TIME!!
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