Moving Sucks: T-Minus 11 Days
I’ve been in the same small apartment for a little over 5 years. When I moved out, I was a bachelor with hardly even enough stuff to make the place look occupied. Now I’ve got a wife, daughter, 2 cats, a bunch of fish and more stuff than we know what to do with. I work from home and since there’s no other place for it – my computer setup is in the bedroom. And if you’ve been following my blog for a while, you’ll know that I work from home. So yes, I spend the majority of my life in the bedroom. Just about every task I perform (hehe) takes place within a 6 foot radius. Simply put, we’ve out-grown our home.
We couldn’t have been happier the day we found an apartment 2 towns over with an extra bedroom, in suite washer/dryer, central air conditioning and an additional 250 square feet. The beauty of it, aside from all the things I just mentioned, is that it’s only a little more than what we’re paying now. Since we don’t have enough in the old savings account for a down payment on a house yet, we figured we owe it to ourselves to better our home. Being that we’re all home bodies, in only makes sense. Especially with me working from home. Needless to say, I’m snatching that extra room and setting up a little office for myself. It will be much easier to separate work when I can literally close the door and walk away. Right now, it’s always there. The last thing I see before I go to bed and the first when I wake up. Really looking forward to having some space between work and real life, to say the least.
So, we’re all excited and started packing right away. Literally, the evening we put our deposit on the new place, Deanna started packing. And she hasn’t stopped! Day in, day out for the last 2 weeks. There’s maybe been a day or 2 that she hasn’t done something in the way of preparing to move. But that’s it! She may only be 5’3″, but the girl’s a machine! Me on the other hand, not so much. I’ve lent a hand here and there and packed the majority of my own shit, but I feel like I’ve done nothing in comparison. I guess sitting on your ass for 10-12 hours a day will turn you into a lazy bastard. Who would have thought? 😛 Best of all, I totally pinched something in my lower back this evening simply standing up. I was laying on the floor, playing with Gaius and when I got about half way up-right, I felt a tight pinch. I didn’t throw it out or anything, but I get this nice little jolt of pain every once in a while when I bend the wrong way… which ever way that is? You’d think I was pushing 50, but sadly I’m only half way there!
T-Minus 11 days, and counting.