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October 31, 2004
Moving, Part III
It's Sunday afternoon (Hallowe'en) and I'm about to take a nap. The past week has been overwhelming. Yesterday especially. When I wrote, Friday evening, that I didn't think everything was going to fit in the truck, I had no idea how much "everything" was.... But at 10pm last night we left our apartment forever.
Richard drove away from my parents' place in the Cove at dawn this morning, the truck packed to the limit and our mattress scrunched on the roof rack in a grey tarp, which Richard's mom likened to duct tape - it does look a bit like a gigantic Red Green experiment. Colour-matched to the truck, too. He'll have quite a job in Pritchard, getting everything unpacked this afternoon by himself.
The Olsen twins and my family helped out Saturday afternoon, packing the majority of stuff in the truck (more than once) and the essentials I'll need for my last week in town into my dad's van. The drive up next weekend is going to be yet another packing challenge; I may have to leave several of my plants behind for now. But there's nowhere to put them all yet anyway. Too much construction going on. The mouse-hunt, in particular.
As my computer is about to arrive in Pritchard, I'm not able to post the last round of pictures, so you'll have to wait until my first week at Poplar Road to see what Richard has been up to with the renovations. My office has no floor yet (the plywood is still in the truck, now underneath the last of our belongings) so it may take me a while to settle in somewhere temporarily. I'm so looking forward to just being there, finally!
Six more days. I'm getting impatient, but there's a lot to be done here. Today, recharge my batteries. I love Hallowe'en, so it's good timing. I even discovered the bag I packed my suit etc in for the week also contains all my belly-dance things, so if I go trick-or-treating with my niece tonight, I could get dressed up. Then tomorrow, call all the companies we do business with (more than you'd think) and update our address information. Tuesday, call the satellite TV companies and find out whether I can afford to feed my Star Trek and CSI addiction or not... Haven't tested whether we can still get 6 channels with rabbit ears the way we've done in the apartment for the past four years. Wednesday is my last day of work at the office. I have to collect a box of files and things I'll need to work from home, not to mention CDs full of files that I use on a daily basis. Thank goodness MS Word for Windows and MS Word X for Mac are completely compatible. And Adobe, we love Adobe. (Can't say the same for Microsoft, no.)
Thursday I have a meeting on Granville Island, after which I'm going to putter around with Allyson, who's culinary class ends at about the same time. I'm going to drag her over to Maiwa Handprints, one of my favourite stores, and decide on my paint colours for the office and bedroom. Might even spend some of my birthday money... we could use some new curtains since I couldn't bear to keep the faded orange, water-stained drapes in the master bedroom.
Friday is a free day, to get the last few things done like getting in touch with friends, using up food I don't want to haul with me and making things I can microwave when I get there so I don't have to cook for the first while, and deciding which plants I can bear to leave behind.
Mostly, I need to catch up on rest after the past week, I went to bed at 3:30am on Friday night/Saturday morning, and we were up packing and cleaning at 7:30. Too, too much. Once I get there, I'll be even busier than last week - the only difference being, it doesn't all have to get done NOW. And it's mine. Yes, we'll be working hard, but when I look up from scrubbing or hammering or painting, or writing or proof-reading or e-mailing, I can look out at our yard and the hills behind and relax. The forecast for next weekend is minus 12 and snow, which just adds to my anticipation. Not long now...
Posted by anita at October 31, 2004 1:53 PM
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Hi guys how ya all doing, is the work all done?
Is the snow flying yet? I bet skedooing is great up their. Did you make apple sause from all those nice apples. Chuck from work was asking about you so i gave him your sight to check out. Nadine said hi and shivers when she thinks of the cold nights up their.
Posted by: Pete&Nadine | 20:10 11 November 2004