At the bookstore, I pick up a colorful hardcover book.
Me: This sparks joy.
Partner: But we are moving, it adds more weight.
Me: It can move with us.
Partner: Across the continent?
Me: This is emotional baggage. I'm taking it.
ok, today was an effing long day. But the pods are loaded (to the brim!) with all my crap.
And I do mean "crap". I feel like I have way too much stuff. And I jettisoned a ton of things I was already feeling marginal about and had decided to bring and deal with on the other side, but when I discovered we were in danger of going to 3 boxes, not 2... hell no! (it'd be another $1K at least).
I do wish I had dealt with it better in advance and freecycled some of the stuff that I (sadly) had to end up junking. But my car was already loaded and the apartment was all packed and I needed to start my journey (tomorrow a.m.)
But fuuuuuuck this was a loooong (and crazy hot and humid) day.
STILL GOING STILL NEED HELP!
hey #LosAngeles #SanFernandoValley #SFV #VanNuys, who is able-bodied and can come over and help me move this week? I'm just moving across the yard, it should be easy enough but my spouse and I are just too disabled. we at least offer our endless gratitude. #Crowdfund #Crowdfunding #Deaf #DeafCrowdfund #DirectGiving #Disabled #DisabledCrowdfund #FinancialAid #HelpFolksLive #HelpFolksLive2025 #July #Mazeldon #Moving #MovingFund #MutualAid #MutualAidNeeded #MutualAidRequest #Tzedakah
seriously three strong people in their 20s should be able to do most of the move necessary in one to two days. I'm basically begging at this point.
I've made a lot of progress in physical therapy the past two years but five minutes of standing in front of my desk trying to box it up? my heart rate's nearing 140 and my back is screaming at me.
if I go at the rate I am physically capable of, it will never get done.
I'd rather get help from strangers on here than from strangers on Craigslist or other service ads sites. historically bad luck at the latter. please share and tag anyone who might be able to help.
if not please help me with money so I can hire movers to come and do what we cannot. even moving just across a yard is expensive and I haven't yet done so because I want things to be ready but at some point it will be what it is.
payment methods below:
CashApp: http://cash.app/$ceahettan (a bunch of muppets)
Venmo: https://venmo.com/californiummm (dror lieb)
ask for PayPal/Zelle.
Well that was a pretty productive f*cking morning of packing, pardon my french.
another moving-across-country question for the Fediverse!
I'm trying to decide whether to move my keyboard (a Casio Privia) and bass amp in the car-top Thule box instead of putting it in the U-Haul "U-Box" pod. Both the kbd and amp are well padded with moving blankets, heavyweight cardboard, etc.
I was inclined to take them with me in the Thule box (less chance of damage I think) but then I realized that the black Thule box is going to get HOT, driving x-c in the summer.
So what do you think? Better off in the U-Haul pod (which will go on a big flatbed truck with other pods)? I think the pod will get plenty hot too.
I can't decide.
Miotto’s Musings: Solbakken Back to Norway, Bove and Abraham Moving Abroad, Roma Looking For Reinforcements at Lyon https://www.byteseu.com/1147608/ #Abraham #abroad #and #AsRomaNewsFeatures #AsRomaRecaps #AsRomaTransferNewsRumors #AT #back #Bove #chiesa #di #for #FrontPage #looking #lyon #miotto #moving #musings #Norway #reinforcements #Roma #s #solbakken #to #totti
Breaking down rooms in preparation for our move. This our living room setup for the next few days - minimalist and rustic. The rest of our large living room is a pile of disassembled Ikea furniture. Which Casper is inspecting for potential new hiding places.
I think Harley is going to miss her large play area - which is a few acres, including our neighbour's yard where her buddy lives - and her front porch where she can keep watch while sunning herself. She is well trained to never approach the road out front, and we've never needed a fence. I think more walks are in our future, which is a good thing.
It's only a week away until the moving truck arrives and puts an end to our 16 years in Caledon. Today, I'm taking some time to squeeze in 9 holes of golf with my brother, who has a cottage close to our new home. My car is packed with 11 different plants that we split from our current garden, over 70 individual plants for the new house. Two planters will have to wait for the next trip.
A throwback to April, when @eugecovernton and I went to Calais to prepare our last things for shipping them. Allegedly the container with our things has made it at least to Brazil so far!
Here’s the country that Americans want to leave the US for the most https://www.byteseu.com/1063530/ #americans #Europe #Immigration #moving #Portugal #RealEstate
It's official: I'm moving to the Netherlands!
Fellow Americans who have left the US, tell me everything you know:
- logistics of moving
- lessons learned the hard way
- gotchas
Somehow my 2 comforters and 3 blankets all managed to be used to wrap items that went into storage at my friend's house an hour away
But I have no idea which items in which boxes
I also unpacked 2 items that got packed separated from their power supplies. Again no idea which of 30 boxes in his basement might have them
#doorstops
Movers arrive today. For as much as I’ve moved this is probably the biggest and most stressful one of all. I think it’s because it’s the first time we’re actually selling the house versus renting and moving into something that’s the same size. We are definitely downsizing and trying to get all of that figured out while working and getting prepared for the movers has been a lot. But today is the day! We are getting packed today and the truck is getting loaded on Monday and then we will hit the road on our way to #duluth #minnesota And honestly, I am so excited! #moving
I keep walking around my apartment with my stuff freshly unpacked after more than a month and I am tickled by having 3 different lamps I can turn on and off in different areas so there can be so many different amounts of light in the rooms
I'm like a kid in a candy store lol
#moving #unpacking #homedecor #LightIsGood
Does anyone know if Fedex drivers are allowed to leave your package up outside stairs if your apartment is up the stairs in a 4-plex?
Having a panic attack he'll leave the 2 very large rolled up area rugs at the bottom of the stairs, or worse at the front of the house and I will have to drag them around back and upstairs by myself
#moving #packages #fedex