Well, the big weekend has finally arrived. I am happy to say that help was not as hard to find as I feared. Yesterday, I worked the 2nd job until 10, came home and changed clothes and called my friend to see how soon he could get here. I then packed the cats into their carriers and called Deb to pick them up. They were staying at her place for the day so I didn't have to worry about escape attempts while men moved my furniture out. I would have taken them to her, but I'd managed to get my truck parked across the two spaces directly outside the door we'd be using. If I moved the truck, I'd lose those spaces, so she was a doubly good friend and came to get them. I know Holden didn't mind. He loves the boys and is good with them.
People began trickling in and moving whatever we could fit. The last arrival was the pickup with the trailer. Nolan had to pick it up from another co-worker and I guess there was a delay. But his arrival couldn't have been timed better if he'd planned it. He got there just as we were pulling in for the last caravan of stuff and were trying to figure out how to load a queen sized box-spring and mattress, a full-sized box-spring and mattress, a large dresser and a computer table onto cars, suv's and vans. Since we now had the trailer, we got it all loaded up at one time and made the last run in the mid/late afternoon.
I had a total of 8 people helping me and four of them were men. I nearly cried with joy to see such a great turnout. It really made a huge difference. Today, I'm taking the clothes out of my closet, and the food out of my fridge. I'll be packing the computer up as soon as I do a few last minute things on it. Then I'll clean this place up and be on my way. But not without spending a few minutes on the balcony absorbing what I can of my view one last time.
Then it will be back to unpacking the new place and figuring out just what I want where. This time, though, I think I'll put the pictures on the wall. I'll be here at least a year, I might as well look like I live here! :)
There are things I like about the new place, too. Not the smell. The last tenant must have been a heavy-duty chain smoker. The smell is so entrenched in the walls that as soon as you finish spraying freshener, the smoke smell is back. Ew. I'll have to really work hard to fix that! But the property is pretty quiet, and there are lots of beautiful, old trees. So far the folks I've seen seem pretty friendly. My next door neighbor has a windchime that makes a very pretty sound in the breeze.
Ok, that's all for now. My foot is falling asleep because I'm sitting on the floor typing this. I won't have constant access to the internet for the next two weeks so this will probably be my last note here for a while. But, never fear. I'll be back. ;)
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