I didn't realize that this could be an annoying part of moving...

[thistlechaser]

It's two weeks and two days until I move, and... I'm done. Everything is packed except last minute stuff that I'm still using. I've done nearly all the move-out cleaning that I can do with boxes in the way and me still living there. I'm all done, yet I still have two weeks to wait and do nothing.

On one hand, I should enjoy this time. I have AC, and I'm moving into a place without it. I'm in a pretty, nice complex, and I'm moving into a place that's more than 50% smaller and a whole lot less nice, so I should just enjoy the last of my time here. But I can't. Because I'm moving in two weeks.

It's actually better to have stuff to do because I feel like I'm accomplishing things and getting stuff done when I pack. Now I'm just sitting around, twiddling my thumbs, and stressing/worrying about all the what-ifs. I just want to get on with life -- get moved, get unpacked and settled, iron the bugs out of my new place.

The first day there is going to be interesting. All of the apartments are being moved in to at the same time. (They were all being renovated, the whole building.) I don't know how all the moving trucks are going to handle it -- there's so little parking, and people are going to be moving in all day. Hopefully it will be a little easier for my people, since I'm taking Thursday the 1st off for the move. Maybe more people will move in on Friday the 2nd or the weekend.

Ellie New Cat update: Her nonstop meowing begging for food is 90% corrected in the evenings, yet somehow only 20% corrected in the morning. (How do kittybrains work that she can't connect the two?) Whenever she meows, I run at her hissing and waving my hands over my head (just plain running at her stopped working after a while). It's a good thing I live alone, as I'm sure that would be amusing to watch. However, since she's improved so much in the evenings, I have hope that eventually the mornings will get corrected as well.

I no longer make her talk for a treat, as I think that would send mixed signals. Maybe not, maybe meowing on command might register differently in kittybrains, but I don't need to risk it.

Comments

[bacchuslives.livejournal.com]

Every part of moving is or has the potential to be annoying ;-)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

So very true. And if this is the worst of it, I'll be doing well!

[ashmedai.livejournal.com]

Moving is always so stressful - I hope it goes smoothly!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

For both of us!

Thanks. :)

[teaandfailure.livejournal.com]

Moving is consistently voted the most stressful thing in life, and I totally agree that it is. It is just a pain, and I hate everything about it except the very last bit, when everything is safely there and you nestle into your new space. That part I like. The rest blows. Sorry you have to do it. :(

Glad about Ellie New Cat though. I was about to get a squirt bottle for Penny to do the same thing since you had so much luck, but... weirdest thing in the world... I went away to a CPA Conference for a week, and my parents were out of town and couldn't feed her, so I had to board her at the vet. When I brought her back... problems all solved. I have NO IDEA if like, staying in a kennel cage for a week gave her some perspective, or me not being there to cry at fixed it or WHAT, but now not only does she not cry loudly for food at me or follow me around, she also stopped trying to wolf down whole her food, and actually leaves it in the bowl to snack on through the day.

I feel this is probably karma for my last vet issue, which was that I boarded Midge and MoonUnit overnight at their vet, and when I brought them home they had forgotten they were sisters and never got along again.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Wow, what an odd (and good!) change with Penny! I suspect that kittybrains are a lot more basic than even dog brains, and something like a week at the vet can 'reset' them. That's probably also why they "sulk" (forget who you are) when you go away on vacation for a while.

I feel this is probably karma for my last vet issue, which was that I boarded Midge and MoonUnit overnight at their vet, and when I brought them home they had forgotten they were sisters and never got along again.

I know that was a troublesome situation, but the image of them forgetting each other, staring at each other as if they were strangers when they're sisters is amusing.

I suspect I'm not going to get so much of the "when everything is safely there and you nestle into your new space." this time, as I'm not even in the new place yet and I'm pretty sure I'll be moving again in a year or two... (BLAH!) More and more strongly, I want to get the hell out of California and move somewhere with more reasonable rents. Though that's more than a year or two down the line...

[teaandfailure.livejournal.com]

Oh, the WHO ARE YOUUUU situation was hilarious. It was annoying to deal with at the time, but especially in retrospect it is HYSTERICAL.

That does suck, knowing you'll be moving again in a year. I get it, though, I'm always shocked at how expensive the rents in NY and California are. I can never leave Tennessee, not only is our housing cheap, but we don't have a state income tax either. So if I move to any other state I'll be like WTFFFFFFF? Although since we have no state income tax, our sales tax is like, fourteen percent, so whenever I go to another state and buy something I'm like WOW! THIS IS CRAZINESS! Oregon especially blew my mind since they have NO sales tax. The tag is 21.99 AND IT WAS 21,99, WHAAAAAAAT?