Wow. It’s been seven days since my last post. Maybe I should say, forgive me father for I have sinned it has been seven days since my last post…Maybe. I have not skipped a week in, like, ever. Please forgive me as I have forgiven myself. Do you see the theme so far?
In the last seven days we finished the estate sale, cleaned out all leftover crap post sale, cleaned the house, made minor repairs and today I am moving the last couple things out of the old house to storage. Tomorrow I hand off the keys to new owner Rich. And we are done. End of an era. Emily is a bit sad about it. I really don’t care that much. I have moved many times in my life and I usually don’t miss the old address.
Right now I am sitting in my new living room. The landlords handyman was supposed to be here at 8 and he is late. I went out to put some stuff in my car and he pulled up right then. He came in and announced what he was fixing from my list. Turns out the property manager thinks a half working ice maker is just grand. Amazing. But now I remember why I never liked any of my former landlords. They suck.
Left the guy to his own devices and drove off to the old place. I stopped at the German bakery and bought pretzels for the office. I am a wonderful boss. Ask me sometime. I will tell you.
I have a nine o’clock appointment at the old house with a guy who has a trailer. This is how we move heavy large things like a full size arcade Frogger to storage. We also had a couple other things for the dump. Good news, when I got to the house, one of the estate sale customers was there finally picking up his shelves. Good thing, they were headed to the dump today. So we got all loaded up and went to the storage unit. I have two units, both 10×20, and I really need to throw more crap out. Or maybe invite the storage wars guys over to help. I don’t know. I have gotten rid of so much stuff in this move either thrown out, given away or sold at the estate sale. Does not mean I won’t get rid of more. I really want to get down to zero.
Anyhow, we got to storage and unloaded. He left for ge dump and I headed for the other dump (my office).
My day was barrels of fun and raucous action. Not. I sat down and prepared to returns till 1109pm. About 12.5 hours. No time off for good behavior.
The drive home was fantastic. Not. Though it did start to rain when I got a couple miles out from home. That was fun.
Really fantastic news, our friend Ana made us dinner. Some fried and lightly breaded chicken filets with cheesy noodles. Tasty. And, there is an and, Emily brought home leftovers from her dinner out with friend Melissa. A pile of excellent garlic fries and a taco. The taco was great. See, there was a reward at the end of the day for my Christian behavior and thoughts. Wait. That can’t be it. Well, I was rewarded.
I am going to bed. Been up since 6 and it’s 1225. And I took the time to blog the day because I was chastised by a reader for taking time off for work and moving. I am such a thoughtless jerk. Fortunately I am still good looking.