Monday, August 31, 2009

Moving numbers

Number of days until we actually move: 1

Days spent preparing to move: 7

Miles between current and "new" home: 12

Trips between them this weekend: 8

Staff at Lowes who already recognize us: 7

Boxes stacked and ready to go: lost count

Boxes unpacked by the Wee One just after we had packed them: 5

Muscles that feel like they were hit with a meat tenderizer: 632 (the remaining 7 feel pretty good)

Pounds of cat hair tumbleweed spontaneously generated by moving furniture: 6

Pieces of useable furniture left standing: 4

Days until the semester starts: 9

Days until my 20,000 word chapter is due: 31

Words written for said chapter: 87

Cups of coffee it will require to get through the day: 12

6 comments:

  1. Feeling once you're all unpacked and settled in the new place? Priceless.

    (Good luck with your move!)

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  2. Looking forward to that. And to seeing our stuff in the place, which is currently empty.

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  3. Wet blanket warning: I spent about 4 hours this weekend trying to get my 3 month old lawnmower to start. Then my next-door neighbor volunteered to mow it for me (and he did). That was nice, but he seemed a little too eager. Is my lawn an eyesore? The joys of ownership.

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  4. I feel your pain, PLS.

    The inspection is Wednesday for the house that we are in the process of buying. Because we sold our old house last month (woohoo), we already moved once (into the rental house). Moving Part 2 is probably coming up late September or early October.

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  5. 'cat hair tumbleweed'

    haha, perfectly descriptive!

    Last time I moved, I did what I could and then let the movers do the rest. Pricey, and yet priceless.

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  6. We painted our bedroom about a year ago and had to move a large chest of drawers away from the wall. Behind it, we found a pile of dog hair that was bigger than our 45lb dog [shudder].

    Good luck with the big move!

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