Done at last

Yesterday at about 5:30 I turned in the keys to the old apartment.

Now, to sleep for 3 days.

Yet more Packing

I finished the bedroom this evening.

I still need to pack the front closet, bedroom closet, two bathrooms, laundry room, dining room, and living room.

The list seems big, but it shouldn't be too bad. I may yet be able to pack everything by Saturday. We'll see.

Details

I'm very detail oriented. Sometimes to the point of being obsessive.

How does this relate to packing you ask? I went through the bedroom this evening. I didn't finish. I dusted. I ended up starting two boxes and finishing off one.

If I don't speed up significantly I'm not going to make my goal of being all packed by Friday night.

As Eunice reminded me, we're at the point where, unless we need it immediately, stuff just has to go in a box.

Oh well, off to bed. Hopefully there will be more progress to report tomorrow night.

Packing Update

Last night I successfully packed the study hole.

It amounted to 1 medium sized box + some overflow and two duffel bags worth of miscellaneous craft and sewing stuff. Four sets of glass Christmas ornaments are still out.

Things are not progressing terribly quickly. Eunice is on strict orders from both me and the doctor to not help --she's got to fly home in a little over a week and is having enough trouble breathing.

Remaining rooms: 2 bathrooms, entry closet, walk in closet, dining room, living room, bedroom.

The good news is that the living room and bedroom are both partially packed already, so it's not as bad as it looks. There's still a whole lot left to do.

Packing progress

Writing has been set aside for the moment. I have far too much packing to do.

The kitchen is done*. Now I will move on to the study hole** or the bedroom.




*Except for a half-dozen assorted baskets and bowls, and all food items.
**Technically, it's the computer nook, but I don't see how anybody could fit anything other than a laptop in there, since there are no holes for cords and there isn't room for a CRT monitor. It was supposed to be Eunice's study area (thus, "study hole"), but it's ended up being an in-apartment storage area. It's also the next place I want to stack boxes, so I think it's next on the packing parade.

Packing

I just spent two hours packing up the kitchen. I have two boxes to show for it. There are many more to go.

This week is going to have a lot of late nights.

471 words

I started something new this evening that I intend to continue with. I did a little writing.

I described my dining room in 471 words.

I'll re-read it tomorrow and see what I think.

MST3K'n it

Moving day is less than 2 weeks away. Naturally, I'm terrified. I think we have about 12 boxes packed. I foresee busy days ahead.

One of the grand traditions my siblings and I have is "Cheesy Movie Night." It's our own version of MST3K, except we pre-date that. We find the best/worst cheesy movies we can, and mock them unmercifully. A good time is had by all.

As a side note, we've found that there are essentially two kinds of bad movies. "Mockably bad" movies are just that --exceptionally funny though they were never intended to be comedies. "Lost time bad" movies, no the other hand, are movies which are so bad they are not even mockable. It's important to note that many movies are intentionally cheesy, and don't fall into the "mockably bad" category. Only movies that were meant to be serious can be mockably bad.

For Cheesy Movie Night, we find as many intentionally cheesy and mockably bad movies as we can stand and watch them back to back. Previous movie nights have included Anaconda (mockable), Deep Blue Sea (mockable), and Wing Commander (lost time).

Last week's selection included disc 1 of Invader Zim (awesome), Darkness Falls (mockable), and Demon Hunters (also awesome). The next night we watched Demon Hunters 2: Dead Camper Lake (equally awesome).

Cheesy movie night is a fine tradition, and I highly recommend it for anyone.

Spinsters, birthdays, and surprises (oh my!)

Allow me to introduce my sister the spinster. Like my brother terrestrialboy, she's not terribly sane. None of us are really. But at least we're the fun kind of crazy.

Anyway, there was a grand conspiracy concerning my birthday. Many, many people were involved, including my mother, grandmother, Eunice, the spinster, and t-boy. They managed to sneak t-boy onto a plane and get him here for my birthday, without my knowing about it. It was a blast.

Tasty tasty!

Brains!

My new "sucker" tatoo

Last night Eunice and I finally started packing. Don't get too excited, we only managed 4 boxes, one of which is shipping off to my brother (and before you ask t-boy, you're getting more than one box).

Anyway, while we were packing I hear a knock on the door. That's odd, because we don't get visitors. Well, not terribly friendly ones anyway. The only visitors we get are trying to sell us on either religion or merchandise.

This particular visitor was selling magazines so he could get a trip to Europe.

So what did I do? Did I turn him away? Oh no. I purchased a subscription of the Nickelodean magazine for a children's hospital. The price included a $12 processing fee. I paid in cash.

I am such a sucker.

Too... Much... Luxor...

For last year's spring break, I bought Eunice a subscription to Game Blast. There was one game she really liked and wanted the full version of, and the site itself had lots of other games, so we figured we'd buy the subscription and go from there.

Since then I've played some of the games myself. The most addictive one I've found so far is Luxor. I can't even tell you why. I just fire it up whenever I have a few spare minutes and play... for half an hour or more.

I ought to un-install it, so I can get back to reading. And I will. After one more game.

T minus 3 weeks and counting

I handed over the rent check for the final month in my current apartment. I will not be sad to leave.

That said, I'm moving in 3 weeks and nothing is packed.

Time to panic? Most definitely.