halfway (between) house

Boxes surround me and I'd be concerned of being trapped under toppling boxes if I didn't secretly hope for it, if only to have a few days of forced rest.

The move went OK. I landed around 2:34pm, caught the bus and arrived at the new apartment by 3:30. Unfortunately I had to wait until 4 for my landlord to come, and by the time we finished the walk through I had to hustle to the car rental place to pick up the van. I collected my friend and his girlfriend to get a start on packing the remaining bits that I didn't get to before my trip; we managed to get a fair chunk done.

People started arriving shortly after 5:30, which wasn't such a bad thing, as it meant the apartment was half empty by the time most people showed up. We headed to the new place and unloaded fairly quickly and efficiently. We went back for another load and got pretty much everything out in 5 loads with the hands and backs of 10 people (me included). It's a good thing I didn't drink all that beer I've been storing up because it helped to smooth over the whole process. At least I think it did. People seemed happy when they left.

I was not. I still had to go back to the old house and fill up the van with all the stuff I didn't want, which thankfully didn't take as long because my friend and his girlfriend helped. They also convinced me to go for a late dinner; I realised I hadn't eaten since 11am and it was nearly 11pm. I wound up staying up until 1am anyway because I had to get stuff ready for the cable guy at 8am.

Today was a pretty long day as well. After the cable guy finished hooking up my connections, I headed out on the road. First stop was the bottle depot to get rid of the empties from my apartment and Chris' (he'd been hoarding his as well) so I could have money for gas for the van. Then I went to the Sally Ann to try to donate all the unwantables. They took most of it, but not all, which meant I had to head down to the transfer station in South Vancouver (thanks for the tip, Randi). It cost me $6 to get rid of the rest of the stuff, including all those cassettes I debated about. I didn't feel like searching around for a place to take them, so decided to dump them. Crap. Then I replaced the gas I used and drove back to the rental place to drop off the van. Thankfully I called into work in the morning to see if I could go in for just the night shift because I wouldn't have made it in.

I stopped at Liberty for baked treats to congratulate myself for getting something done.

After work tonight I went to the old apartment to start the cleaning. Frick, it's going to take forever to get it clean. I stayed until after 11pm tonight and will go over after work tomorrow to clean until it's done so I can give back the keys and not pay for the stupid hydro anymore. I can't do anything more at the new house until the old house is dealt with. Guh.

Will update on better things soon, like the last week before the moving crap. Maybe after I finish cleaning...