The Best Laid Plans, Seasonal Chaos
So much for making plans. Sigh...it never works out. The dinner at T's has been postponed. So we don't know when or if it will even happen now. This is how things started out a year ago when he came to live with us. Anyways, then I was talking to Cathy and we were talking about a Christmas get together. We decided to do it here. We picked a date. I started inviting people. Of course some people can't make it. Ugh. The season is barely on us, I haven't even started shopping yet, and I'm stressed out. I'm stressed out about having to have this apartment cleaned up in 2 days. They want to check our fuse box and lightbulbs. What the hell is that about? I've never had my lightbulbs checked before in my life and I've rented a lot of places. Sounds more like an excuse to get in and snoop around. I'll be glad when it's over with.
Christmas used to be so much fun. I don't know when it became such a stressful event. And it's not just Christmas, it's the whole month of December. Now it's even starting in November. Other than going to my nephew's on December 5th, I have no plans yet to see my family for Christmas. December is already booked up. When am I going to see them? I'm going to have to squeeze them in at some point.
Mr. Man went to hang something on a wall only to find the wall was cement. He used to have drills for all kinds of jobs, but his brother accidentally sold all his drills when we had our yard sale. So now we can't hang anything on that wall. And I'm wondering how many of the other walls are cement too. We're in a corner unit. We still have a ton of stuff to hang. I am overwhelmed at the amount of stuff I need to put away. I just don't know what to do with it all.
I think the next few weeks should be dedicated to unpacking, putting away, getting rid of, and hanging stuff. Mr. Man seems to weasel out of it every weekend. I've got stuff posted on Cheapcycle, it's been there for months, no one wants to buy it. Even though it's good stuff at great prices, no one wants it. I'd keep it if I had somewhere to put it. In a frenzy to get rid of stuff, I gave away things I shouldn't have. It's chaos I tell you.
Last night we drove all the way up to Shelburne to pick up 2 bookcases. I need 2 bookcases for all my books. Even though I got rid of something like 9 boxes of books when we moved, I now have about 6 boxes or more. So we get all the way up there and it turns out they're not really bookcases, they're cabinets. They're like a 2 piece wall unit type of thing. Totally useless to me. I was so disappointed. What a waste of gas. I had asked for them on Freecycle and this person responded. Meanwhile I have boxes of books taking up half my bedroom. At least I'm not keeping them now like I used to. There is a book exchange in the laundry room and I take them down there once I'm done reading them. But I'm always getting more books. I'm an avid reader, but lately I only read when I go to bed. Then I end up falling asleep, dropping the book on my face. I have one tall bookcase but we decided to use it for our movies. I've been asking on Freecycle for months with no luck. It may be time to just go to Walmart or wherever and buy bookcases.
This apartment is set up kind of weird. The layout is ok, but it doesn't accomodate the computer desk etc. It's a decent size for an apartment. We just have way too much stuff. And we have big stuff. We've already moved the computer once from where we originally put it and it looks like we'll be moving it again. We are also challenged with where to hang the dart board. We had the perfect set up back at the house. Mr. Man promises to get the board up soon. I haven't played darts since the spring.
I look forward to the spring because that is when our lease is up and I can start looking for something more suitable. Like a house. We've already lost so much of our possessions, I can't part with any more. We are just going to have to squeeze what we have left into this place for now. It really is overwhelming.
So now I have to make some sense of it in the next day or so. Then I have to start getting it ready for Christmas. It's a hell of a task. What was I thinking, inviting people here? But it's just the motivation I need to get on with it. It just seems silly to get all settled when I know we will be moving again next spring. I don't know. It's crazy.
I went for a little walk yesterday. It was a beautiful day. Very unseasonable for November. Normally we would have snow by now. I hope we at least have a white Christmas. I don't like green Christmases. We have had one or two of those since we moved up here from the city. More often than not we have snow. Now that we don't have to clear the driveway or anything, let it snow.
Well I woke up for whatever reason at 2:30 a.m. It's 5:30 now and Mr. Man is up. He wore Little R out yesterday so she isn't going with him today. I have a lot to do, so I should get at it. Have a great day.
Christmas used to be so much fun. I don't know when it became such a stressful event. And it's not just Christmas, it's the whole month of December. Now it's even starting in November. Other than going to my nephew's on December 5th, I have no plans yet to see my family for Christmas. December is already booked up. When am I going to see them? I'm going to have to squeeze them in at some point.
Mr. Man went to hang something on a wall only to find the wall was cement. He used to have drills for all kinds of jobs, but his brother accidentally sold all his drills when we had our yard sale. So now we can't hang anything on that wall. And I'm wondering how many of the other walls are cement too. We're in a corner unit. We still have a ton of stuff to hang. I am overwhelmed at the amount of stuff I need to put away. I just don't know what to do with it all.
I think the next few weeks should be dedicated to unpacking, putting away, getting rid of, and hanging stuff. Mr. Man seems to weasel out of it every weekend. I've got stuff posted on Cheapcycle, it's been there for months, no one wants to buy it. Even though it's good stuff at great prices, no one wants it. I'd keep it if I had somewhere to put it. In a frenzy to get rid of stuff, I gave away things I shouldn't have. It's chaos I tell you.
Last night we drove all the way up to Shelburne to pick up 2 bookcases. I need 2 bookcases for all my books. Even though I got rid of something like 9 boxes of books when we moved, I now have about 6 boxes or more. So we get all the way up there and it turns out they're not really bookcases, they're cabinets. They're like a 2 piece wall unit type of thing. Totally useless to me. I was so disappointed. What a waste of gas. I had asked for them on Freecycle and this person responded. Meanwhile I have boxes of books taking up half my bedroom. At least I'm not keeping them now like I used to. There is a book exchange in the laundry room and I take them down there once I'm done reading them. But I'm always getting more books. I'm an avid reader, but lately I only read when I go to bed. Then I end up falling asleep, dropping the book on my face. I have one tall bookcase but we decided to use it for our movies. I've been asking on Freecycle for months with no luck. It may be time to just go to Walmart or wherever and buy bookcases.
This apartment is set up kind of weird. The layout is ok, but it doesn't accomodate the computer desk etc. It's a decent size for an apartment. We just have way too much stuff. And we have big stuff. We've already moved the computer once from where we originally put it and it looks like we'll be moving it again. We are also challenged with where to hang the dart board. We had the perfect set up back at the house. Mr. Man promises to get the board up soon. I haven't played darts since the spring.
I look forward to the spring because that is when our lease is up and I can start looking for something more suitable. Like a house. We've already lost so much of our possessions, I can't part with any more. We are just going to have to squeeze what we have left into this place for now. It really is overwhelming.
So now I have to make some sense of it in the next day or so. Then I have to start getting it ready for Christmas. It's a hell of a task. What was I thinking, inviting people here? But it's just the motivation I need to get on with it. It just seems silly to get all settled when I know we will be moving again next spring. I don't know. It's crazy.
I went for a little walk yesterday. It was a beautiful day. Very unseasonable for November. Normally we would have snow by now. I hope we at least have a white Christmas. I don't like green Christmases. We have had one or two of those since we moved up here from the city. More often than not we have snow. Now that we don't have to clear the driveway or anything, let it snow.
Well I woke up for whatever reason at 2:30 a.m. It's 5:30 now and Mr. Man is up. He wore Little R out yesterday so she isn't going with him today. I have a lot to do, so I should get at it. Have a great day.
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