Daily Toiling … Almost Over

Whew…I’m tired.

At this point there are only three “visible” boxes left to unpack.  The unnecessary stuff has been stored away for now though I have no doubt that one day I’ll have to tear through each one in search of this or that thing that has suddenly become quite necessary.  I did try to label each box but some were whisked right out from under my fingertips as soon as the flaps were secured.  No matter, though; at least everything is moved.

I admit that there are a few items left in the van that no one has the will to unload as yet.  I say, take it to the transfer station at the dump because obviously it’s not needed, but I’ve been overruled a few times on that notion.

So, apartment life is tough!  Last weekend the couple upstairs had a party that lasted, well, all weekend.  I don’t like that at all.  Not even one little bit, but what can I do?  Not a thing, that’s what.  No matter what I like or don’t like, I have to live here for at least one year (though honestly I hope it’s longer than that) so it will come to no good to make enemies of my closest neighbors.  All I can do is hope it was an isolated incident and with this being 4th of July weekend I guess we’ll see what happens.  To their credit they were reasonably quiet but they had a little bar-b-q right in front of the shared entrance so that it was difficult — putting it mildly — to get in and out.  Also, one of their guests stole our parking space twice then wanted to have an attitude when I politely asked about it…until he caught sight of BT, that is, then the attitude vanished.  The people that live there did apologize for it, so that’s good, but they are without a doubt the noisiest people on earth.  I’ll get used to it I suppose.

I’ve been working every day to get things in order here and for a while I was a bit disheartened.  There were only paths between stacks of boxes and virtually no elbow room so I wondered how it was all going to fit, but now I have to admit that my worry was for naught.  We had to put one of the big bookshelves in the hallway, which is thankfully pretty wide, but otherwise it all fit fairly well and now I have a ton of space in the living room.  The kitchen is pretty small…like it was added as an afterthought…but I have “just” enough space for everything because I’m also using my big white cabinet as a pantry of sorts.

LT got the big bedroom this time because he forked over money for the move (a good sized chunk, in fact) and because he spends a LOT more time in his room than I ever will in mine.  Also, he was crammed in that tiny trailer bedroom for four years without a complaint so I think he’s earned it.  The deal is that he must keep it clean and tidy; so far, he has not complied.

I got my deposit back on the trailer, minus the electric bill for June, which was 166 dollars (yikes!).  I was incredibly nervous when doing the walk through with the landlord because at the time we moved in he was using a property manager so I didn’t know if he had any idea about all the things that were wrong with the place.  I worked harder than I’ve ever worked on cleaning it up and it paid off because he loved it.  We really needed that money, too.  Big sigh of relief.

All right, all I have left to do here is a bit of picky cleaning here and there.  All my years working in a hotel comes in handy at times like these.  We used to shut down a wing at a time every year during the off season for “fine cleaning” at which time we moved appliances for deep cleaning, repaired damage, repainted, recaulked, shampooed everything that had fibers or fabric, and just generally made the guest rooms spotlessly clean and fresh.  I’ll try to do that here and best of all is that I won’t have to stop and put everything back in place so a hockey team can move in for three days and screw it all up again.

Next week I plan to start working, writing, whatever, and it will be so good to be back in the semi-swing of things.  Hopefully, this old laptop will keep up the good work.

Y’all have a great holiday weekend.  Life is good.