A Friend Writes ....

[mrdreamjeans]

clamprior_mary writes .. "How goes the packing?"

The packing .. Well, let's just say I'm very tired. I rented a third climate-controlled storage unit yesterday. Over a five-hour period, I moved about 40 boxes from the unit I've had for 5 years (after I went through each box). I divided the "stuff" by "stays in storage", (I hope to have a garage sale in April after the theatre gigs), "goes to trash" (mostly tax records back to 1984:) or "to be donated". (The donated pile included 20 pairs of jeans in four sizes!) I'm also looking at what goes with me to Seattle, what will go with me to Minneapolis next year and what will stay in Texas indefinitely.

My 76-year old mother is doing what she can to assist me, but no one else is around to help. I will hire movers. The move has been complicated by the fact that the buyer casually told me last Sunday that we will close on October 22, this coming Wednesday! I have no confirmation of this date from anyone official and it is three days earlier than my agent and I suggested. I am okay with that date, but I am reluctant to dismantle the house until the date is firm. I have to arrange to take the time off from work; yet, I'm expected to be out by the closing? What do I tell the movers?

My real estate agent told the buyer's agent that I needed till Sunday, October 26 to clear out, because of the moving target date and a lack of concrete answers. She replied, that I'd have to pay for those four days. Uh, no! (The buyer told me that he'd work with me.) I think everything is going to be fine, but it's difficult to plan.

How's that for a long-winded answer? :)

As to the furniture and belongings currently in my house .. Most of the furniture is going to storage, key antiques and art are to be placed in my parents' home. I'm trying to keep the "stuff" going to Mom and Dad's to a minimum, as I expect they're headed to assisted living in 2009. It's hard to move alone; but then again, no one is telling you what to do:) ... I can't help but wish that gotmoof was here to help. Tim and I have assisted each other in multiple moves, a couple of them cross-country. It's nice to know, that whenever possible, we're there for each other when it really counts. A friend who will help you move is a real friend.

Seattle, here I come! Minneapolis, here I come!