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Jul. 5th, 2009
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Jul. 5th, 2009 03:49 amI am SO exhausted.
Scrubbing down the kitchen now, and aside from the stove and floor, should finish that much before I crash.
I just want to be packed, van loaded ( and all our stuff fits!) and on the road.
I want to find an apartment in Toronto. I want to be living again, and have this 2 and a half year nightmare done with. It's SO close to being over.
We don't have a place lined up, unsurprisingly, people aren't going to rent sight unseen to us, and that's fair. Still kind of stressy, just the same.
Need to find the damn dustpan, and get more stuff taken down to the trash. We've gone through one box of 20 recyclable bags and working thru a second box, and nearly demolished a 40 bag box of large trash bags. not to mention what was hand carried to the garbage, paper, cardboard and common room recycling (books, excess kitchenry stuff) and the stuff we plain abandoned in the elevator lobby like everyone else does.
I really wasn't kidding when I said we'd pared it down, and yet, I think "Could we possibly do more?" perhaps. But not in this time frame. But it's a massive purge just the same.
R picks up the van sunday (later today) and is dropping off the monster easel, and that just leaves the damn couch.
Our air mattress has croaked, good timing on that. Too bad it couldn't have held 2 more days.
I'm anxious to get to Toronto. Visit the universities, make a plan, take language and math classes, find a gym, and a better job. Travel a bit more. Live.
I do not ever expect to be back on these shores again, I can't fathom any reason why I'd ever come back. Once we're gone, we're GONE.
There's no sense of real dread, only anxiousness, excitedness, optimism like I haven't felt in years.
and in 60 hours, we're driving out of this nightmare. I honestly wondered if the day would ever come.
Scrubbing down the kitchen now, and aside from the stove and floor, should finish that much before I crash.
I just want to be packed, van loaded ( and all our stuff fits!) and on the road.
I want to find an apartment in Toronto. I want to be living again, and have this 2 and a half year nightmare done with. It's SO close to being over.
We don't have a place lined up, unsurprisingly, people aren't going to rent sight unseen to us, and that's fair. Still kind of stressy, just the same.
Need to find the damn dustpan, and get more stuff taken down to the trash. We've gone through one box of 20 recyclable bags and working thru a second box, and nearly demolished a 40 bag box of large trash bags. not to mention what was hand carried to the garbage, paper, cardboard and common room recycling (books, excess kitchenry stuff) and the stuff we plain abandoned in the elevator lobby like everyone else does.
I really wasn't kidding when I said we'd pared it down, and yet, I think "Could we possibly do more?" perhaps. But not in this time frame. But it's a massive purge just the same.
R picks up the van sunday (later today) and is dropping off the monster easel, and that just leaves the damn couch.
Our air mattress has croaked, good timing on that. Too bad it couldn't have held 2 more days.
I'm anxious to get to Toronto. Visit the universities, make a plan, take language and math classes, find a gym, and a better job. Travel a bit more. Live.
I do not ever expect to be back on these shores again, I can't fathom any reason why I'd ever come back. Once we're gone, we're GONE.
There's no sense of real dread, only anxiousness, excitedness, optimism like I haven't felt in years.
and in 60 hours, we're driving out of this nightmare. I honestly wondered if the day would ever come.
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Jul. 5th, 2009 03:49 amI am SO exhausted.
Scrubbing down the kitchen now, and aside from the stove and floor, should finish that much before I crash.
I just want to be packed, van loaded ( and all our stuff fits!) and on the road.
I want to find an apartment in Toronto. I want to be living again, and have this 2 and a half year nightmare done with. It's SO close to being over.
We don't have a place lined up, unsurprisingly, people aren't going to rent sight unseen to us, and that's fair. Still kind of stressy, just the same.
Need to find the damn dustpan, and get more stuff taken down to the trash. We've gone through one box of 20 recyclable bags and working thru a second box, and nearly demolished a 40 bag box of large trash bags. not to mention what was hand carried to the garbage, paper, cardboard and common room recycling (books, excess kitchenry stuff) and the stuff we plain abandoned in the elevator lobby like everyone else does.
I really wasn't kidding when I said we'd pared it down, and yet, I think "Could we possibly do more?" perhaps. But not in this time frame. But it's a massive purge just the same.
R picks up the van sunday (later today) and is dropping off the monster easel, and that just leaves the damn couch.
Our air mattress has croaked, good timing on that. Too bad it couldn't have held 2 more days.
I'm anxious to get to Toronto. Visit the universities, make a plan, take language and math classes, find a gym, and a better job. Travel a bit more. Live.
I do not ever expect to be back on these shores again, I can't fathom any reason why I'd ever come back. Once we're gone, we're GONE.
There's no sense of real dread, only anxiousness, excitedness, optimism like I haven't felt in years.
and in 60 hours, we're driving out of this nightmare. I honestly wondered if the day would ever come.
Scrubbing down the kitchen now, and aside from the stove and floor, should finish that much before I crash.
I just want to be packed, van loaded ( and all our stuff fits!) and on the road.
I want to find an apartment in Toronto. I want to be living again, and have this 2 and a half year nightmare done with. It's SO close to being over.
We don't have a place lined up, unsurprisingly, people aren't going to rent sight unseen to us, and that's fair. Still kind of stressy, just the same.
Need to find the damn dustpan, and get more stuff taken down to the trash. We've gone through one box of 20 recyclable bags and working thru a second box, and nearly demolished a 40 bag box of large trash bags. not to mention what was hand carried to the garbage, paper, cardboard and common room recycling (books, excess kitchenry stuff) and the stuff we plain abandoned in the elevator lobby like everyone else does.
I really wasn't kidding when I said we'd pared it down, and yet, I think "Could we possibly do more?" perhaps. But not in this time frame. But it's a massive purge just the same.
R picks up the van sunday (later today) and is dropping off the monster easel, and that just leaves the damn couch.
Our air mattress has croaked, good timing on that. Too bad it couldn't have held 2 more days.
I'm anxious to get to Toronto. Visit the universities, make a plan, take language and math classes, find a gym, and a better job. Travel a bit more. Live.
I do not ever expect to be back on these shores again, I can't fathom any reason why I'd ever come back. Once we're gone, we're GONE.
There's no sense of real dread, only anxiousness, excitedness, optimism like I haven't felt in years.
and in 60 hours, we're driving out of this nightmare. I honestly wondered if the day would ever come.
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Jul. 5th, 2009 04:37 amOh, and yeah, one of the new supervisors at work up and quit.
Did I mention that they implied they wanted to train me for it, but never did, whilst training a slew of others, who all quit? Funny that.
Part of the issue here is that it's PT, and so people are juggling 2-4 jobs to make ends meet, ( thanks low wage halifax) and so when something's gotta give...
anyway. yeah. On to hopefully a less insane workplace.
Did I mention that they implied they wanted to train me for it, but never did, whilst training a slew of others, who all quit? Funny that.
Part of the issue here is that it's PT, and so people are juggling 2-4 jobs to make ends meet, ( thanks low wage halifax) and so when something's gotta give...
anyway. yeah. On to hopefully a less insane workplace.
(no subject)
Jul. 5th, 2009 04:37 amOh, and yeah, one of the new supervisors at work up and quit.
Did I mention that they implied they wanted to train me for it, but never did, whilst training a slew of others, who all quit? Funny that.
Part of the issue here is that it's PT, and so people are juggling 2-4 jobs to make ends meet, ( thanks low wage halifax) and so when something's gotta give...
anyway. yeah. On to hopefully a less insane workplace.
Did I mention that they implied they wanted to train me for it, but never did, whilst training a slew of others, who all quit? Funny that.
Part of the issue here is that it's PT, and so people are juggling 2-4 jobs to make ends meet, ( thanks low wage halifax) and so when something's gotta give...
anyway. yeah. On to hopefully a less insane workplace.
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Jul. 5th, 2009 05:14 amOk, half the kitchen done. I can finish it tomorrow, the worst of it's done, at least. ( edit: did a bit more.)
Sunday and monday: hectic pack clean pack sort clean pack.
No problem.
Have some stuff I want to print before we say goodbye to the printer we're not taking, add some photos to my ipod and make a travel playlist of music since my pod randomly shuffles in a language lesson on me now.
Basically we're down to the remnants in the livingroom, and a sweep n mop or comb and vaccuum is all that's really left.
I think it's all do able sunday/monday.
It'll have to be, right?
Sleep now. Haul out more garbage later, ( it's piling up by the door), and repack the kitchen and my desk stuff, finish cleaning the kitchen sunday as well.
Monday; whatever's left, and we pack the van so it'll be easier to move around.
Tuesday, I assume we're leaving around 9 or 10 am. I don't think it'll be much later than that.
Sunday and monday: hectic pack clean pack sort clean pack.
No problem.
Have some stuff I want to print before we say goodbye to the printer we're not taking, add some photos to my ipod and make a travel playlist of music since my pod randomly shuffles in a language lesson on me now.
Basically we're down to the remnants in the livingroom, and a sweep n mop or comb and vaccuum is all that's really left.
I think it's all do able sunday/monday.
It'll have to be, right?
Sleep now. Haul out more garbage later, ( it's piling up by the door), and repack the kitchen and my desk stuff, finish cleaning the kitchen sunday as well.
Monday; whatever's left, and we pack the van so it'll be easier to move around.
Tuesday, I assume we're leaving around 9 or 10 am. I don't think it'll be much later than that.
(no subject)
Jul. 5th, 2009 05:14 amOk, half the kitchen done. I can finish it tomorrow, the worst of it's done, at least. ( edit: did a bit more.)
Sunday and monday: hectic pack clean pack sort clean pack.
No problem.
Have some stuff I want to print before we say goodbye to the printer we're not taking, add some photos to my ipod and make a travel playlist of music since my pod randomly shuffles in a language lesson on me now.
Basically we're down to the remnants in the livingroom, and a sweep n mop or comb and vaccuum is all that's really left.
I think it's all do able sunday/monday.
It'll have to be, right?
Sleep now. Haul out more garbage later, ( it's piling up by the door), and repack the kitchen and my desk stuff, finish cleaning the kitchen sunday as well.
Monday; whatever's left, and we pack the van so it'll be easier to move around.
Tuesday, I assume we're leaving around 9 or 10 am. I don't think it'll be much later than that.
Sunday and monday: hectic pack clean pack sort clean pack.
No problem.
Have some stuff I want to print before we say goodbye to the printer we're not taking, add some photos to my ipod and make a travel playlist of music since my pod randomly shuffles in a language lesson on me now.
Basically we're down to the remnants in the livingroom, and a sweep n mop or comb and vaccuum is all that's really left.
I think it's all do able sunday/monday.
It'll have to be, right?
Sleep now. Haul out more garbage later, ( it's piling up by the door), and repack the kitchen and my desk stuff, finish cleaning the kitchen sunday as well.
Monday; whatever's left, and we pack the van so it'll be easier to move around.
Tuesday, I assume we're leaving around 9 or 10 am. I don't think it'll be much later than that.
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Jul. 5th, 2009 01:45 pmWe have the getaway vehicle!
Off to wallymart for a new airbed ( we'll likely be using one for a bit in TO till we buy a proper mattress) and some cheap travelsnax.
Wicked tired, but upon sleep and re considering the kitchen, the task doesn't seem so...ominous.
Gotta go leap into the shower, and then get rollin. ( I also want to see what sort of space we have. R bought a "sherpa" carrier for the top, which I think we can resell in TO after we're done.)
Off to wallymart for a new airbed ( we'll likely be using one for a bit in TO till we buy a proper mattress) and some cheap travelsnax.
Wicked tired, but upon sleep and re considering the kitchen, the task doesn't seem so...ominous.
Gotta go leap into the shower, and then get rollin. ( I also want to see what sort of space we have. R bought a "sherpa" carrier for the top, which I think we can resell in TO after we're done.)
(no subject)
Jul. 5th, 2009 01:45 pmWe have the getaway vehicle!
Off to wallymart for a new airbed ( we'll likely be using one for a bit in TO till we buy a proper mattress) and some cheap travelsnax.
Wicked tired, but upon sleep and re considering the kitchen, the task doesn't seem so...ominous.
Gotta go leap into the shower, and then get rollin. ( I also want to see what sort of space we have. R bought a "sherpa" carrier for the top, which I think we can resell in TO after we're done.)
Off to wallymart for a new airbed ( we'll likely be using one for a bit in TO till we buy a proper mattress) and some cheap travelsnax.
Wicked tired, but upon sleep and re considering the kitchen, the task doesn't seem so...ominous.
Gotta go leap into the shower, and then get rollin. ( I also want to see what sort of space we have. R bought a "sherpa" carrier for the top, which I think we can resell in TO after we're done.)
(no subject)
Jul. 5th, 2009 09:45 pmmy direct manager, who's been fucking awesome the time I've worked here, and stressed to the point of tears, is getting cupcakes tomorrow. Gonna get those started ( purple icing, her fave color) and pack the rest of the kitchen.
Monday: deal with the couch.Pack stray items, clean floors, pack some of the van.
Tuesday expected departure time is 10 or 11, but odds are we'll get out around noon or 1. Law of the road trip universe. Obtained a wee battery operated lamp/flashlight, bottled water, and new airbed, on which I had a nap, since.....
Sera woke me by crawling on the remnants of the dead airbed and batting at my back and head while I slept.
Make itunes playlist. Load torchwood season 2 on the pod.
Ok, work now.
Monday: deal with the couch.Pack stray items, clean floors, pack some of the van.
Tuesday expected departure time is 10 or 11, but odds are we'll get out around noon or 1. Law of the road trip universe. Obtained a wee battery operated lamp/flashlight, bottled water, and new airbed, on which I had a nap, since.....
Sera woke me by crawling on the remnants of the dead airbed and batting at my back and head while I slept.
Make itunes playlist. Load torchwood season 2 on the pod.
Ok, work now.
(no subject)
Jul. 5th, 2009 09:45 pmmy direct manager, who's been fucking awesome the time I've worked here, and stressed to the point of tears, is getting cupcakes tomorrow. Gonna get those started ( purple icing, her fave color) and pack the rest of the kitchen.
Monday: deal with the couch.Pack stray items, clean floors, pack some of the van.
Tuesday expected departure time is 10 or 11, but odds are we'll get out around noon or 1. Law of the road trip universe. Obtained a wee battery operated lamp/flashlight, bottled water, and new airbed, on which I had a nap, since.....
Sera woke me by crawling on the remnants of the dead airbed and batting at my back and head while I slept.
Make itunes playlist. Load torchwood season 2 on the pod.
Ok, work now.
Monday: deal with the couch.Pack stray items, clean floors, pack some of the van.
Tuesday expected departure time is 10 or 11, but odds are we'll get out around noon or 1. Law of the road trip universe. Obtained a wee battery operated lamp/flashlight, bottled water, and new airbed, on which I had a nap, since.....
Sera woke me by crawling on the remnants of the dead airbed and batting at my back and head while I slept.
Make itunes playlist. Load torchwood season 2 on the pod.
Ok, work now.