October 12, 2006
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MOVING INVENTORY
Major things I’ve done so far (random order):
1. Found and bought a black 2001 Corolla (stick) with 75,000 miles
2. Haggled through to the purchase of car insurance
3. Bought a desk and a lamp for my lightless room
4. Bought an all-in-one printer on sale
5. Turned an empty desk at work into a productive work space
6. Bought kitchen stuff
7. Bought bathroom stuff
8. Found a great eye center a few blocks from home and ordered new contacs
9. Found a branch library with wireless internet a few blocks from home
10. Bought and assembled a loft bed (but I want those three days back!)
11. Attended my first writer’s dinner/meeting
12. Attended my first housewarming
13. Attended my first movie (The Departed), a $10.50 matinee
14. Worked through a week of reports while my new boss is in Ireland
15. Learned to cope without hot water.Major things I still have to do:
1. Ship boxes from Miami to LA
2. Figure out how to get wireless internet through my router to my IBM laptop from a Mac
3. Find/replace my SS card and get a California license
4. Notify dozens of people of my new address, phone, etc.
5. Complete the bank loan process for the car
6. Buy a two-drawer dresser/printer stand
7. Buy closet organizers/storage thingamabobs
8. Pay a ton of bills by the first of October (about 11 days ago by my count)
9. Get a 2nd job to pay off everything
10. Start sleeping regularly againI’ll quit there, while my done list is still longer than my to do list. I’m not sure I feel any better, but at least this is more than a two-line post. If you hear a loud thud, it’s me falling through my new loft bed…
Comments (7)
That is quite an agenda, my friend. Keep breathing!
And let me know when I can send real mail to your new-fangled house!! 
Ah the adventure of moving … not that I ever see it as an adventure, I’m usually more inclined to complain about it. Still wishing you well, and much luck/success/happiness in your new place.
wow. one day you will look back at all this, and… well, i’m not sure what you’ll do.
but, wow, you’ve done a lot! so congratulations.
Hang in there, Steve. It’s rough, but it looks like you’re mucking through it quite well.
Wow that is major stuff….but it also sounds kind fun all the new stuff……..
Moving really is hard work! Keep working at the list, you’ll get it all done.
You are extremely organized!
Rock on organizers of the world unite! My partner is the same way thank goodness, since I tend to be more of the spontaneous type