Isn't it time to go home YET?

[sarea]

I signed the escrow papers for the house yesterday. It's all happening so fast, and I'm really starting to stress out. :-S People keep going, "You must be so excited!" and I paste this tight smile on my face and agree, but really? I'm not excited. I keep wondering if this is a mistake. I have nightmares about packing, and waking up sweating about the fact that I haven't packed a single, solitary item, and only have like seven boxes to my name. I don't even remember where the hell I got boxes the last time I moved, or what happened to them after I moved. (Hmm, maybe they're still in my little storage shed thing...) It doesn't help that there's a bunch of stuff happening at work, or that I'm going to the east coast at the end of Sept. Everything is happening all at once, aaahh!! Oh and on top of it all, I have to sell my condo. How can I do that when I'm busy moving/not even around? I just want all of this to be DONE. I don't like how my savings account is so bare bones; it makes me really nervous. I was just telling mynuet that I have a total phobia about instability; I can't take it. When it looms, it's something I have to rectify immediately, so that I can breathe. That means selling my condo. But I can't sell it until I've moved and had the placed cleaned.

And then there's the whole process of calling the new utility companies and canceling the old ones, and trying to decide if I want to take this opportunity to cut out my land line entirely, and use a digital phone service like Vonage instead. Have any of you tried that? I've heard good things about it; the only downside seems to be that sometimes it sounds like you're talking in a submarine or crackling sounds, but is easily fixed by calling the person back. The other cool thing is that I can choose any area code I want, so I can fool people into thinking I live in New York, for example! :D

Also, I found out that the people I'm buying the house from -- a couple -- the guy is a police officer. That's good, right? They have a couple of kids. Surely he wouldn't have his family live in an iffy neighborhood, right? And he was probably responsible with the house ... but then, they're people just like anyone else, so maybe I'm just trying to stereotype unrealistically.

However, I recently did a walkthrough of the house to check out the painting they did (that I requested), and it looks great. I'm really pleased with the colors I chose for my bedroom and the guest room (lilac and a shade of baby green), but am not as crazy about the computer room, which sucks since it's probably the room I'll spend the most time in. <g> I chose "Helen of Troy" for that one, which turned out to be more of a boring shade of yellow than I had thought it'd be. I wanted more of a baby yellow. Maybe one day I'll paint it the green of the guest room.

Right now, the plan is for me to get the keys on Monday. MONDAY! I can't believe it's coming up so soon. And OMG Jade and Robbie are arriving that day, too. *runs around like a stressed chicken*

Currently I'm rereading OotP (to see if I could possibly grow to like it a little bit more) and Americans at War by Stephen Ambrose. I really enjoy his writing, for some reason.

Also, you can call me Grunt Elisabeth from now on. I know, not very impressive, is it? The good news is, I'm more than 1/3 of the way to Sergeant. Now that's a rank to respect. Problem is, even if we played WSG every day for the next week and got to that rank, we probably won't have much time to play next week, and we'll probably drop right back down to Grunt. Woe.

Edit: At last, a church I could see myself attending.

Comments

[lissannej.livejournal.com]

Moving is one of the most stressful things you can do, so I don't blame you for not feeling excited. I know I wasn't when I moved here, and I wasn't even going through the whole buying/selling process. It'll suck for a few months, but once you're settled, you'll know it was worth it *hugs*

[mynuet.livejournal.com]

Hey, you should totally recruit Robbie and Jade to be slave labor in getting you packed. What are friends for, right?

[ropo.livejournal.com]

Dood, we are such good friends that is WHY WE OFFERED TO GO.

[mynuet.livejournal.com]

Woo! Now I know Sarea won't be wandering down the highway, driven mad by the pressure and so trying to steal cardboard boxed from homeless people.

[ropo.livejournal.com]

Well, she might be, but at least she'll have company. One of us will distract the homeless person while another steals the box and the other drives the getaway car!

[mynuet.livejournal.com]

I'd suggest making sure you're in the getaway car. According to the tv show House, homeless people can have rabies and bite you.

[akscully.livejournal.com]

*cries from laughter*

[corianderstem.livejournal.com]

Ugh, hang in there. I can get you boxes, if you'd like. At work, we have oodles of paper boxes (you know, that hold lots of reams) that are almost always readily available.

And I am on board for moving day(s). I have various plans the weekend of the 26th, but am free over Labor Day weekend and whatever evenings you might need.

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

Thanks, that would be really great. Do the boxes have lids? Just makes them easier to stack. Let me know when is good for you and I'll come out to get them ... Maybe we can meet up sometime early next week? Jade and Robbie will be here then and maybe we could do dinner or something too. :-)

We're going to try and get most everything done next weekend (that's when the movers are coming), but if there's still stuff that needs to be done over Labor Day weekend and we could use the help, I'll definitely be contacting you. But hopefully I'll be mostly settled in, and that weekend will be used to host a housewarming party of some kind!

[gianfared.livejournal.com]

Awwww *hugs you*

I know how stressful it can all be. You'll make it through ok, just breathe.

You can usually get free boxes from grocery stores - go in and ask them to save you the egg boxes and they will. The reason you want egg boxes is because they are reinforced due to the delicacy of eggs and they are refrigerated and you don't have bug issues. :) Good luck! *sending positive vibes and manly strength wishes your way*