After work yesterday, I spent all afternoon and evening packing. I finally packed up the kitchen ( a total of 5 moving boxes and a number of bags with food, spices etc.). I really didn't think I have that much stuff. It's going to take me forever to unpack all of that. And I will have so much paper trash to take out. I think I used up all the newspaper I could find anywhere in the house to wrap all my dishes. I have a pile of boxes in the living room, a few in the bedroom, in the kitchen. There is boxes everywhere. I tried to get some order into everything because I don't like it when every room in the house is a mess and you can't walk anywhere. So I worked on clearing out the kitchen and the bedroom. I moved some boxes from the bedroom to the living room. I took down the curtains in the bedroom and I packed up some clothes because I will be living out of a suitcase next week. I then descaled the coffee maker (it still needs some cleaning) and cleaned out the kitchen. It still needs some work but most of it I can only do once I've moved some of those boxes.
A friend's grandmother just moved to a retirement home and now her old place needs to be cleared out and cleaned. So last night, we went over there and packed up some things, took down her old closet and moved some of that stuff. That took some time and energy. At some point I was just so tired and my legs hurt, by back hurt and I was hungry. I just had to take a break. I got some dinner from a Chinese place from across the street and had a glass of wine. I tried to go to bed early but it took me some time to wind down and so it ended up being around 11pm. I did have to turn up the volumne on my radio alarm clock because the last couple of mornings I almost overslept because I was so tired and I just didn't hear it.
Today, the new doorknops and the shelf-system for my walk in closet should arrive. I am so excited. I won't be able to put it up probably for another week but that's ok. I am just glad to have it. And I am so very excited to see what the dresser looks like once it's put together with the new doorknops and all.
Tonight I won't be able to do much more. Maybe some cleaning and organizing but all my boxes are packed and I first need to get new ones (which I wouldn't really know where to put) or I need to wait until I get the keys to the apartment and I can take some over, unload them and take them back for a second round. That's the good thing when you're not moving too far. You can do a couple of trips to get all the stuff moved. Since I am not moving with a moving company and I didn't rent a big truck, I will have to make a few trips anyway. I still have quite a few things from IKEA to buy and I hope to be able to do that on Friday, or Saturday by the latest, and I then will rent one of their trailers to bring the new furniture home but then also make a trip from the old place to the new one to move the larger furniture such as my dining room table and a few larger shelfs - just the things you wouldn't be able to fit into a bigger car.
So that's the plan for today: just do some cleaning and try to create some space to live in for the next couple of days.
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