So I've been cranking away as best I can. I got a lot done over the weekend, still a lot to do. I found out that I will get the money that I was hoping to get, but won't be able to even use it until Thursday - which means I go forward with my initial plan to just junk all of my current furniture and exercise equipment (except the dumbells) and buy new when I get to the new place. I also got almost all of the required stuff out of the way - renter's insurance is transferred effective 12/31, internet is scheduled effective 1/2, electricity and gas should be on effective 12/31 (which will let me warm the place up a bit), and then other utilities. SDG&E will terminate on 1/2, I have to call Time Warner and get them to cancel on 12/31 (if I wanted, I could cancel them anytime, logically, since I have unlimited 4G through Verizon). The only thing remaining is auto insurance which I have to deal with separately - but I can manage that part. I have to call Allstate and get a quote for that. I have to call the local agent and find out about a $16 charge that is pending, but other than that I should be fine on auto insurance. I just need it for 1 month or so until I get settled in; it's required to drive in WA and I wouldn't have it any other way since I have no idea what the driving conditions are out that way.
I have to give it up to the Altima. Right now, there are four crates in my trunk, 95% of my clothes surrounding them, and my Insignia 42" LCD. All in the trunk. Mind you, these aren't tiny crates; I mean they're nearly two feet long, 15 inches wide, about a foot deep. And I got 4 in there WITH a TV and a bunch of clothes! By the time I finish packing I will have unfortunately a total of 8 crates to contend with. I plan to have the junk haulers take literally everything else that isn't a computer or cabling. That goes down tomorrow. I won't then have a couch to sit on or a coffee table to work on. The iMac is packed and ready to go, I have to get the Thunderbolt Display from work, and I'm almost done getting all of the stuff ready for the junk haulers. That's Wednesday.
Thursday, is when the shredding company will pick up my box that needs to be shredded of 5-some years of data that isn't critical but needs to be shredded. I will have that in my car on Thursday, they will come to my place of work to pick it up, and I will pay them $60 to make it go away. You might think me crazy for paying so much, but realistically...the risk of identity theft is so great it's a small price to pay. Plus I simply do not have time to go down to a shredding facility, unfortunately. I'm working on very short timing here and every single minute counts.
Today I'm doing what packing I can of small personal items. All garbage is gone, so now it's just sorting things out into crates in prep for the move. I won't have the day tomorrow, only the evening, and the junk haulers will need a clear path to get all of the stuff out, so I'm forced to speed things up, and likely will be working through the evening until 10. Problem is, the light in my bedroom died today, so I won't have any adequate lighting at all to work with :(
