So I need to get prepared to move out of my apartment. Even if the house does not go through, I gave notice and my lease is set to expire on August 2nd, with a walkthrough scheduled for no earlier than July 27th. That means I've got a little under a week to get everything situated. Because of the small snag in financing I delayed doing any sort of packing or anything, as I didn't know for certain whether I'm going into the house or if I'm going to another apartment for one month while the process resolves itself. Believe it or not I'm still not certain.
However, that does not mean I can't do at least some initial packing, knowing good and well that I will be moving somewhere in the near future. So, starting today, I'm going to box up anything I haven't touched since I moved here, including a lot of my kitchen utilities and media. I've only been here a year and haven't accumulated much, so it's doubtful I'll have too much to throw away - and I couldn't in any case, seeing as the rest of the tenants see fit to fill up the garbage bin every day, preventing me from properly discarding what I've got. You wouldn't believe how many Amazon.com boxes I've got sitting in the middle of my living room waiting for their turn.
The bedroom is going to be the hardest to move, I can already tell. With the new bed I just bought, that makes two mattresses and a boxspring, plus the frame, two side tables, a utility cart, my ironing board, filing cabinet, flat panel, game system, and the contents of my master closet...a nightmare, to be sure. Then there's always the concern about moving to a house - no security this time. Everything is entirely up to me. The house has been vacant for months - what's to stop someone from trying to break in and take my things when I'm away at work? I've got quite a few valuables...and I can always do homeowner's insurance, but I'd rather not even have to worry about such things. In an apartment at least there is some measure of security: I'm on the second floor, we have a security patrol, neighbor watch, etc...not to mention there are people here with much nicer things who actually leave their blinds open for the world to see.
Oh well. Time to get on with it.
