I’ve been staying at the new place this week, hanging out here at the old place and/or moving stuff during the daytime.  I only have my cellphone over there, and won’t have internet access until after the real phone gets put in on the 31st.  So I’m just checking my mail when I’m over here and hoping nothing super important comes in between the evenings and the mornings.  I’m about 2/3 done with moving my stuff.  I’m doing most of the work myself, but shanghai’ed a couple of pals to help me with the furniture.  Y’all know who you are and I love ya!!  One of ‘em helped me with my two tall bookcases, and the other helped me get my futon and a dresser — in the pouring rain, bless his heart.

There’s a few more things I won’t be able to manage alone: a 4-drawer filing cabinet, a 4′x4′ record shelf, and two computer desks, one with casters and one without.  Everything else is in little boxes which might be fuckin’ heavy, but I really can do it myself — well, given three more weeks, heheh.  I’m paying double rent this month and I need every bit of that time!  I’m already completely covered in bruises, with nicks and scrapes all over my hands.  To avoid any further self-injury I’m limiting myself to moving at most 2 vanloads per day.  A "vanloan" consists of about ten carryables, and only two of them can be super-heavy, like books or records (OOOF!!).  I’m spending my nights setting up the new place, and in the morning I bring the empty crates and boxes back to the old place to use ‘em again, or let John use ‘em later.

Best news of the week is, we think we found new tenants for our old apartment, to move in April 1st!  They’ve filled in their application and we’re just crossing our fingers and waiting for the word that it’s been approved.  We’re still showing the place this weekend just to cover our asses in case that one falls through.  It’ll be such a relief if this really happens.  And we have so much work to do either way.  Both me and John are committed to getting this place just as sparkly-clean as we possibly can before the end of the month.  Because it’s the right thing to do, and because we want our damn security deposit back!!

The new place rocks by the way.  My futon is an old piece of crap that’s flat as a pancake, but other than that I’m very comfy and happy in my new digs.  If the old apartment does indeed get rented for the 1st, guess what I’m getting?  A new futon, right on! I also need a stereo amp and new speakers but that’ll have to wait a little longer.  Maybe the security deposit money can go towards that.  :-)

So yeah, my moments of connectivity will be few and far between until next month.  I’ll catch up with y’all later, but for now don’t expect much e-mailing, chatting or commenting until I’ve achieved complete moveage.