Rambles that are fluffy, by fluffy
today is hopefully thr last day of the move
this is hopefully the last time i ever move, holy cow
just gotta remember that some momentary acute stress is worth it if it improves my life in the long term (and hopefully it DOES improve my life)
also let’s stop catastrophizing about everything that might go wrong, especially with the cats, okay? thanks
Seattle, 2007: Redid my kitchen, ended up getting a job in San Francisco a month later
San Francisco, 2012: Redid my kitchen, ended up getting a job back in Seattle a month later
Seattle, 2020: got a kitchen remodel mostly done, last little project kept on getting pushed back for a year, and finally got scheduled… for the day before my move to White Center
At least I was able to enjoy (most of) my new kitchen for a whole year this time.
Given the state of the kitchen in my new place I think that will be one of the first things I do once my condo sells, just so that I can possibly experience a whole new form of my life being upended as soon as it’s completed.
Today I finally got rid of a giant accumulation of charity shop donations that date back to… well, at least when I lived in San Francisco, perhaps longer.
My bedroom finally has a usable walk-in closet, a week before I move out. Oh well!
I donated four large bags of unwanted (either guy-mode or too-small-and-not-worth-returning girl-mode) clothing, a pair of basically-new shoes, and an older LCD TV (which came with my condo) to Lifelong, three large bags of older, worn-in (but still usable and/or recyclable) shoes to Redeeming Soles, and a big pile of boring white socks to WeCount (the charity itself seems to be defunct but their give a pair/take a pair drop boxes are still around Seattle and still work, what with being literally just a free newspaper box but with different branding).
Anyway now Fiona has a new space to explore, and I actually found a bunch of stuff I’d been missing since it was, y'know, buried in back. Whee!
I think the biggest thing I’m going to have to get used to in the new house is having to make actual grocery shopping trips again.
There’s a small mom-and-pop grocery store just down the street from my new place, but it’s more of a convenience store than a place to get groceries at. Fortunately, there’s actual grocery stores not too far away, but the nature of White Center is that it doesn’t seem very walkable, and even riding my bike there seems a bit risky.
I’m feeling really excited for my upcoming move! And I have all the stuff in motion. Movers are booked, and everything’s falling into place.
