So Much Moving
We close on the new house on Monday.
I'm looking forward to living in Ypsilanti Township again. The house is in a perfect location, literally the boundary of rural and urban. It's a ten-minute drive into town, a fifteen-minute drive to a hospital (important for us), and five minutes from stores, restaurants, drug stores, and other amenities. It also overlooks a big section of forest and farmlands so I can ride my bike in the country without having to put it on a bike rack and driving twenty minutes. This last is extremely important to me.
I also have a lot of friends in Ypsilanti/Ann Arbor. And three of our four sons live there. It's going to be great!
We just have to move first.
This move is going to be a little more expensive than normal because I can't do much. My shoulder isn't up to anything involving heavy lifting or repetitive movement. So we're hiring out.
The movers are going to pack us as well as move us, so that's one headache taken care of (though Darwin says he wants to pack up a bunch of stuff anyway). But there's been a flurry of other activity.
--Hiring a painter to redo the interior
--Hiring a cleaning company to clean All The Things (cupboards, drawers, baseboards, windows, toilets, showers, and on and on)
--Hiring a company to recarpet the finished areas of the basement
--Finding new medical people: endocrinologist, joint specialist, urologist, general practitioner, dentist, optometrist. This continues to be a major undertaking, with so much time on the phone. All of them want to perform a "get to know you" examination, so it creates a LOT of medical appointments.
--Sorting out the stuff in the storage unit. This took hours. Many of the boxes had popped open or squashed and the contents had to be reboxed. We also gritted our teeth and threw out all kinds of stuff. Camping equipment (no one wants a used tent, and we ain't tent camping anymore), cooking stuff and dishes I never use, books I know I'll never read again, and holiday decorations. The last was really hard. Some of the holiday stuff I've had for decades, and it feels like I should give them to the boys or something. But the boys are uninterested in holiday heirlooms, and these days, Darwin and I are empty-nesters who have embraced minimalism for holiday decorating. Better to throw the unused ones out now than move them again.
--Buying furniture for the office and the living room (the current living room furniture will go to the family room in the basement)
--Arranging for a specialized company to move the exercise equipment
--Changing over utilities and Internet
We're also changing credit unions. Our current credit union has fallen into a state of poor service, many computer outages, and account lockouts on weekends. We've had enough, and will be transferring our accounts to a larger, more stable credit union in Ann Arbor. This is quite a lot of work, too.
Right now, we have a little lull in all the things, and it feels strange, like I should be doing something. It's a hard feeling to give up.
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I'm looking forward to living in Ypsilanti Township again. The house is in a perfect location, literally the boundary of rural and urban. It's a ten-minute drive into town, a fifteen-minute drive to a hospital (important for us), and five minutes from stores, restaurants, drug stores, and other amenities. It also overlooks a big section of forest and farmlands so I can ride my bike in the country without having to put it on a bike rack and driving twenty minutes. This last is extremely important to me.
I also have a lot of friends in Ypsilanti/Ann Arbor. And three of our four sons live there. It's going to be great!
We just have to move first.
This move is going to be a little more expensive than normal because I can't do much. My shoulder isn't up to anything involving heavy lifting or repetitive movement. So we're hiring out.
The movers are going to pack us as well as move us, so that's one headache taken care of (though Darwin says he wants to pack up a bunch of stuff anyway). But there's been a flurry of other activity.
--Hiring a painter to redo the interior
--Hiring a cleaning company to clean All The Things (cupboards, drawers, baseboards, windows, toilets, showers, and on and on)
--Hiring a company to recarpet the finished areas of the basement
--Finding new medical people: endocrinologist, joint specialist, urologist, general practitioner, dentist, optometrist. This continues to be a major undertaking, with so much time on the phone. All of them want to perform a "get to know you" examination, so it creates a LOT of medical appointments.
--Sorting out the stuff in the storage unit. This took hours. Many of the boxes had popped open or squashed and the contents had to be reboxed. We also gritted our teeth and threw out all kinds of stuff. Camping equipment (no one wants a used tent, and we ain't tent camping anymore), cooking stuff and dishes I never use, books I know I'll never read again, and holiday decorations. The last was really hard. Some of the holiday stuff I've had for decades, and it feels like I should give them to the boys or something. But the boys are uninterested in holiday heirlooms, and these days, Darwin and I are empty-nesters who have embraced minimalism for holiday decorating. Better to throw the unused ones out now than move them again.
--Buying furniture for the office and the living room (the current living room furniture will go to the family room in the basement)
--Arranging for a specialized company to move the exercise equipment
--Changing over utilities and Internet
We're also changing credit unions. Our current credit union has fallen into a state of poor service, many computer outages, and account lockouts on weekends. We've had enough, and will be transferring our accounts to a larger, more stable credit union in Ann Arbor. This is quite a lot of work, too.
Right now, we have a little lull in all the things, and it feels strange, like I should be doing something. It's a hard feeling to give up.
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