Moving

Moving sucks. I'm moving into a new apartment and I haven't had a lot of help. It has been super stressful.

I try not to complain. I have been very lucky. The whole time I have gone to school, my dad has paid my rent and I have paid all my other expenses. Rent is a HUGE expense and I'm lucky to have that support while working towards my degree.

My dad owns a complex about 10 minutes away... he wants to move me there so he doesn't have to pay for my rent, and so I can take over apartment manager duties.

He tells me to move but doesn't provide any help at all. I'm not asking for much...just a car to use to transport stuff.

My dad NEVER answers his phone to schedule a time to move my big furniture. He is the only person I know with cars big enough to help me. I can tell he is ignoring them because the phone will ring once or twice and then go to voice mail, meaning he's pushing the "ignore" button.

I've been using the same two boxes to transport things back and forth because I couldn't get my hands on any more without having to buy them. I'm hoping to move all the small stuff over myself, taking one trip a day. That way, when I arrange a few people to move the big stuff, the job will be quick and easy.

I had to buy a bed. I never had one because my current apartment has one built in. I went on craigslist to find a frame, but just wasn't willing to buy a used mattress. Ick. I bit the bullet and dropped a bunch of money on the CC to get a NEW mattress. I hate to do it but at least it isn't used.

I didn't have a way to transport it so I had to find a bed with a seller willing to deliver it to me for a few bux extra. Since the mattress was new, I got the company to deliver it for free. How's THAT for limited resources? I'm awesome.




It is a queen with a pillow top so my queen quilt barely even covers it, lol. I'm gonna go invest in a king or cal king comforter so it will look a little nicer.

The unit is dirty. It was vacuumed, but there are smudgy handprints on the walls and light switches. Not to mention the LAYERS of grease and grime in the kitchen. The manager told me they cleaned it....I don't know what his idea of clean is, but I know that I've been scrubbing forever.

I spent about three hours today scrubbing and lining the cabinets in the kitchen which were completely bare. I used up the 5 roles of liner and ran out...oh well. I'll come back to it later when I get a chance to buy more. It wasn't so bad. I took my little Ipod speakers and rocked out while I cleaned :-)

Ok. I'm done complaining. I shouldn't take for granted the fact that I have FREE RENT while I'm in school. And in all honesty, I'm just mad because its dirty and I haven't had a lot of help. Once it is all put together, it is going to be a really cute little place.