Just a Reminder to Myself

This is just a reminder to myself why I haven't posted anything in over a week. It's because of 'the move'.

Last week I rented storage space. I was and am quite organized for the most part. Got my 5X10 rental space. I didn't like the location of the rental space, as it was all the way on the end of the last unit and out of sight of everything. That means, no one would see me when I was bringing items to be stored......felt kinda creepy. No, it felt extremely creepy.

Anyway, my daughter was coming home from the 'big city'. She had borrowed a friends car so I would not have to pick her up or bring her back to the train. That meant I'd have 2 cars to help bring the boxes to storage. And, I had about 40 boxes to store. We could get 7 or possibly 8 containers in one car at a time. Yeah!! All packed and ready to go! ! !

The storage company is only open (gate open) during normal business hours. But, you have a code (a personal code) to unlock the gate to gain access to your stuff anytime.

Saturday morning we loaded up the cars with the first batch of boxes. Drove to the Storage Company. Punched in my code. NOTHING. Gate didn't open. Code didn't work. Tried again and again. Called the 800 telephone number and got only an answering machine. So, there went my planned weekend.

Yesterday, I spent most of the day loading boxes myself and bringing them to the storage company. Apparently the girl who took my information didn't enter the required info into the computer. OK, they'll give me a discount for next month's rent. But now I have to do all the moving myself. UGH!!!. Then, when I went to put my boxes in the storage unit I found a padlock on it. Went back to the office. Girl says "Oops, someone rented your unit out. Sorry." They luckily had another unit empty and gave me that one.

Actually this all worked out for the best. I now have a unit that is very near the road. Out in the open. A place where I feel much more comfortable going even during the day. So, was it good or bad that I didn't get to move everything over the weekend. I don't quite know yet. All I do know is that my arms are really tired. And, there are still more boxes to load and transport.

OK, so hopefully, when this work week ends, I'll continue on. I've actually missed writing.

Off to work........and now I hear we're getting a MAJOR SNOWSTORM starting this evening (Wednesday) and possibly extending into Friday.......up to two feet. GREAT. Moving is not for the faint of heart.

Tra-la!