And Then Everything Blew Up

[tealin]

I was expecting to spend most of May gradually moving in to the new place, but my housemates want to be able to show people (virtually) around my room, and I want to get out of here as soon as possible, so I have been throwing stuff in boxes all weekend and my one car-enabled housemate is going to take a load down tonight, so I can empty and reuse some of the boxes. If this were Ordinary Times, I would just scrounge some of the hundreds of empty boxes set out by city centre businesses before 8:00, but of course they are all shut, so I've been using anything and everything to hand, including tote bags, suitcases, and shoe boxes.

I also can't take superfluous stuff to charity shops, so I have to pack it all. In 2008 I had a week to pack up my Vancouver apartment to move to LA, and did the same – no time to sort through things – which meant that, work being what it was, it was two years before I finally did the necessary downsizing.

I have moved a lot in my life. The five years since the last move is a significant anomaly. Even in LA I moved from one side of my quadruplex to the other. So this is nothing new. But boy am I starting to feel too old for it. I am really looking forward to the new place, which is ridiculously ideal, but at the same time I am really longing for when I get to do this one last time (?) and settle in somewhere for keeps. As much as I love living in Britain, that's probably not going to happen here. Places I would want to buy in BC are either too expensive or too inaccessible. But something will shake out, eventually. The Pacific is calling. For some reason my bedroom smelled of the sea this morning, so that may be more than figuratively the case.

Comments

[caprices]

The Pacific does that, yes.

I hope you have sufficient totes unto the task of moving. What makes the new place ideal?

[tealin]

I think the stuff will equal the containers in the end ... brought back more empty boxes than, technically, I need, so ... we will see. I had way more shelf-stable food than I thought I did, so that is a comforting thought!

New place is ideal in that I am 'renting' from a friend, and doing him a big favour in doing so; also the place was evidently owned by time-travellers, it's got at least four fruit trees in the garden, and I'll be there ALONE!! (... aside from the birds and the spiders and whatnot.) Really looking forward to that, and getting my brain back.

Glad to know I'm not the only one who's experienced that with the Pacific...

[out_there]

I feel you one the moving thing. We used to move like every two years (honestly, frim ages 8-32 I don't think we were more than 2-3 years in any place). We've been here 6 years now and the not having to move is actually really, really nice.

Pacific? It is not (if I may surmise): Sand gets in your eyes.

[frith]

But the Pacific waters are cold and the wind always blows! Beware the Sirens call!

(Of course I'm kidding. I hope you find that beautiful barrack by the breakers. ^_^)

[lokifan]

Glad the new place is gonna be great! I know what you mean about moving. The next place (assuming our plans aren't too wrecked by COVID-19, which is a big if) I'm gonna be living with two friends and it's gonna be a place we take our time finding and properly want to be, rather than moving every year or so on little notice. Looking forward to somewhere I can stay for a proper while.

[tealin]

Oh boy, I really hope that works out for you! Those moves in quick succession are so draining.