Movin' out is hard to do

First there's the depressing fact that no matter how much you pack it never seems to BE packed until you have done it all. That stinks. No way to really chart your progress except to write down everything you own and then cross it off one by one like an obsessive freak.

Second there's the depressing fact that you end up reliving memories and the like while you pack. Most of them are good, but it does mean that these memories will become even more distant once you are out of your space and into a new one.

Third there's the depressing fact that you have to take everything off the walls and stare and blank spaces while you clean. I guess you could wait until last to take things down but then you fall victim to depressing fact #1 so you really can't win...

Packing sucks!

We had a great situation this weekend at work that is in my top 5 best stories from the field:

K is sitting in her office working on closing when S enters

S: did you guys check rooms already?
K: No, why?
S: Well I went down to check out and when I came back something was taken out of my room that I had forgotten
K: We have been having trouble with maintenance today - maybe they took it. I can ask them. What is it?
S: That doesn't matter - I can talk to them
K: I don't think they're around - I can call. What is it?
S: Let's just say it's my toy
K: Where was it?
S: In my bolster
K: Are you sure you want it back?
S: Well yeah it's my favorite toy and I really like it...
K: Ok well I will ask around

K goes to the cusotdian

K: Um...girl in X13 had her dildo taken out of her room - do you guys know anything about it
C: Yeah maintenance found it. It was white and crusty. They threw it out
K: Well the girl had not checked out yet and she wants it. We should not have been in the room so now we have to find it

C goes dumpster diving, finds the "toy" and turns it in to the front desk in a plastic bag. K calls S at her work and gets her boss

K: Can you please tell S that we found her toy and she can pick it up at the desk?
B: Sure (radios S and relays the tale)

I got my start date for work today. Got the shift I wanted and will be starting in June. Can't wait. Moving out blows esp since I have been here now for 2 years and have totally nested. Boy will living out of my car be a nice change.

The boy is crabby today. It's crunch time for school and he has HUGE assignments to do that are going to take him hours. I didn't help by saying that he should have been working on the semester-long journal all semester. Gonna keep my head down and work on my thesis for now.