403: forbidden

This move has been a right clusterfuck, and not in the fun way. But we're out as of 2/14 (during which, it was so cold that Boston harbor was steaming), and had all the resulting boxes & furniture shoved into Tetrisland (AKA storage unit) early the next morning. I administrated my ass off, in exchange for Z taking on the vast majority of lugging boxes downstairs. plures' help has been invaluable throughout.

Then we fell over and slept for 16-20h, each. Badly needed.

Presently T-40h to departure for Seattle. Still need to refactor luggage, sort a last handful of items into 'important enough to ship or drag with us' vs. 'drop off at storage unit', and usefully dispose of the last contents of the chest freezer (which are currently sitting outside in a cooler, to take advantage of this past weeks' deep-freeze conditions).

New lease acquired. We'll be moving after finals.

Sunday (9/4) was RenFaire day with siderea and tn3270; I'd guess that King Richard's Faire is about half the size of its Phoenix counterpart. Was fun for what it was. Most notable event was that zeightyfiv solved a puzzle ring with no assistance. Took him around 2.5h, and when he'd finished, he suggested that he should try it again to make sure he understood what he'd done, rather than just getting it by accident. All three of the staff who'd watched him puzzling over it shouted "NO!" in perfect unplanned unison. ;)

Monday (9/5), we cleared the last of our belongings out of the basement of the old apartment. There's some garden stuff left outside, but I'm allowed to continue gardening until the season thoroughly finishes around (IIRC) November for the cold-hardy plants. Due to moving and setup for classes, I didn't get to bed until 02:00 or so Tuesday morning.

Tuesday (9/6) was my first day of class. I got up absurdly early for a doctor's appointment that turned out to be nearly useless. Once in class, I learned that I'm now in waitlist position 3/12 for Population Biology, but nothing of significance actually happened. After class, puzzled over administrativa for two hours or so, then met zeightyfiv at his office and fell asleep on a couch for another three. We went out for dinner, had delicious fried vegetables, and didn't get home until about 22:00. I did some more damn paperwork, and all of a sudden it was 02:00 Wednesday... but I needed to pour some recent events out of my head before I could sleep. And here I am.

Wednesday (9/7) is my first violin class. Its location is still listed as "to be determined". I can tell it's going to be a fun day already.

At least temporarily. It needs to stay clear for a couple of days so that we can maneuver the box spring in, though.

I am so glad today is over. We moved the container garden. It took four pickup-truck loads.

On the plus side, that tips the definition in my head from "moving out of the old apartment" over to "moving into the new apartment". I am at home.

Now? Shower. Sleep.

First significant batch of objects moved to the new apartment. Zipcar turns out to offer a significant discount for middle-of-the-night reservations.

I go fall over now. The contractors will presumably start doing their thing bright and early.

I'm trying to pack, but my forwards momentum is being sapped by how disgustingly humid it is today. Ugh.

This afternoon, we go and sign a lease.

It's for a 1br apartment north of Teele Square, between Tufts and Alewife Brook. The apartment is a sublet from a tenant with a long-term lease, who's going to spend a couple of years out of the country living with his Filipino wife. We'll also be taking care of two of his cats while he's away, at their owner's expense. (Yes, I'm allergic. I've missed having cats enough that I don't care.) We've checked with the property management company, and everything's aboveboard.

Our appointment to do paperwork is for 16:00 today.

'nother potential housemate flaked out on us, leaving us unable to sign for a perfectly good apartment. 'nother wasted week.

God, I hate people.

I want my life back.