I am dead today

"Pixel" (Improbcat) 11/14/2016 at 10:00 • Filed to: None

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I spent the weekend helping my partner move. Friday was packing book-ended by 2 hours round-trip of driving. Saturday was 4 hours of loading the truck, an hour of driving and 3 hours of unloading. Sunday was another 2-hour round-trip to get the last car load of stuff and clean the old apartment, then 2-3 hours of unpacking & setting up the furniture so the place is basically livable.

We dropped the truck off after-hours on Sat, but she had a bad feeling so we stopped in to U-haul on Sunday to check on the truck return. Turned out to be a very good thing we did, as the place we got the truck from did the paperwork for one truck, and gave her the keys to a different truck. So the return location had a mystery truck they had no docs for, and her truck still listed as “not returned.” The manager promised to call the other location today and clear it up, but that was not a pleasant surprise.

But it was all worth it as she got out of an apartment/neighborhood that can best be described as a “shithole”, and into a very nice apartment in a quiet neighborhood. And she is now a 10 minute drive away, instead of an hour away, so we will be able to see each other more during the week.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Pixel 11/14/2016 at 10:10

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was she moving out of Hartford? If i remember correctly that could be described as you had said it.

Little Black Coupe Turned Silver > Pixel 11/14/2016 at 10:15

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As someone who has moved 6 times in 8 years, hiring movers in completely worth every cent. I’ve had them for the last three and they are amazing.

Pixel > Little Black Coupe Turned Silver 11/14/2016 at 10:19

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She has been unemployed for 2 months, and won’t start her new job for another week or so. Movers were way out of the budget. Doubly so because she had 1 week’s notice to move (new job was 1.5 hours commute from her old place, not feasible with a 3-year old kid), so there would have been extra rush charges.

Pixel > OPPOsaurus WRX 11/14/2016 at 10:20

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Worcester MA. When manufacturing pulled out, it pretty much went to hell.

CalzoneGolem > Pixel 11/14/2016 at 10:42

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Yeah, Worcester hasn’t been a pleasant place for as long as I can remember.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Pixel 11/14/2016 at 11:04

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O Worchester... yea...

pip bip - choose Corrour > Pixel 11/14/2016 at 19:17

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why not move in together?

Pixel > pip bip - choose Corrour 11/14/2016 at 20:13

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Because of reasons that are the business of the people in the relationship and not you.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Pixel 11/14/2016 at 20:26

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fair enough you’re not saying why.

i figure wouldn’t it make more sense to move in together