I moved on Friday, May 15 and 12 days later I'm finally beginning to feel settled. Part of the reason for this is that we moved my sister a week later, last Friday and so I'm just now catching up on sleep. (I am not a fun person when I'm lacking sleep).
This has been an incredibly painful month for me financially. In fact it is the most painful since I started blogging. Between movers, boxes, moving vans, moving deposit (of which I won't get everything back), ikea furniture, and just settling in I've spent just under $1000 on moving alone. Before you (and I) freak out I do expect to get $400 of that back (moving deposit). When that will happen though, I'm fuzzy on. I've emailed the incredibly unhelpful woman at my management company and she responds with "don't know". Okay, so not quite in those words, but pretty damn close.
I also spent a good chunk of money on a mother's day/birthday gift for my mom. We bought her a well-deserved macbook. It is a special year as she turns 60 in June and while I wish this big expense didn't come the same month as a move, I'm happy that we were able to get her such a nice gift.
Needless to say I'm not looking forward to calculating my net worth or updating my sidebars.
For me, the hardest part about moving is getting back into a routine. I love my routines. I find them comforting and they help me get things done. I'm so happy to say that I'm falling into some new routines very nicely. Part of this is coming back to blogging. I've missed it in these past two weeks and I have so much reading to catch up on! I'm happy to be back. =)
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5 comments:
GREAT TO KNOW MOST- EVERYONE USES U-HAULS TO MOVE!!! iN MY PERSONAL OPINION I APPRECIATED ALL OF U-HAUL'S EQUIPMENT ESPECIALLY WHEN I HAD TO MOVE ACROSS THE STATE OF ARIZONA!!! I HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET MY VEHICLE OVER WITH IN THE SAME DAY OF MOVING :) I SEE NOW WHERE U-HAUL IS SELLING THEIR CAR CARRIERS! I WISH I WOULD'VE KNOWN THIS WHEN I WAS MOVING!! NOW I'M GETTING EVERYONE IN "THE KNOW", TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR WEBSITE!!! :) HAPPY HAULING!!!
Congrats on getting settled, I'm not shocked by your moving costs. Every time I rented the deposit alone was more than a grand, plus the boxes, movers etc. It is really expensive. I also know what it's like to get out of your routine, that's been me for the last two weeks. I'm looking forward to getting back to my regular life, I've been away from the blog as well and didn't know you were gone. But welcome back!
UGH! I hate moving! I am in the process of moving right now :( and I have to be out of my current apartment by Sunday!
yeah, we can't wait to hear more! glad you're settling in okay :)
Moving is so hard! Good to hear that you are all moved in and catching up on sleep...that's annoyin that the mgmt. company lady won't give you any information, but I see in your latest post that you finally found out you're getting money back! Hooray!
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