a life on hold

[kitanzi]

Well, the insanity is officially done at work, at least for me. As of today I am back to working one job, for one manager, and the cleanup on the cluster... er, special project for the other department proceeds completely without me, including accounting for a large (and indeterminate) number of missing files. I like it that way. I got out of work after only working EIGHT HOURS today! On a Monday! I even took a lunch break! How decadent and slothful. ****pppppbbbbbbbbt**** I even ran out of things to do at work today, it's amazing.

Back at home we have just under two weeks until the move, however, and I'm at the point where I'm ready to start simplifying my life with a flamethrower. The apartment is overrun with full boxes, empty boxes, piles of stuff, and half packed clutter which drives me nuts. There's very little left to pack that won't actually be used before we go, though, so blitzing through that doesn't make much sense either.

The upshot is that ACat and I are sitting at home in the middle of a halfpacked yard sale, and our lives feel like we're marking time - mostly because we are. We both seem to be a little down, a little unsettled, a little too quiet. I finally have the energy to realize that I feel like every thing is on hold, and I miss people. Me, the introvert. (A cynical corner of my mind wonders if this is because nearly all the books are packed. Shut up, you.)

Still, I do miss folks and while it's not quite the same I should finally have at least time to catch up on LJ. I'm looking forward to the July filk, too! (And I'm still planning some kind of housewarming thingie once we're unpacked. Yeeeeah, how long do you suppose *that* will take?)

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[spiritdancer]

Well, I'm still unpacking and sorting (of course, having a toddler about to "help" doesn't make it any easier ...)

This week, my mom has been tackling the pile o' boxes in the garage. We've hauled _4_ pickup truck loads of paper in for recycling, and made 2 trips to the landfill with non-recyclable stuff. Much of this is stuff that has been moved with me since I lived in Athens (graduated UGA in '91).

It's not staying here anymore.

And now we can get the van in the garage (one vehicle, 3 car garage)

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we're throwing out or giving away or recycling everything I can convince both of us we don't actually use. I've moved too much to bring along boxes of unidentified papers that are actually old bills from three years ago. Congrats on all of your progress!

[quadrivium.livejournal.com]

*Hugs*

Dude! I have been there. You have my utmost, hearfelt, unwavering sympathy.

Hang in there.

Love,
Mary

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

*bearhug* Thanks, it helps!

[joecoustic.livejournal.com]

I so understand!!!

I am moving a week from tomorrow and feel so utterly surreal.

I am clueless and have no idea exactly how much I have left to do. You'd think with the number of times I've moved I'd be better at this by now :).

So *hugs* and hang in there (to both of us). I've been here before and know it finally ends, it's just so easy to lose sight of, especially when your sight is obscured by full and empty boxes!

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

Oh boy, your deadline's even closer - good luck to you! (Yeah, I've done this enough times that you'd think it wouldn't faze me, but it absolutely does.)

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

I miss you two too.

Good luck with the move!

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

Awww, thanks! (Any chance you might come visit some time, once we're unpacked and have the guest room set up?)

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

I think that sounds marvelous. Don't know when I'll be travelling again - and it'll be some time before I can go anywhere without Alanna.

"Thank you for holding..."

[annonynous.livejournal.com]

"after only working EIGHT HOURS today"

o/~
Eight hours a day,
I luh- uh- uh- uh- uve it.
~\o

"simplifying my life with a flamethrower"

o/~
Bin there. Dun that.
Learned to realize
That to rent a front-end loader
Is oh so much more wise.
~\o

"all the books are packed"

o/~
Where has all the reading gone,
Long time packing?
Where has all the reading gone?
No more to go.
Where has all the reading gone?
You guys packed it, every one.
When will you ever learn?
When will you ever learn?
~\o

"our lives feel like we're marking time"

o/~
One, two, three, four,
Should I pack a little more?
Five, six, seven eight nine, ten,
Don't need to.
~\o

Ann O.

Re: "Thank you for holding..."

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

All the books are packed, there's nothing to read
All the boxes stacked means no room to clean
I wish the next two weeks would hurry by
Cause there's nothing left to do now but wait
Standing still's a thing I've learned how to hate
Already, I'm so restless I could fly

So sort out the last of this
Tell me there's nothing we've missed
And promise we won't ever move again

Not moving 'till next weekend
Don't know how I'll stay sane 'till then
Oh God, it's such a pain

Re: "Thank you for holding..."

[bardling.livejournal.com]

Heeee... *amused at the filk*
*hugs* to you both

Re: "Thank you for holding..."

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

That's fabulous; I need to point the Monster denizens at it...

I feel for you guys... we're a little ahead of you, awash in boxes in the new place, and still One More Load from the old, *plus* the storage unit...

*hugs offered all around*

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[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

Ohhhhh I love it! (And I love you. :) )

Re: "Thank you for holding..."

[annonynous.livejournal.com]

OK, I'm assuming you figured out what songs I parodied? If not, then perhaps we both could do with a rereading of the lyrics to thnidu's "To The Tune Of... What?", since *I* can't figure out what you parodied. At first I thought it was "Heartbreak Hotel", but now I don't think so. Oh well.

Um, you guys *aren't* moving into a Heartbreak Hotel, are you?

Ann O. [g & d]

Re: "Thank you for holding..."

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

No, nor a Roach Motel neither! (I hope!)

Re: "Thank you for holding..."

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

Sorry, mine's to John Denver's "Leaving On A Jet Plane".

Yours were:

1) Don't Know
2) "Bin There, Dun That" by Echo's Children
3) "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" (Trad? Pete Seeger?)
4) Don't Know, unless it's just a standard army marching call and response song. (The best of which ever was Bill Murray's rendition of "Do Wah Ditty" in Stripes *grin*)

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[annonynous.livejournal.com]

Dear Anglophile,

1) Eight Days A Week - Lennon / McCartney.
2) Yup.
3) Pete Seeger (Some sources say Seeger and Joe Hickerson).
4) All Together Now - Lennon / McCartney.

Ann O.

Re: "Thank you for holding..."

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

ROTFL! Oh, I love it, thank you!

[joyeuse13.livejournal.com]

We are free this weekend if you need help with anything. :)

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I think, though, that it's something that more hands would not help, and more people would just make it more crowded. Seriously, you've seen the size of this place. Now imagine it half taken up with boxes. Not much room left!

[joyeuse13.livejournal.com]

Ha, so true! Well, good luck, and let us know if we can be of assistance. :)

[braider.livejournal.com]

*hug*

Missing you, too. ;-)

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

*bearhug* :) Thanks, it helps!

[devinsong.livejournal.com]

Woot! Working only 8 hrs!

You packed *all* the books? Horrors. You have to leave the last box of unread ones open... After all, they might get lonely.

And tearing your space apart can feel like you're dismantling your whole life. Very unsettling. When do you take possession of the new place so you can start moving things in?

(((hugs)))

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

Not quite all, but damned near. Odd random ones keep showing up in corners and such. *G* We move in on Friday the 13th! *hug*

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

You could always do what I do when all my books are packed. I buy myself a nice, comforting book. Or two. Or three. In unsettled circumstances I favor series books, like "The Cat Who..." It makes me feel more...I dunno, settled.

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm, I could.... but at the moment it seems like Just One More Thing To Pack, which is such an uncharacteristic outlook for me that it probably says more than anything else does about how sick of this I am. That is a fun series, though.

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

I am still whacked from my own move this last couple of days (see my own LJ), but if you want some company tomorrow or later in the week, it could be arranged. I miss people, too.

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

*hug* At the moment, there's barely space here for more than just us and I certainly don't think it's in any decent shape for company. I'm glad your move went well, though! Will you be at the filk later this month?