It's like the drain which has been stuck has finally been released.
The manager emailed that I can move in on the date we wanted to (last week of July) and she said that I can sign the lease on that day and pay the rent starting that day! So Durango it is!
Whoo hoo!
I notified all my family and friends (and now you!) that I'm moving to Durango!
I'm so relieved that they figured things out so well! (Finally!)
And now I've got a zillion boxes half full, trying to figure out how books and silverware and dishes and clothes and pottery will all go together to be stacked in a little U-Haul truck in a bit over a month.
And having a real address to forward mail and so forth, I can actually give my notice here at the present apartment...a bit more than 30 days. But I know someone will move into this place quickly. The present management also won't charge me for the remaining month on my lease, because of the demand. I waited a year to get this apartment, and just the same for the one in Durango. Having some housing for low-income seniors is a premium need everywhere.
Hey real-estate people who've been building MacMansions teetering on the highest slopes of the mountains...there are a zillion people turning 70 and 80 who need a place to live. We survived lots and saved and paid our social security, and now there's not much money left to match the life left (with or without medical needs!)
And I'm working again...moving throughout the apartment with different tasks about half completed. There's a packed tupperware tub on the bed, ready to be put on the floor in the dining area. But first I need to vacuum that carpet. I just moved the table out to the middle of the floor so I can start stacking boxes and tubs over at the wall in the dining area. And the passthrough needs to be cleared off, with all that stuff to pack, then clean the passthrough well. It's not been touched for quite a while. So it should be the first thing to do.
But I've also only packed some books that remain...there are pottery books to give to the studio where I used to work. And some for the library, and perhaps some for a "little library." So it's time to get going back to work!
So what has gone down the drain (which was plugged up?) My anxiety while waiting for this manager and all her "rules." There's about a handful of anxiety still left, since I haven't signed a lease yet...and we do have over 1700 miles to drive pulling the car behind the truck and stay overnight in motels. Tai will fly here and has a couple of friends who will help load the truck.
Also I feel the relief across my shoulders and neck...things are going to work out. Right now the google mail app keeps telling me its "update failed." So I will copy and paste this again if need be...hope that works!
Signing off for today. Will post some words and images probably from the internet every day if I don't do my usual coffee and blog reading! Who am I kidding. Coffee and blogs get my blood going in the morning!
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ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your new place. I hope your move goes smoothly! Take care, enjoy your day!
Thank you friend! It's always nice to find your comments early in the day!
DeleteYou are really brave to move from a place where you have so many friends and all to a relatively unknown area. I am sure the advantages are many, but still..........
ReplyDeleteLooking forwards to many photos and posts about your ongoing adventures.
Continual sickness has prompted me over the last year to really need to move to a climate where I can breathe better (southwest desert area). When it comes to health issues, this elder woman has found them to be pretty high on my list of priorities. I will have some contact with my friends still, and of course I'm sad to leave them. But I have certainly done this before, many times in my life, so I can remember how I can make new friends gradually. Thanks for your concern!
DeleteWell, finally things are working out for you. Your sons are coming through for you, too.
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy that my sons have helped in whatever ways they can.
Delete...great news, good luck with the packing and moving!
ReplyDeleteAfter I see all that I accomplished yesterday, I'm definitely encouraged to keep on doing the small things, one at a time. Which means when there is another problem to address when I think I'm solving the first one, I do go off and take care of it. Thus each step is complicated, but I can only focus on each one in this process.
DeleteGreat news, hope packing and moving will be easy.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Me too. I hope that giving myself enough time will make this process easy enough to not wear me out.
DeleteWay to go! Your relief comes through loud and clear. I am pleased for you.
ReplyDeleteThanks. You have been quite supportive of my anxiety levels as I finalized this process. Now the physical part is next. Pack, throw away, give away. Tote that barge, lift that bale...no getting drunk or landing in jail!
DeleteWell done, Barb! It seems a massive task. Good luck with it all. This will keep you busy. Happy for you!
ReplyDeleteThere are still things I want to do "when I retire." Laugh. I've now been retired 19 years less 2 months. Write that book? Mmm, maybe when it snows next winter and I don't want to try going out! In the meantime, so much to do, and I hope plugging away daily will get it all done. Of course it will. It's all going to happen.
DeleteIsn't it beautiful when it all comes together? Hurray!
ReplyDeleteThe craziest thing about moving, to me, is that every item in the house you are moving from has to be touched and handled by someone to get it to its new place. Usually that someone is us. How is this possible? And yet, it is and we do it.
All kinds of packing ahead...then someone else will move the boxes and tubs out to the truck and squeeze them in with a couple of chairs, desk and bookshelves! No bed, no couch, no dining table!!! So glad I'm replacing old furniture with thrift store goods, little bit at a time once I'm there.
DeleteI am so impressed- you are a moving machine- no regrets- Durango will be great for you. It is a different sort of beauty there, I love it. leaving the prettiest part of the country has got to be sad, though. Packing and unpacking is a tedious ativity at best. I hope that your pottery makes it OK. Fragile! Carry on, wonder woman!
ReplyDeleteI am waiting to find out how the beauty of desert country has enticed many of my friends. For me, I prefer water, but my lungs prefer dryness, so hey, lets keep on breathing! Pottery is mainly sentimental, so I'm only somewhat attached to it.
Deleteexciting!!
ReplyDeleteThese are times of changes, aren't they!
DeleteOh, hoorah! Wonderful to have a firm date. Just take lots of breaks while you're packing.
ReplyDeleteSo far I'm trying to do a little "work" or "business for the move" and then take a break. It's a bit difficult but I'm determined to put aside some things that "demand attention yesterday!"
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DeleteHurray for the new place! So happy for you. It will all come together, just pace yourself
ReplyDeleteWe met a lady the other day who is getting ready to move from here to Las Vegas. She's 78, and has a two-story house to clear out...with attic, basement, and garage. But she is moving full steam ahead, just like you.
I just spent a couple of hours going through the bin with old journals and art work. So far the "keep pile is pretty small, and the trash is too...there's lots more to look at. I'm probably going to be speeding things up, since I have to move before Christmas!
DeleteI'm so happy for you!
ReplyDeleteOk that was me above being happy for you! I hit publish too soon.
DeleteThanks for your sharing in this joy! I'm definitely doing a happy dance...keeping both feet on the ground but movin my hips a bit!
DeleteI'm so happy for you, too! The plan is coming together. You got the apartment you wanted. One step at a time while you pack. Packing with purpose! The countdown is in earnest. I am so happy you are close to your goal. And hoping that your health is so happy in the new location!!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. I'm definitely enjoying the packing. It is as always a dance of doing what is right in front of me, which is often two or three detours to finally get my objective accomplished. But I'm a right good snail. Or at least happy as a clam...whoohee, wonder why these are my critter analogies today!
DeleteI am so happy for you! Just do a bit at a time and all will get accomplished.
ReplyDeleteI'm slowly doing things...may have mentioned my goal to do one serious thing (which usually ends up being half a dozen) and then resting and enjoying something light. Like reading blogs. Like watching an old movie (or just a bit, because my attention is diverted by looking around the stack of boxes to see the screen!)
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