And now I whine…
Yes, Dr. Man and I recently bought a house. (I’m still pretty darned pleased about that.) Yes, I’ve painted most of the interior of said house (I’m tired of living with only white walls. It’s not like I chose fuschia or anything.). So, now it’s time for that final thing… moving.
I’m moving this weekend, out of my apartment with Roommate into Empty House. Dr. Man is down this weekend, but won’t be moving in until the end of June when he finally gets to get the heck out of Dodge. I’m excited to be able to live in our newly-acquired house, but I’m oh-so-over packing.
I hate packing. And let me tell you why. Every single time I move, I vow that this time I’m going to do it right. There will be no frenzied pack-a-thon the night before I move. There will be no “oh, just pack it and I’ll figure it out later.” I vow to pack a little each night and go through my possessions and dispose (read: donate to charity or throw away) of those things that I no longer need/want. Do I do this, though? Nope. Absolutely not. This means that currently I’m in the midst of a frenzied pack-a-thon… well at least when I’m not in the lab.
Did I mention that I started all this with good intentions? Only to find out about three weeks ago that I had to redo everything in time for Major European Conference in July? Oh, and I got a new undergraduate to train in the midst of all this? So, those good intentions were never realized. Instead I’ve ended up working 10-11ish hour days trying to play catch up to get the World’s Most Uncooperative Plasmid to ligate my oligonucleotides and getting the yeast ready to do the shuffle.
In a nut shell, I’m overworked, underpaid, and frigging tired. And very whiney!
Update: It appears that something might have actually worked! Yay!
I hear you on the packing. I think I make the same vow every time. I’ve gotten better with the throwing out but still I find us packing useless junk in misc boxes that end up in attics or basements.
At least at the end you’ll be in your own home. Yay.
Our last move was easy because we didn’t have any stuff. Now that we’re all grown up and own actual furniture, the next time is going to be HELL.
Good luck for this weekend!
Congrats on the house! I remember when I bought my first house and how much fun (and work) it was.
And no matter how you do it, packing and unpacking sucks!
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Packing is ridiculously annoying. I’m refusing to move again for that very reason. But I learned something awesome! You can PAY people to do that! I had NO IDEA.
The packing for me is not so bad, it is the unpacking that overwhelms me! Kind of like doing wash. Throwing it in the machines is easy, sorting and folding and putting it away is the hard part for me! Here from NCLM.
I seem to live in constant pack/unpack cycle. Even with my own home, leaving for a long internship/coming back/leaving again is no fun. I hope the next time I move with furniture my (hypothetical, future) job pays for the move; I hear that’s the way to do it.
I hope you don’t spend too much time alone in your empty house; last time I tried this I got pretty depressed because it was sooo quiet…
We have moved several times during our marriage & I always say the same thing. Your post made me laugh, I totally relate! Good luck with the move, visiting from NaComLeavMo.
Here from NaComLeavMo. Wishing you much luck in the packing and all the job stuff during these hectic times. 🙂
I’m with PP Kim — for me UNpacking is even worse. But good luck and enjoy the new home!
And thx for commenting on my blog!!
Let’s just assume that because you are moving some where bigger you will in fact need all this stuff you are moving so there was no reason to do things ahead of time.
I don’t feel I have a lot of things so I’ve been mentally packing in my head. I’ll think of some thing I don’t need and toss it into our donate box.
But I have to admit I’m a major planner and haven’t had this problem.
Today is the beginning of our challenge 🙂
I think you make an interesting point that we can all think about…are there some patterns of behaviour that you just can’t change? Even if you think that you want to? Or is that just a cop out?
Anyway, I am sorry that everything seems on top of you at the moment. Given my continuing positivity vibe I want to tell you something that helps me in times of stress…If it wasn’t hard, it would be as rewarding.
One thing at a time until you are ‘there’ (or until a new ‘there’ exists.)
You are doing amazingly well with a really crazy time in your life.
And (last thing) i hope your research continues to improve/behave.
Thanks everyone for the good luck on the moving and packing!
Unpacking isn’t quite as bad for me. As I know where it all should go. 🙂
Packing. Yuck.I still have a box from when we moved that is labeled ‘Crap I can’t deal with’. Sigh. We moved 3 years ago.