It’s the final countdown.
Yes, I know, more song lyrics. I
kind of like starting blog entries with various sets of song lyrics. Well, here we go, 8 days to go before I take
possession of the house. Granted it will
be a few more days after that before I get fully moved in and staying in the
new house. There is sadness in getting into
the final few days, but there is a lot of joy and happiness as well. I really can’t wait to get this over with and
begin to start on the path to my new life.
The whole point of this blog is to give me an outlet for the
feelings and the stresses. It is also to
document the path of making such a life move at the age of sixty. I know lots of other people make moves later
in life to downsize, or because of health problems. In my case I’m actually upsizing in going
from a 600 square foot basement to a 1500 square foot townhouse. But I’m also downsizing in the fact that I’m
getting rid of maintenance and yard care issues that are increasingly difficult
to do because of nagging long term injuries.
I have always liked writing and have done two other blogs in
the past, I also keep a journal of activities every summer at the lake. In that case it’s an everyday entry and I don’t
intend to make this blog an everyday thing.
Sometimes I will make entries sporadically and other times it could be
multiple entries the same day. It’s just
when the feeling strikes me, or the need to blow off some stress.
I still have so much to do, but thankfully packing isn’t one
of them. Yes, I have to organize a few
things, but I don’t have to physically lug boxes all over the place. Sort of like yesterday when I helped my son
move. I just drove my truck and Karl and
his friends loaded it and then I drove it to the destination. He is quite literally just across the Fraser
River from my new house. We can just pop
over the Golden Ears Bridge for visits.
Today I have to get busy and get 1-800-GOT-JUNK back in here
to get rid of the remaining junk that I don’t want to keep and certainly don’t
want to pay to have moved. I also have
to work the phones to finish off the address change list that I cannot do
online. I also have to work out what I
need to keep out of the packing, for example clothes or dishes that I will need
for the final couple of days. Also stuff
that I won’t have the moving company move such as various items of camera gear.
One thing that popped up in my email today that I forgot to
put on my list is that Toby’s dog license is up for renewal in Vancouver this
month. When I logged on to get a phone
number, I discovered that there is a link to cancel his license. It gave 3 options, dog died, dog given to
someone else or no longer living in Vancouver.
Now I have to call Maple Ridge and arrange for him to be licensed there.
As I listed in my last blog entry, busy, busy, busy. It certainly doesn’t look like it is going to
slow down anytime soon. Even after the
move I will remain busy for a while with documents and getting the house set up
with furniture and unpacking things.
Even just settling into the new house and community will be some work in
and of itself. I hope I end up with nice
neighbours and that we end up with a fairly tight knit community when the whole
complex construction is done and all residents are moved in.
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