Tomorrow the movers

I have packed and packed and so has my old college roommate. She came to help. In five years she had never visited me. I have gone to see her. She wanted to see the house before we moved. We are packed to about 90%. What isn't packed we can come back for next week. A few drawers in the bathroom, perhaps some dresses in my closet, stuff I can carry myself.

My girlfriend had a glass half full moment. She poked her head out a doorway at me and said "Hey, this is the first move I have packed where someone isn't dead." She worked on the kitchen. We didn't get to the everyday dishes cupboard, but I will be back.

Tom called with a list of things he wanted in the car, air compressor, spray painter among others. I called back and told him I could do one better. I remembered Tom Sr. in the closet. Wouldn't want to lose Grandpa in the move. He now is in the back seat of the car waiting to go.

The boys tried hard. Focus is always an issue. They lasted in spurts. They were good for runs of garbage out to the cans outside. Tom had spoken to them so they were great, answering when called and doing the tasks assigned.

We will see how the chaos goes tomorrow. Movers arrive at 8:00am.

The fridge was cleaned today. My girlfriend took the interior apart and scrubbed everything. I turned on the upper oven to start the clean cycle. Tomorrow I will do the lower oven. The stove only lets you do one oven at a time. I cant wait to vacuum and steam the carpets now. Just having these couple of chores done gives me hope that we will achieve the rest. I have scrubbed out some drawers as they became empty, but there are many to go.

Tom reminds me we have time this time. We are not being pushed out with a twenty four hour turn around like most people. I am even loving the moving date, just to get it done. I only wish I had more time to get the new house even cleaner in the basement for all the furniture coming.

The basement may not be beautiful now, but it will be eventually. Tom meanwhile is having his own dreams of how the spaces will go. He loves the basement for a work shop. He has ideas for the kitchen. It is going to be fun.

Tomorrow my computer will be unplugged and I wont be up and running again until Monday when the phone company connects our Internet. I need to cancel the old house phone tomorrow.
I understand electric and gas just get transferred to the new tenant's names. We'll figure it out as we go.