Slept well, nice breakfast at the adjoining restaurant, and we were on the road before 9am. Easy drive, no traffic, no inclement weather, and we got to our new house just before 3pm. Henry, Jayla, J‘s brother Geno, and both little girls came over in the evening to help unload the car. Super helpful, and so much fun to see them! Lulu had a ball exploring and running back and forth in our big empty house. We got excellent takeout Chinese food from a place 5 minutes away. Exhausted, bedtime!
Up early, drove to Union City, waited for the movers, who were an hour and a half late. Lol. But we had a nice time hanging out with K and M and Em. We ate great burritos for lunch. Movers finished about 1:30 and we were on the road by 2.:00. Easy drive, got to Mount Shasta City at 7pm. Staying at a really nice Best Western. Time for bed!
Moving day! In theory. Movers were three hours late and didn’t finish Dave’s apartment till 8:30pm. I sat in the car, out of the way, all freaking day. Exhausted. They’re gonna do my room in the morning… let’s hope they’re not three hours late again. Spending the night on air mattresses in empty apartment instead of already driving to Portland. But my phone taught me to play Spades, which is super fun. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spades-card-game/id1585858397
The NYTimes crossword had such a fun theme today! The kind where you figure it out all of a sudden and say “Ahhhhh I see“!
Dave was out all day making his antenna trailer fit to tow over the mountains and clearing a path in his industrial unit so the movers and get his piano and fridge. I packed a suitcase full of meds and prepared my pill organizer for the next few days, did laundry and dishes, and made a big list of stuff that needs to ride in our minivan rather than the moving van. Two more days!
Suzanne canceled our appointment because she woke up with a sore then, poor thing. We’ll have a virtual appointment tomorrow if she feels well enough. So that stop was crossed off our list of errands today. We had to go north anyway, to pick up my meds and to stop in at the house to drop off and pick up some stuff. One of the kids in Em‘s school carpool had contact with another child who tested positive, so I only ran in to the house for a moment and kept my N95 mask on. Poor Em. She’s so happy to be back in school, but she only started on Monday and there’s already been a covid exposure.
Tonight we watched our English cops for a while (24 Hours in Custody, on Amazon Prime) and then the first ep of the new Pottery Throwdown on Channel4! Ahhh lovely Judge Keith and his tender heart, weeping at beauty.
Hoo boy the weekend is swiftly approaching! We’re still waiting to find out if the movers are coming on Saturday or Sunday, but either way it’s excitingly soon. Tomorrow: therapy, pharmacy, and a stop in UC to have lunch with fam and droo off/pick up some stuff. Thursday Dave needs to get his trailer set up and clear a path to his piano in gis industrial unit, and I’ll do laundry and other house chores. Friday we‘ll pack up all the stuff that’s going in the car with us, and Dave will uninstall his good toilet and reinstall the original.
We’ve been trying to eat as much fridge food as possible. Some of the freezer food will travel with us in a cooler and keep Dave’s insulin cool, but we’ll need to toss the ice cream so, y‘know, I’m doing my best to east it up :D
The first Winne the Pooh book is in the Public Domain! Henry and I are planning ro record it as a Librivox duet, trading chapters, after we’re settled in OR!. Disney still owns the red-shirt version. I saw this handy poem on twitter:
If shirt he wear, artist beware. If nude he be, your Pooh is free!
I started watching The Tourist on BBC1 today — first ep was GREAT. Unpredictable, gripping! I hope it stays good till the end.
Here’s a song my therapist told me about. I love it. So sweet. Plus the guy’s voice is exactly my range so I can sing along without bouncing into a different octave all the time. :)
The new season of Queer Eye is so good! I especially liked Angel, Dr. Janeka, the homeless advocate guy, and the gumbo guy. Only two more eps to go, but then I have some older seasons to catch up on since I think I only watched one season with Chloe a few years ago.
I made fantastic roasted veggies for dinner again. Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, and mushrooms (in a balsamic sauce). Dave loves my cooking! *heart eyes*
It’s 2022 and I’m STILL ALIVE! Everybody dance now!! Bam, bam, bam-bam-bam!
We slept late and spent the entire day doing absolutely nothing. :D
Dave sat on the sofa and watched a South Korean sci-fi series that he says was terrible but enjoyable, and I sat near him and watched 5 or 6 episodes of the new season of Queer Eye and worked on my Christmas Robin embroidery. And now we’re watching one of our English cop reality shows (24 Hours in Custody, I think). There’s this one cop, Rachel, we’re absolutely crazy about. We shout RACHEL! whenever we see her. She needs a spin-off!
Pretty soon we’ll head to bed and watch a couple episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm and then go to sleep. I love our quiet, comfortable routine *heart eyes*
One week till moving day! Dave’s getting the car serviced tomorrow.
