I’m sitting exhausted at my desk which I’ve just finally finished setting up again. I’m too exhausted to even begin to properly write about the entire move and the past 4 days. Needless to say I’ve arrived safely in Redmond. My only injury was a cut to my right index finger while wearing some latex gloves. Quite cool actually since the skin never got cut, it just bubbled up with blood (that is till I cut it). Yes, too much information, but never mind. My ego was also nicely demolished when I realized just how weak I’ve become since losing access to my weight machine at my Mom’s place. I tried lifting an 18x24x24 inch box filled with books and while I was able to get it into the 10′ U-Haul I nearly fell over backwards. So after getting the box into the truck I decided it would be best if I removed half the books before trying to lift the box once more onto another box to hold other stuff tightly behind it. I have to, and I mean have to, start using the facilities that are available here. 24 hours access to a heated pool, gym, sauna, and get this… a tanning bed. I’m not sure about the last two. Mostly because I’m fine not having a tan, it’s how people know I’m a geek. But geez do I miss having my gym and a pool.

So what else? Well I’m NEVER moving again (lies!), and I’ve realized that no matter how much I plan and how well I start out things just go pear shaped sooner or later. Case in point. I had everything fitting nicely till I got the truck filled to about 20% capacity. After that I realized there’s no way I could pack properly and manage to fit everything and be able to unload it easily. So at this point I just started placing stuff where I could. I’ve also realized that no matter how tired I get I’ll be fine in the end; no matter how daunting the task may seem I’ll probably get lucky like always and have some amazing story to tell about how it all worked out. Lastly, a piece of advice. Never ever take twice the recommended dosage of No-Doz… Your body will not stop shaking for at least a day.

With that I say good night, or good morning. I’ve got my speakers set up nicely and have the Riven soundtrack to fall asleep to at last. Tomorrow I must finish unpacking everything, sorting everything, shopping for some essentials (why the hell didn’t they provide at least a temporary shower curtain?), and who knows what else. After all that is finished by what I hope will be 5PM, I’ll finally be able to fix my NewsGator problem (annoyed with blogs going into parent folders because of NewsGator Online folders) then catch up with the rest of the world. Oh and, once again, thank you Dom for not only flying down but driving my car up in one piece; thank you also to my neighbor who helped me unload half of the U-Haul till 3AM. You said you had a blog running next door, as soon as I get the URL I’ll link accordingly .

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