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Friday, August 31, 2007
Moving is Expensive
Johnathan posted a couple of days ago, mentioning how expensive weddings are (though nobody could hear him since he apparently neglected to preview his own video beforehand), and well, wedding costs are now thrown from my mind as I come to the exact realization of moving costs. To be honest, it’s the cats who throw a wrench in the whole thing, because there’s simply no way that we could just rent a moving van and do it that way because of the cats. It will be okay, but a bit stressful as a result. I sent out two boxes yesterday, and they are both on their way to Johnathan’s house in Ohio, and I have packed one more. I plan to pack one more box tonight, and make a trip to the post office again in the morning. I’ll be mailing out two boxes and three books tomorrow, one of which I will be paid for sending. It’s an expensive proposition, but I’m hoping that I won’t have many more packages to mail out, and if I do have to go with the larger boxes, I’ll probably go with the bigger ones that I bought from Uhaul and send them via UPS, just to save myself some money. At least that way, even if I’m paying a little more, I’m shipping a lot more at one time, and saving myself some headaches in the process. After all, I need to minimize the amount of things that I have left in my room before we go, because there’s only so much room in my car. I’m making progress in that regard, though – progress that is tangible.
In order to make sure that I’m as organized as I can manage, I’ve taken to listing out everything that I’ve packed in my boxes. I did not go so far as listing each piece of sheet music, nor writing out a detailed list of each school project that I stacked into the box. All of my books are listed out, but that’s mostly because a lot of those books are precious to me, and if I need to find them, it’s definitely beneficial for me to have them listed onto a specific box. Johnathan’s shock at how many books I fit into one box was amusing – I don’t think he fully grasps the number of books that I have. I certainly don’t have the most books of anyone I’ve ever known, but I’m certainly above the median in number.
In terms of everything else, I did manage to get some things done yesterday. I did a load of laundry, got two cat carriers, two small litterboxes (which will be taped down for the trip – no messes please!), feliway spray, and a prescription that I needed refilled. I was going to look into purchasing a roof bag, but unfortunately with the amount of money that I spent yesterday, I simply couldn’t justify doing that. So, the roof bag will be purchased with my next paycheck, so that I can use this one (what’s left of it) to pay for shipments. I am trying very hard to be positive about this trip, because with the stresses of work (and the looming need to work more overtime than we’re even required to do), the stresses that my family (however accidentally) put on me, and the stresses of wanting to make sure I’ve accomplished everything in time for the move, I need to maintain my sanity somehow. I keep saying that if I make it to Ohio with my health and my sanity both in tact, it will be by sheer miracle.
Come down to it, though, Johnathan is being very helpful and supportive. He’s always willing to lend an ear when I’m feeling stressed, frustrated or just plain pissed off. He wants to help right now, and even though that’s not possible, the sentiment helps my frame of mind greatly, especially where I’m receiving little to no help from my family. His plans for our drive from Oregon to Ohio are also helpful, as he’s helping my efforts in research to make sure that I’m mentally and emotionally prepared for this journey. I just feel so loved and cared for, even from such a distance that I can’t imagine how I’ll feel when we’re in the same state, living together. I look forward to it. There are no words to express how in love with Johnathan I am. I just can’t get them out. I usually count myself a moderately articulate person, but in this instance, language has failed me.
Just because no post lately would be complete without mention of marriage or weddings, wow, weddings are expensive and complicated! It’s enough to make a person want to elope! I guess maybe that’s the point: Make the wedding a stressful and crazy event, and then go away for a week or two just to recover (and enjoy each other as husband and wife, of course). I don’t know if it’s really worth it to me to follow that path, but we’ll see. I love Johnathan, and whatever we end up deciding, I’m sure it will make for good stories when we’re old and the young folks are asking us about how we met and how our younger days were. (Will people even do that, or is it just me who is interested in the lives of old people?) I love being in love with Johnathan, and I love how safe and accepted he makes me feel, even when I’m being completely irrational and stupid (like when the fact that I don’t have any sauce for my onion rings makes me start crying).
Ain’t love grand?
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