Moving Update

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Moving Update: I’ve been busy house hunting and sorting and packing and not cleaning. The worst part of moving is the absolute lack of motivation to clean. The past few weeks, I’ve been living with stacks and piles and heaps of junk that I have no interest in picking up. Why clean it when it’s going to go into a box? I did force myself to clean the kitchen and wash dishes this morning, though, and right now I’m taking a break from cleaning out the bathroom cupboards.

The good news is that I think I have found a place. It’s an apartment, not a house, but the price is right and there are no size or breed restrictions for dogs. Huzzah! There’s a hefty pet deposit, but that’s to be expected. Harriet, even when she was suffering from awful separation anxiety, has never been the least bit destructive toward things like carpet, woodwork, and blinds. She is more the “tears up bedding and drags trash through the house” sort of baddog. I once had a dog with separation anxiety who broke windows and tore up doors and blinds, and that was No Fun. Since Harriet is a pretty good dog, I don’t expect that I’ll have any trouble getting my deposit back at the end. The people deposit is only $100, which surprised me, but I called several management companies and that seems to be the norm for apartment complexes around here. Weird! Little do they know, I’m the one they should worry about, not my dog. She isn’t likely to spill paint on the carpet.

I have an appointment to look at the place tomorrow morning, so if the planets are in the proper alignment and everything works out, I’m hoping I can move soon. Like, this weekend or next weekend. I can’t wait! The big question is whether or not it has enough room and that it has the proper configuration for setting up work space.

Now, back to packing and sorting and cleaning!