In less than three weeks.
Tina has done a kick ass job with a lot of the packing. I realize since we’re married everything is supposed to be 50/50 but there aint no fuckin’ way half of these boxes contain anything remotely close to some shit I need or want. I’ve been taking care of other odds and ends along with some of my own packing.
We sold Tina’s car a few weeks ago. This was becoming a worry because we had it up on AutoTrader for over two months before we got our first real offer. We got less than Tina wanted but I was glad we were done with it. But, don’t feel sorry for her one bit. She’s tooling around in my Audi while I can’t go anywhere until she gets home. Fortunately, this hasn’t become too much of a problem.
Today I listed our BBQ on craigslist for free-fiddy-free and within minutes emails and phone calls were rolling in. The grill wasn’t very well taken care of so I didn’t think I could get much for it anyway. But, the 15 year old kid who got here first was extremely excited to have his own grill. I gave him a quick primer on the intricacies in the art of grilling and he was on his way.
Enjoy, junior grill master.
Shortly afterwards I got a phone call on the washer and dryer from one of the neighbors. We put up signs on the mailboxes in our complex listing on the shit we wanted to dump. He and his wife are expecting and were in dire need of a W/D. I took a deposit and that’s now a done deal. Next up is the refrigerator.
We’re getting rid of a bunch of crap so we don’t have to drive some jumbo sized truck towing my car 2600+ miles. Much of it will be replaced when we get there and it will be nice to have some new shit instead the old crap we’ve been rockin’ for that past 7 years.
Moving’s a pain in the ass, but it sounds like yours is progressing about as nicely as can be expected..
When we moved three years ago, we gave away the old washer and dryer (almost 20 years old) via Craigs List since the new house had newer appliances. Found out the washer and dryer were crappy and both are now pieces of junk. Awaiting delivery of new washer and dryer in the next hour.
You can watch your money carefully at poker, but move or have other life circumstances and suddenly money is less real than at a casino. It seems like I bleed four figure bills regularly in 2010.