BIG FAT UPDATE AS OF 10:00 PM, Monday, 3-26-12:
Back home in the new place which has internet access, posting before I
sleep. I am going to be back out again at the east-end-of-Charleston
place tomorrow morning to try and pack some more.
My landlady has no choice on the matter of having to get us to move
us out... the law in Nevada unfortunately does not protect tenants in a
short sale. If the bank says "We got an offer, now give us an empty
house in X time or else" the house owner (and their tenant) is just
plain stuck with it.
In the meanwhile...
A hell of a LOT of stuff happened today. First of all, the landlady
was able to give us some moving money to start with to try to help us
out, then a friend of mine from out of state gave 100 bucks.
A fellow Redditor has a wife who works at a small, local moving
company. We were able to use that combined cash to reserve a
professional moving truck and a couple of guys for a decently
compassionate price. AWESOME. The truck will arrive at the old
end-of-Charleston place at 9am and we should be done with 95% of the
move by 12 noon if the packing works out OK to start with.
So I spent the day knocking myself out trying to freaking PACK... and
I pretty much crashed in the middle of the day while trying. Yikes.
:(
The now-former landlady (who normally lives out of state) is here for
a few hours trying to help with the packing while trying to do other
stuff she has to do at the same time. She's just clarified that the
time we needed to be out is actually Friday. WTF?
OK, I can't blame her... she's been jerked around so much by this
whole real-estate thing that a lot of miscommunication had been going
on. She's actually a really nice lady, but has a hard time thinking
things through under stress. Besides, that gives us two whole extra
days to do a basic cleanup or move stuff we didn't have time to pack
after the major truck move is done, so that works out anyway in our
favor. I decided I don't want to be at that place again after Thursday.
Now that we have the professional truck, we do need help packing on
Tuesday, if anyone's available. After I quit typing this update, I'll
start answering comments and dealing with PMs.
A twist in the story: the landlady has a bunch of furniture in the
house that she is unable to move out in time. She needs to make a
decision by at least the end of tuesday what she wants us to do with the
big, heavy, wooden dining room table, the two overstuffed chairs, and
the two not-fantastic-but-usable/acceptable dark green recliner sofas.
Stay tuned for updates.
If the former landlady is willing to let us decide what to do with
her old furniture, I'd want to offer it all for free to my fellow
Redditors rather than to just anyone on craigslist. (It would take too
long to try to sell it all anyway.)
My new landlady has dibs on the dining room table. Unfortunately
adding that big table to the professional move might cost more than what
is budgeted for the moving company. If that's true, I may need help
with some Redditors and a truck anyway later Wednesday afternoon. (No
worries about needing a covered truck for that table.)
If you still want to help, PM me with your phone number. I'm
getting up early to go back to the end of Charleston by bus starting
around 8:30am tomorrow (tuesday). There's no Internet access there at
the old place, but I will try to a break and bringing the laptop to the
local McDonalds on Charleston and Sloan mid-morning and then
mid-afternoon to see what you guys have to say. (I have no smartphone)
Thanks in advance, guys. :)
(Third update from 7am Tuesday morning: (I just woke
up.... I REALLY hope that my energy for packing does not give out today
before everything is taking care of. Yikes. Wish me luck.
TUESDAY NOON UPDATE:
Next door neighbor at old place is letting me on their router with an
ethernet cord right now. YAY! Don't have to drag myself to McDonalds a
mile away... I'm tired enough.
It's official: Free furniture everyone! Pizza and free furniture for all who help!!! :-D
Turns out that we need packing help today (and thanks to those who
offered it - I just sent you PMs). Someone came through with a little
extra cash for us, so we can definitely afford pizza for anyone who can
help.
On wednesday it turns out that the biggest thing will be last-minute
packing, then a ride to follow the truck to the new place. The movers
said they will arrive with their professional truck sometime between 9
and 11. Anyone who helps us get from here to there will be fed PIZZA
and have their choice of free furniture. :)
If you have a truck and are only available in the afternoon, that can
work... you'd have to grab us near our new place and drive us back to
our old place, though.
TUESDAY 4PM UPDATE
Long story short... EscoAK came over and REALLY helped me knock out 90% of the packing. Wouldn't have been possible without him.
We just have a little packing left, but I am REALLY shot, as in
burned out, exhausted, blasted and fried so I am just going to sleep for
a few hours. I or my life partner MIGHT be able to handle a little
more packing work after 6pm tonite after a good rest... stay tuned.
I will post again if we can use help in the evening. There's a
chance that we can have Redditors over for a couple hours then, if
anyone wants to be here then.
I am also going to get up early tomorrow and take care of the last
10% before the truck comes. Redditors are welcome in the morning for
help.
I now have permission and the password to the neighbor's wifi (awesome neighbor!) so we can keep in touch.
TUESDAY 9:30PM:
ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz
Wednesday 8:15am
I woke up TIRED, but my guy has some energy and can handle and
coordinate stuff. Still some packing to do. 2 redditors due at 9 am to
help. Truck due between 9 and 11. I am going to ask for it to be
closer to 10 to 11 if possible.
Wednesday 8:25 PM
All stuff moved into new house. That part's over.
Current health state: shaking exhaustion. It was damn hard to hold it
together today enough to be normal enough make this move work.
Unfortunately I have to go back to the old place tomorrow and deal
with final clean-up and taking pics proving we are out. Landlady also
wants us to deal with getting rid of her old furniture, since she live
out of state. She made me and my guy sign a legal agreement that we do
this for her (under pressure) or else we would not get funds for moving.
Legal agreement also includes a clause that we do something we have no
permission to do from a certain third party - or else.
Crap... I am too tired for this sh**. I just want to sleep for a
week. The first treatment for my new round of chemotherapy is coming up
and I am tempted to tell my oncologist to delay it because I can't
handle this much exhaustion and chemo at the same time. I just sent the
landlady an email telling her this.
I'm looking forward to having all this behind me, being able to give proper thanks to the Redditors who helped, etc.
Thursday morning
Finally had my first GOOD SLEEP at the new place in nearly two weeks.
Woke up with an idea. I think I know how to handle the pressure from
the landlady. Without revealing certain legal details, I figured out an
angle which will make that pressure go away. :)
Thursday evening
Got the legal help I needed to clear the legal crap mentioned above.
Also getting help with the clearing-out of the old house. I am one day
away from being finished with this whole move. YAY!
Friday night
It's over. I'm safe in my new home now. :)
Saturday: took all this text off of my original post and moved it to this blog.
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