Move Update

Hello all!

Here’s another update. Just for you. Yes… you.

We are officially in our new place. If you’d like the new address, it’s the same as before. The apartment number is the only thing that changed. Instead of 2040, it is now 2027. So if you want to send me gifts or something (just kidding) remember 2027.

I was really nervous about the move before it took place. Now that we are here and settled with the new roommates, I am more than content. But here’s a play by play of the happenings before and after the move.

Tuesday the 29^th I went with a friend (Ashley from work) to a concert featuring Phantom Planet, Jacks Mannequin, and Paramore. It was a great show and I was very glad to have gone. Even with all the hub-bub of finding a parking spot a half mile away. Hehe. When I got back to the apartment, Candace and Brandon had arrived. With the living room being the only other room of our old apartment, they had camped out and made themselves as at home as you can on the floor of a living-room. We couldn’t move into our new place until the 2^nd. The next couple of days were a bit rough with the extra stuff in the apartment and trying to get everything settled for the move.

Saturday rolls around and we can finally move into the new apartment. We wake up as a group and go down to the front office to get our new keys. The lady we’d been working with to get the transfer settled wasn’t working and the guy working tries to tell us that we were supposed to be out of our other apartment by the night before. How would that have even been possible? Crazy. Anyway, we ignore him and continue to get our move on. Brandon, one of Justin’s co-workers, came to help with some of the big items as he had a Durango and loves us enough to help. So while Justin and Brandon were doing that, the other Brandon, Candace, and I moved from our cars. Brandon and Candace did their stuff first and then unpacked a bit and continued to help Justin and I. We were very pleased that our new roomies were as helpful as they were. In between moving, I cleaned the walls and vacuumed the old apartment making it as clean as possible.

I won’t lie to you, I HATE moving and will do what I can to never have to move again. It was the hottest, most awful day of my life. I was sweaty and sunburnt and felt lazy at the same time. Hard to explain unless you were there. Poor Justin had been called into work the night before so he had to move on less than 4 hours of sleep. He suffered from heat stroke and had to take it easy for a couple of hours. We did our best and were completely done moving (except for the couch) by around 6. Shortly thereafter, our friend Juan came with his truck to help us move the couch. Juan had expected us to be moving across town or something, so he was pleasantly surprised to find we were only moving across the complex. Moving the couch took about a half hour or so.

After that was done, our new roomies treated us to pizza. It was basically the first meal any of us had eaten all day. After pizza, we all went swimming and had a short but good night. We were all exhausted and called it a night fairly early.

So that’s the move. As I said, our new roommates, Brandon (Justin’s brother) and Candace (Brandon’s girlfriend), are here and we are very happy to have good roommates. I don’t think that I can say enough how pleased I am with how the living situation has gone so far. I know it’s only 2 weeks or so into it, but we’re definitely on the right track.

So that’s about it that’s new in the life of Jackie. Other than work and moving, nothing has really happened lately. I will be posting another blog either tonight or tomorrow with a separate theme. So stay tuned and see what’s up.

Love,
Jax

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