Moving - The progress

I think for the next little while this blog is going to have a bit of a focus about the changes going on in my life and what all this is impacting.

So, what kind of progress has been made towards moving? Well, lets see. I have the content insurance papers sitting beside me, and an insurance broker just waiting until closer to move date to change my car insurance. In exchange for the car insurance refund, Momma has agreed to pay the content insurance (which....once the refund comes in is just a top up since the refund covers a good chunk of it).
My plan is to get that out into the mail on monday.

I have ordered my internet router, and am just waiting for it to arrive - hopefully next week since they said it would take about 10 days, which was yesterday, but i am being graceful and assuming little work happens on the weekend.

I have been told my aunt is donating some plates and stuff to me since she bought herself new ones anyways. I am looking for pots, and since walmart has some silverwear on sale, planning on going to get me some of that this weekend.

I am working on the packing, by which i mean to say my room is a mess of boxes and that doesnt seem to be changing any time soon. Maybe this weekend with few plans will help me to get more done. The goal is to dismantle the closet organizer to store all the boxes in there. But sometimes i still need a closet right now which makes this hard.

The rental agreement has not arrived yet, but chats with the landlord say its in the mail and just awaiting my reading and signature when it arrives. The plan is to send it back with the first months rent since i wont be living there for the first month anyways.

The ordered checks arrived, and are much cuter than i expected. And it was completely worth the added cost to give the donation to the OSPCA and get puppy faces on my checks. I find regular checks boring so this worked out for me. I did have to alter the standard format in case my addy changes, phone number changes, etc. Because of all the transition, I choose to just put an email address instead of all kinds of personal info. Hopefully this doesnt cause too many problems in the future and lets me keep using these for a while. Thats the plan at least.

How am I doing with all this? Nervous. Excited. Ready to move now. Needing to shop for thing for the new place but financially i can't at the moment, not until the rent clears, etc etc etc. I had to touch my savings today, to make sure a few things will clear when the time comes, and that made me a bit sad. Next month, when I am not paying rent for 2 places will be much easier, but this month my rent total was actually OVER what i make for the month. Ugh.

I am glad I know how to juggle money pretty effectively. In that I have a decent chunk of savings set aside in some different places that I can access if and when I need to. Though, it makes me sad when I have to.

I am glad I am resourceful, in that i knwo how to find the things i need, when i need them, and although they may not be as pretty or nice or shiny new, they work and are something that I can afford. I dont mind hand me downs if they still work. I dont mind used or garage sale or whatever, so long as in the end, it fills the needs.

I am glad I am able to fill the stressful times. I have been knitting on comission and even last night, I got another one - I let the woman know that I wont be able to get to it for a bit and she understood and still wanted the sweater coat she has ordered. And I will end up with alot of yarn in exchange - debbie bliss at that - so I am happy. I finished one fo the 4 commissions i have here right now, and have made good progress on the second one. the last 2 are long term projects, not due until the fall so I feel ok about it again. PLus I have put some good work into doing the project I want to send out for some work, which I am feeling ebtter about.

I think using these next 2 weekends to get things more on track is a good plan. I should probably pack some more and see how far i can get things done. I should also talk with mom about what furniture she plans on keeping in this room and if any of it is going, so I can work on getting it out.

Thats my plan, and I'm going to try to stick to it.