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This is the worst move I have seen as an adult
My MIL's stuff was moved out of her old flat and... some of our stuff was moved out of ours Saturday. Since then we've been camping in MIL's old flat with most of our stuff in garbage bags and piles.
There's a bed, a table and two dining chairs, and a bathroom. There's not really anywhere but the bed to sit comfortably, but then, we've been too tired to even find our stuff or keep the kitchen clean. The bunnies have a temporary enclosure in the living room. They've never been anywhere but the vet since we took them home as little babies, but they are eating and drinking (no binkying yet).
We spent most of yesterday moving more stuff from the old flat and we're still not done. I'm supposed to clean it (some) this afternoon before they show it to someone else tomorrow. The ACTUAL cleaning is going to be miserable if it doesn't cool down quite a bit and also take hours and hours. We have four oversize double glazed windows, the kind you have to prop up on furniture if you open them so they don't fall, and we have to clean the outside of them too. Also we have an old mattress too big to carry that we need to saw up in order to get rid of it. Sadly, we don't have a power saw.
I have cramps and a migraine, and a number of locations around our new house have a musty smell in various degrees (garage, basement, unfortunately the enclosed portico...) that aggravates my allergic sensitivities apparently, but nobody else can smell it,and I've just been prescribed an antihistamine, but we're so busy I keep forgetting it and keep ending up there carrying and moving things. It's in the sun porch at MIL's cottage too, but nobody else can smell it there either, and I was just too tired yesterday to say "I can't eat here because there's a subtle but pervasive musty smell that's been here since last winter and hasn't aired out and nobody else can smell it but I can't stand to breathe it through my nose and I can taste it too."
It's been cold almost all summer, but it was nearly as hot as it ever gets here this weekend (27 C). We haven't had time to set up our computers, so I haven't had one since Friday afternoon.
I think it would be handy if there were a designated outdoor spot, like a hill, where anybody could go and scream as loud and long as they want. Even out in a rural paradise, one doesn't want to accidentally alarm the neighbors.
There's a bed, a table and two dining chairs, and a bathroom. There's not really anywhere but the bed to sit comfortably, but then, we've been too tired to even find our stuff or keep the kitchen clean. The bunnies have a temporary enclosure in the living room. They've never been anywhere but the vet since we took them home as little babies, but they are eating and drinking (no binkying yet).
We spent most of yesterday moving more stuff from the old flat and we're still not done. I'm supposed to clean it (some) this afternoon before they show it to someone else tomorrow. The ACTUAL cleaning is going to be miserable if it doesn't cool down quite a bit and also take hours and hours. We have four oversize double glazed windows, the kind you have to prop up on furniture if you open them so they don't fall, and we have to clean the outside of them too. Also we have an old mattress too big to carry that we need to saw up in order to get rid of it. Sadly, we don't have a power saw.
I have cramps and a migraine, and a number of locations around our new house have a musty smell in various degrees (garage, basement, unfortunately the enclosed portico...) that aggravates my allergic sensitivities apparently, but nobody else can smell it,and I've just been prescribed an antihistamine, but we're so busy I keep forgetting it and keep ending up there carrying and moving things. It's in the sun porch at MIL's cottage too, but nobody else can smell it there either, and I was just too tired yesterday to say "I can't eat here because there's a subtle but pervasive musty smell that's been here since last winter and hasn't aired out and nobody else can smell it but I can't stand to breathe it through my nose and I can taste it too."
It's been cold almost all summer, but it was nearly as hot as it ever gets here this weekend (27 C). We haven't had time to set up our computers, so I haven't had one since Friday afternoon.
I think it would be handy if there were a designated outdoor spot, like a hill, where anybody could go and scream as loud and long as they want. Even out in a rural paradise, one doesn't want to accidentally alarm the neighbors.