Well, if Clay Davis can get off...

Allyson, what happened to hiring Colin's brothers?

I dunno. I'd happily pay them, but that also means renting a truck for the weekend, plus a handtruck, and I don't know that I can drive a truck.

And then I have to worry about them hurting themselves trying to get that armoire up the stairs.

It just sounds easier to me to hire a mover, get it all done in a couple hours, in one trip. I can move everything I can lift into the place at the asscrack o' dawn, and then have movers take the heavy shit.

I want it all in on a Saturday, so I can at least have my bed back together and have the kitchen unpacked before work on the following Monday.

Books and decorative crap can wait.

I do need to go to IKEA and get blinds for the windows, I don't think there are any there.

Gah. I sound insane. I feel insane. This was maybe not a good time to quit smoking.

Can someone explain to me how the Detroit mayor believes he'll be exonerated from perjury charges?

Uh...nope.

As I understand it, he and his former chief of staff gave sworn testimony that they weren't having a sexual affair. Then text messages were found indicating that they were having an affair. The mayor has apologized to the city and his family, which, as far as I can tell, equals him admitting that he had the affair.

Uh ...yep. Also settled a huge law suit with former police officers for their help in covering it up.

How will he wiggle out of a perjury charge?

By ascending to a large snake only to be thwarted by a small blonde in a leather jacket. AFAIK, this is the only way out for bad mayors.

it is always a good time to quit smoking. GO YOU!!

the moving stuff will work out, if you don't get everything you need for decorating before the move, you can do it in the weeks after - make your list of the absolutely positively needs to be done stuff and figure out how they are going to happen first.

t is always a good time to quit smoking. GO YOU!!

I actually said this outloud before I read msbelle's post. She is wise.

I predict failure. I didn't bring smokes with me to work, and I have an appointment at 3pm to see about a nicotine inhaler to help me out a bit.

The salad I bought today was $3 cheaper than the salad I bought Friday. Screw you Metro Cafe, you and your over-priced lettuce.

also? note to self - MAKE AND BRING YOUR OWN DAMN SALAD!!1!! which will be at least half the cost and organic.

I don't know that I can drive a truck.

Last time I moved, it was with a small truck, bigger than a van but smaller than the 20-foot Uhaul kind. (I think it was, in fact, 13 feet.) And I was pleasantly surprised with how driveable it was: not too wide for the lane, fine on the turns, not weird with acceleration or braking. The only comment I had on it was that the seats were waaaay bouncy, and that the cab of the truck smelled like feet. But, I think that's true of all trucks.

Now, it was barely big enough for all my stuff, or anyway I had a couple carloads of incidentals. But that is a function of my pack-rat issues rather than of the truck itself.

Driving a truck, especially on narrow-ish streets can be nervous-making at first, but eventually you get a sense of how much space you're taking up and it gets a lot easier.

eta: If you have to maneuver in a small space (especially backing up) it's a good idea to get someone outside to guide you....

I predict failure.

Don't predict. Just do. If you fail, do again. But wait until actual failure before dealing with it.

Gnargh. I know a guy who can do hard drive recovery for me for cheap. And I need my data. But the guy...let's just say he's one of the guys that tried to extort money from Tom Cruise over his wedding photos. msbelle, you just got a data recovery quote--you know how insane prices are. This is the only possible way I can afford it.

I just don't want to make the call.