Mom's getting here on the 11th. We'll be leaving for North Carolina on the 13th, I think.

SO MUCH TO DO! I AM FREAKING OUT!! STill need to get Penny to the vet. And pack. And figure out about getting my car to salvage and find a box for my tv and and and. I'll get it all done though.

I did have to get another phone ordered because mine isn't working right -- hardware issues. It's on back order so it will be here in 5-7 days. If it takes more than 15 they'll get me one. I can use mine it just...sounds like the number pad is being touched when it's not. Even when I have the phone on speaker.

figure out about getting my car to salvage

Around here, there are charities you can donate your car to, that will come and take it away. And then you can write it off your taxes if you itemize, which with moving expenses you might.

Well I have the names of 2 salvage yards I just have to call them for information. I don't know what charities take cars.

If I was thining about it I should have kept better records for the medical expenses. I've never itemized. I have a feeling I'm going to make so little it won't matter. I should have been getting reciepts at Goodwill but with this year and how much has gone on I'm just pushing through to get it done. I have more boxes to repack books and pack the last of them. I need to find out about something else that I've now forgotten about. I'll remember tomorrow.

I'm goign to see if Habitat for Humanity will take household stuff as well as the furniture and maybe save some trips to Goodwill.

Then there's the massive collection of diet coke cans I need to redeem but for some reason redeeming them gives me panic attacks. Oh and my gift certificate tot he yarn store I need to go to St Albans and use that. Maybe I'll stuff all the cans in my car, go up to St Albans to the place that doesn't make me anxious to redeem my cans, go to the yarn store and then...um...stuff.

(I feel slightly like Shaun in Shuan of the Dead redoing plans about how they are going to get his mum, kill his step dad, get Liz and go to the pub).

Local public radio stations sometimes take cars.

I know your can donate your car and benefit CJ's Search and Rescue team.

I'll look into that Suzi.

I have numbers for salvage yards, the main thing is going to be timing. I don't really want to rent a car for just a day so I'll probably figure out about getting rid of the car the day before we leave. Depending on when the furniture is picked up there's a good chance we'll spend the night in a local hotel. So get the Uhaul, take the car to salvage, the furniture is gone, load hte Uhual, clean at some point, possibly spend hte night in a hotel. I don't know!

I made a list, I just have to check things off the list. And actually do them.

I find that no matter how well I lay my plans, something disrupts them, so it's better to have a general outline of a plan and be ready to swing with the things I didn't anticipate. There's always something.

Of course, that's the thinking that leads to me carrying everything I could possibly need in a big bag and still not having an umbrella, so the "prepare for anything but be flexible" plan is itself flawed because I can't possibly anticipate everything.

Anyway. Yeah. It'll work out.

I should be asleep. I wasn't which is a good thing because there was a burning smell and the socket in the bathroom was blackening a bit.

I unplugged stuff. The circuit is tied to the bedroom and hall light so I can't really shut it off without losing all light source. Now I'm a little scared to go to sleep.

Sounds like it's a good thing you're moving, askye. Does your landlord have an emergency number? Electrical fires probably qualify.

There wasnt an actual fire more a blackening of the outlet.

I contacted them.

There is also another mouse. The mouse issue only happened after the oil tank and new furnace were put in so I think they got in then or there is a small hole. U said something about that.

I'm probably a terrible person but I don't want to deal with it right now and Penny seems to be doing better with hunting so I'm just...ignoring the issue. I actually saw the mouse as it ran behind something and I just don't have the patience to try and extract it while being careful with my knee.