I go online sometimes, but everyone's spelling is really bad. It's... depressing.

Tara ,'Get It Done'


Natter 74: Ready or Not  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Dana - Jul 24, 2015 8:24:12 am PDT #1547 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Nora, don't you read the comments on NOLA.com? Because black people are thugs who just sponge off the government and deserve what they get.

Fricking Jindal.

(I am in a foul mood because I'm in yet another unproductive meeting where we're going in circles.)


shrift - Jul 24, 2015 11:04:25 am PDT #1548 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Trying to arrange for when movers can come and pack my stuff. If they're available, I may end up missing most of Friday at VividCon because I can't really see packing up earlier than that. I don't want to sleep on a couch in the living room because the cats wouldn't leave me alone, and also the couches are covered in cat hair and I am allergic.

They're giving me a 5-30 day spread of when my crap will be delivered. Which means I could end up in a hotel/AirBNB situation until I can get a couch delivered or an air bed to sleep on.

Why so complicated.


Jesse - Jul 24, 2015 11:06:14 am PDT #1549 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Today was a confusing day at my office -- they are reconfiguring space, so the general word went out that people in that area had the day off, and there was a rumor that everyone else had a half day, but that wasn't really reinforced. So a lot of people were just out, but people who were in seemed all in? Anyway, I left at 3, which I think was OK? Unclear. Whatever.


meara - Jul 24, 2015 11:10:49 am PDT #1550 of 30003

That is weird, Jesse!

I took the train to my meeting and walked a ways...and the doctor is running at least 20 minutes late. Ugh. Want my weekend to start!!!!


Burrell - Jul 24, 2015 11:12:36 am PDT #1551 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Ugh shrift, 3 weeks seems like an awful lot of wiggle room on their part.


Dana - Jul 24, 2015 11:12:48 am PDT #1552 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Can you have them pack everything but your bed? You're probably going to want to toss all of your bedding into a dishpack or wardrobe box so that you can pull it out as soon as your stuff is delivered. So you could pack that one box, and then the movers deal with your bed.


shrift - Jul 24, 2015 11:16:30 am PDT #1553 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

My mom, sister, and two of my nieces are coming to visit me tomorrow. I have nothing planned. There's stuff we could do, like the Lincoln Park Zoo or going to the park & beach. But I haven't done anything to prepare. I just don't have enough spoons to plan a cross-country move AND organize for a visit. So I guess we'll play it by ear?


Dana - Jul 24, 2015 11:17:41 am PDT #1554 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Also, when they pack your apartment, and then when the movers come, either put the stuff that you don't want packed/moved in your roommate's room, or literally put it in a corner and rope it off or label the hell out of it.

The packers will do things like pack trash cans with trash in them, because they're not going to make any decisions about what stays and what goes.


Lee - Jul 24, 2015 11:18:23 am PDT #1555 of 30003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

I bet someone local can get you an airbed, shrift.


shrift - Jul 24, 2015 11:18:26 am PDT #1556 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

3 weeks seems like an awful lot of wiggle room on their part.

Peak moving season. Ugh.

Can you have them pack everything but your bed?

I think they're going to pack and load the same day, so I don't think this will work for me?