I'm Moving For the 10 Millionth Time
 | Current mood:  pleased Category: Travel and Places What is it with moving and me? If it's not state-to-state, it's city to city. If it's not city-to-city then it's dwelling to dwelling. It's nuts I tell ya. Is it because I was moved around so much as an infant? My biological mother has told me that I lived with quite a few people before the age of three. Did that bouncing around and instability at such an early age cause me to have some sort of emotional or psychological issue with staying put? Or do I move simply because I get bored? Or do I move simply because I can? Who knows? I just know that I'm moving again…but this time it's only two doors down. In August I moved out of the house I was living in and moved into a one-bedroom apartment. The house I had lived in was nice but I only had a studio-sized apartment with limited kitchen facilities, so the move into the apartment was a welcome change, even if I wasn't the one who initiated the move and it was only a one-bedroom. I would also be living alone again, and that was a big bonus. (I think I'm going to be a hermit for the rest of my life unless I get married.) Anyway, last week I noticed that one of my neighbors was moving his stuff out his two-bedroom apartment. The funny thing is that the apartment he was moving out of was the original apartment I lived in back in 1998 when I moved back to Salem from Everett, WA. (This was how I knew about the complex when I was looking to move earlier this year.) So, when I noticed that he was moving I asked the on-site manager if the owner would consider letting me have it. He said he hadn't rented it yet so he would check. Well, last night when I got home from work there was a note on my door saying the move had been approved! I'm so stoked. For a mere $25 a month more I get another whole room and more living room space as well. YAY! So unless the carpet cleaners can't make it in to clean the carpets of the two-bedroom apartment by the 15th, I'm moving on the 15th! The really crazy thing is that I'm excited about the move…and I only just moved two months ago! How can that be normal? Well, wait. I don't guess I'm really excited about the move…I hate that part. I'm excited about having more room. I'll have something like an office and a place to put wayward and weary travelers when they come to visit…and I do hope they'll come to visit. It's been a while since I've had fun stay over visitors…maybe I'll even put a nice little twin bed in there… So, of course this blog isn't just informational. It's also a request to all of my moving buddies…yes…I need your help, again! I'm sorry! I know I'm pathetic but this time it's only two doors down and won't require a lot of effort other than walking from one place to the other. I promise to do as much of it by myself as possible but I do need help with the big stuff. PLEASE? Let me know if you can help. Okay? I'll be forever indebted to you and will probably not pay you back except to love you with all my heart and be here for you when you need help moving emotional or psychological burdens. I keep promising that I won't move again, but I keep breaking my promises, so I won't do that again. This is simply part of who I am…for better or for worse. I haven't settled down yet because I simply haven't settled down, and I haven't had a reason to. Okay, I'm done talking about it. Just let me know if I can borrow some of your muscles on or before the 15th…or maybe even on the 16th. A rolling stone gathers no moss and neither does a moving woman. Love ya, Aunt Steph |
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