5 Days To Go

So, yesterday I came here and talked about how our truck situation wasn't going to work out so well for the couch, so today I decided to look into what it takes to rent a truck.  We rented a truck to move to Nashville 4 1/2 years ago, but I didn't do the renting.  I don't know how it happened, but we just had one, and I didn't have any part in the rental.  Anyway, I heard it was kind of inexpensive, so I checked it out.

I got a 10 foot truck for four hours, plus insurance, and it only cost $35.  Pretty nice.  I imagine we would spend close to that amount on gas back and forth.  Maybe not that much, but still, time is money, too.  It's about a 15 minute drive from my current place to the new place, so one load will take a half an hour just driving.  If the traffic is bad (which it can be in that area sometimes), then the travel time will take even longer.  We have a lot of stuff, and it'll be nice to put a lot of the big things in one or two loads and take it all at one time.  The four hour time limit will ensure we move, move, move our asses into gear, as well.  I think it's the perfect solution to our little sizable furniture problem.

Looking forward to a new place, not really looking forward to all the work it's going to be next monday, but the reward will be excellent.  No one really likes moving, but it's a fact of life.

Six Days till Move Day

Pretty much not packing.  That's our philosophy to this move.  I don't know, we just don't really like packing. But there is certainly a part of me that feels weird moving in six days and not really having anything packed, and no plans to pack anything either.  I mean, I have a box packed of stuff from the top of our dresser that I want to take, and I packed up our DVDs and video games and video game systems, but that's about it.  I believe we will pack up our dishes when the time is closer, but right now we're using them, so I don't want to pack them yet.  I think our plan of moving without packing might be a bad idea, but it might save us a ton of unnecessary work in the long run.  Or it will cause us a ton more unnecessary work.  Should be interesting.

Another problem I thought of the other day, my mom came down with their truck to help us move the big stuff.  What I though of the other day was that I don't think our couch is going to fit in the bed of the truck. Like...at all.  This is a problem because how are we gonna get the couch to the new house?  My mom is sitting right over there as I type this, and I haven't even raised this question to her yet because I just thought of it.  We might need to rent a truck after all.  I suppose we'll have to discuss this.

So today, I brought my wife to the airport because she is going to a work conference in Portland, OR.  She'll be gone the rest of the week, and this is uncharted territory for us.  I have both kids, one of which is breastfed, so I hope he doesn't miss his mama too badly.  We've got a freezer full of milk for the boy, but the comfort of the boob will be missed, hopefully not too badly.  As I said, my wonderful mom is here to help me this week and next during the move, so that's nice.  Don't know what I would do without her.

After bringing my wife to the airport, I went out to Mt. Juliet to buy a microwave off of craigslist.  I had conferred with the seller on Sunday and again on Monday about picking it up on Tuesday, (today) early this morning.  And of course, I went all the way out there and the person didn't answer their phone or answer my texts.  Perfect.  What a waste of my morning.  I don't understand how that happens.

That's all I feel like typing today.  I won $15 on a scratch off ticket yesterday, so that's awesome.  Later, folks.

Why Do Girls "Throw Like a Girl?"

I've got a serious question.  Why do girls throw like a girl?  I don't understand.  I mean, have you ever seen a girl that doesn't throw like a girl?  I haven't done a ton of study on this, but what is it that makes girls throw like a girl?

Sometimes boys throw like a girl, too. I think that Phillip Rivers of the San Diego Charges throws like a girl, but a girl that can throw a ball super far, and he's an NFL quarterback.  I'm not saying girls can't throw a ball, because they can, but I don't think I've ever seen a girl throw like a boy.  Is there something structural with the elbow and shoulder that is different in boys and girls that makes them throw that way?  And you know what I mean, it's that sort of shove/throw thing, where girls sort of lean into it.  I throw like a girl when I throw left-handed, because I'm right handed and I don't know how to throw with my other hand.

And that's another thing, what's up with handedness, anyway?  Why are we dominant with one hand over the other?  Don't you think that evolution would have made us ambidextrous by now?

I wish I had the answers here on this blog, but I don't.  I guess I'm seeking answers.  If you have an answer, hit me up in the comment section, or perhaps leave a comment on Facebook.  Whichever is easier for you.  I need to know. 

We're Moving: The Purge

The move day is coming ever closer.  It's about four weeks away now, and we're starting to get prepared by going through some of our stuff that we don't need to move with us.  We're assuming that our storage space is going to be limited, so we're getting rid of crap that we don't need.  So yesterday, my lovely sister-in-law came by to watch the kids so the wife and I could go through our outside storage thing and deal with some of the stuff we don't need anymore.  What we found was large totes full of books and movies that we really don't need anymore.  So after weeding though it, we filled two totes full of VHS tapes and books to take to McKay's, a used junk superstore here in town.  I'd never been to McKay's before yesterday, but I was really impressed with the place.  I'd like to take a couple hours and go through that place because their inventory was quite vast.  We barely got through the video games and used kids DVD's when the crap we brought was done being processed.  Speaking of the process, I really liked that they have this open air sort of design to that area, where you can actually see the folks sorting through peoples stuff, looking up their values and stuff, right behind the desk when you walk in.  Looked like a pretty interesting job, if you ask me. It didn't take long for our number to come up saying our thing was ready.  We were expecting them to maybe take half of what we brought, which was sort of true.  They took almost all of the books we brought and maybe a couple of the VHS tapes.  Tapes I know they took were a box set Star Wars trilogy thing.  I kinda figured they would take that.  But we were only left with a couple books, and now I don't know what to do with VHS copy of Days of Thunder I still own.  We were also not really expecting much of a return, money-wise from our transaction, so we were surprised to get $17 for all of it.  But like I was saying, I look forward to going back there sometime and browsing around for a bit because there was a lot of stuff there.

Back to the cleaning out process, we were able to either throw away or donate a lot of stuff from the storage thing, so that's nice. There isn't much in the storage thing anymore, so it'll make moving day a lot easier. Next task is our walk-in closet, which I can't imagine there will be much to purge, but I also thought that about the storage thing, so we'll see, I suppose.  The last time we moved, we waited until too close to the moving day to do this stuff, so I'm glad we're doing it now.  It'll make that final week a lot less stressful.  The hardest part of the purge, as you may or may not know, is that I am a bit of a hoarder when it comes to stuff I've owned for a long time.  Stuff I will never need anymore, but I don't want to separate from it.  My brother worked long and hard to make me a compilation VHS tape of the best matches of Shawn Michaels' career, and I've had that tape in a box for 12 years.  Yesterday, I threw it in a dumpster.  Sorry, Matt.  All those matches are on YouTube now, so if I want to watch one, I can anytime I want.  It just feels weird to me, throwing away stuff.  

The best thing about this purge is I found a whole bunch of old pictures.  I can't wait to go through them, and post some of the better ones.  Should be a lot of fun.  Okay, that's all, for now.  See ya later.