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20220430PackMoveAndOther4LWords.HP.txt

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20220430PackMoveAndOther4LWords.HP.txt

So up the night, most of it
maybe 2 hours overnight
but some collapse down time
after dark, whem many/most might watch TV...

going through stuff,
DeLabeling
somehow that's therapeutic for me,
and makes some space, as volumes of
milk jugs, cans, etc are a lot less
without the bulk of the rest of the container(s),
packaging...

But the memory is getting fuzzy...

M-4H
and i was up, likely a lot before then
got a text around 0545a? or so
something from McD and/or Dunkin Donuts
i've got plenty of junk here, thanks,
need to shower, so ~20 minutes
you eat in peace...

and getting started again,
someone coming in, this a family member
and just getting around, as had packed
a to go cart of kitchen things for a hotel,
lighter weight cast iron,
a pressure cooker (did i find a cord for it?)
some dishes,
a few cans of things
hoping to restock from storage,

and had been trying to pack
i can do folding flat boxes into
shaped boxes in my sleep,
fairly literally
and the tops, (re)learned that too,
flat pack shipping like Ikea or something
containerized, like for 3D printing,
well LaserCutting, wood or plastic,
or anything within reason, of course,
so cuts in certain places
the Staples Basic boxes and they are
pull off top from one side
make a box shape,
and fold over the labeled tab
pull in the two arms
pulling away where perferated
like a swimming backwards
if in a wadding pool or something
get away type octopus/ omeba (sp?)
playing in water,
but this is much more serious,
save my stuff, seems to be a motto,

but some others came long,
~0900a arrives, sibling got a call
one their way,
movers, and finding the place,
they had the address,
i'd been out,
had to walk off every time packaging
was mentioned,
dropped off some old pedals,
a broken chainring/ crank arm,
the guard broken not sure about the pedal threading,
bagged, and mostlythe broken right ones,
the lefts work, so keeping those,
idealing in pairs, but spares
help too...

I had dropped in quickly and gotten a pedal wrench
use, took off the older broken one
a Bell with double sized adapter,
so took a while, bending over,
people nearby, and wearing stained
North Face jogger shorts
which are jogger thin to start with,
then while had underwear, boxers
underneath, may have shown more than intended,
i hear about later,
as got hlep moving a mattress, a pickup truck
fixed by a friendly employee at storage i've
had about as long as i've been in Arlington
and some talk of other help,
which i really need to organize,
as last day of move...

Cleaners were scheduled,
and cancelled the day before...
so no help there
supposed to leave it in the shape rented in,
which isn't likely, as 9 years living here,

and at 5 years i own the carpet, from depreciation,
and since had BedBugs, etc, likely needs replacement
anyways, not a lot of stains, but one at least,
and some scratch on the tub, cleaning a
stainless rack, and scratched off the enamel
on the corner of the tub, very visible
but not that big a spot,
other repairs they haven't been doing,
and some drill and charger left out in the
trash area, picked up and someone wasn't happy
for a long time, i kept it, and giving it back,
had bought my own, and teaching people not
to leave dangerous things laying out,
there are kids around, and everything
is a weapon with sibling rivalry,
especially at ceratin ages,
but even pushing 60 there are still
issues,

No not giving a ride to the hotel,
i've not liked being a passenger,
generally not a motor person,
and some other people in control
makes it untenniable (sp? one n?)
for me, so biking places and meet there,
and another one of those today,

you see time came and my packing
prep work was sufficient for a $2k set
of three professional movers,
and a truck, for 4 hours
which turns out to be about $100/hour
per person,
and they come in and i'm nto good enough?
Who the F do they think they are?
well standing around for an hour plus,
thet will do an estimate for packing,
and waiting on boxes and supplise to show up,
and it's turning into $5k and feeling
rather exploited, left hanging on a deadline,
move out day there, next to last day,
and cleaners the next,
i'm still trying to box things
and dealing with that, have to go to them,
truck blocking things, on top of exhaustion,
stress beyond believeable  (sp? e?)
lack of sleep, physically
and bending over problems,
most things on the floor stay there,
one push an old mop handle
and i want the food packaging labels
that fall,
the extra bags and other miscellanious
not as important
arguments (sp? e?) are going to insue,
and already have, previously,
best i can do is i gave up a mattress,
and box spring , arranged with someone
who offered to help move it,
was going to the Trades center,
but ended up at siblings front curb
or thereabouts Residential pickup
hadn't arrived and rush over,
guy closes up the office,
has someone checking,
there were phone calls while getting help,
and loading with bike, as biked to that,
throw the bike in as a sandwich,
between mattress and box spring
keep from getting hurt,
had to take off a back bag,
and first ime in soemone elses truck,
had to have the window open,
as like a dog need wind in my face,
and things might work out,
will see,
day before at that point
and plans to do other things,
which still haven't settled
with a deadline for later today,
all out or it's someone else's?
WTF?

Who died and made some asshole
God?
And up there with Putin for being an ass,
Ego through the roof,
and gloating, and other obnoxious behaviors,
i don't even talk to him,
he's tried, but too late,
only after trying to get rid of me,
does he want to talk,
and dominate and other shit,
eff off, nd that's the polite version,
how a system set up to help people,
affordable housing, doesn't say safe,
decent, and those terms are bantied (sp? p?)
about so much in inspections, where
it's all blame game, and only the resident
is the target, not the apartment management
especially at this market, with AmazonVille
LeperVille and all the other problems...

SqueezingOut people, sounds to teens like a pimple,
where targeting the scape goats,
but i digress,
not a lot of time, up in the night,
and trying to get some sense of the last day(s),
eating sugar, went for some cold sweets,
on the way out, had to check on things,
pressure showing on others,
calling woke up sibling,
and not happy times...

So packers, they know what they are doing
no staging area, and i'm in the way,
i could say in the over crowded bedroom
and continue to pack, but all i need
now is sleep, and another night of not
having that, stress changing,
transforming would be a PC polite word,
morphing? evolving, to Darwinian,
Creationist crap here too...

But they know stuff, and playing Tetris
(tm elsewhere ) is part of what i call this stuff,
there are probably OCD and similar type personalities,
diagnozses thwere people might earn a living
wtih their special talents/ proclivities (sp? i e?)
the Monk TV show is one, a detective,
but this an organizational thing,
somehow judgemental with other stuff,
I'm not good enough, how?
as a customer?
human being?
not neat enough,

I moved here by myself for the most part,
maybe  a little help but a DIY Green move
a few blocks over, and some hill(s),
new building then, stairs at old place
4th floor garden apartment,
elevator up, in the new, and have to elevator,
can't walk up, except rare emergencies,
like fire alarms where the elevators are out,
someone unlocks things...
Propped doors a problem,
and turns out the movers/packers
are people who do that,
smoker and other problems too...

And lost my key Fob,
gets me in doors, and works the elevator,
office won't give out one for mover(s),
nor lock out an elevator so they aren't happy
either, a prejudice move, i guess,
and they had targetted the bikes,
move out the bikes by a few days ago,
or lose the bike(s),
it's disgusting in there, i found out,
bird poop everywhere,
and yesterday they power washed the cage,
finally power washed, but didn't bother
to do the trash area only a little ways away,
so business as usual, i guess...

Go a wwve back,
by guy power washing
maybe happy he got his drill back
idk...

And some food left out,
cans, i finally found the salt / no salt/
low salt stuff i had set aside for someone
i talked to in the lobby area month(s) ago,
and then saw again, a while back,
prepared food day,
and that was a couple weeks ago
at a cancelled one,
post holiday(s),
so maybe left that on the right floor,
and was seen/ taken,
and a couple more bags
left in the lobby...

The movers took over the hallway,
and a rolly had a sibling
sitting in it most of the time...

Pizza was ordered and gotten,
and if other are i'll have a slice or so,
gaterade Blue, and i've got to weigh
my slice, the npart of a slice,
meat lovers and veggie,
had olives, ate anyways,
normally push them aside,
but took too much energy,
guess the salt won't kill me,
at least not that quickly...

And back to it, been out of bed
for 10+ hours, busy preparing,
the kvetching over increased/ doubled,
and more...

Not a very dramatic way of telling the story,
but go to a hotel, i need to check in
and make sure it works,
luckily some overlap,
first place and it's construction fenced up,
look up and another nearby,
and they want a credit card,
i have to check with soemone who
made the reservationa,
write down the number,
from voice mail, visual,
luckily as don't remember the password/pin,
make a call, email and just leave,
cash isn't accepted,
how some money people do it,
carry enough for a deposit,
but they want a credit card,
local homeless guy,
(another, as a day or so and i'll
technically be as well...)
and feeling it,
having to check my ass again,
on the bike, not carrying much,
as out for a spin, could have
carried a lot, of luggage
essentially, but scraping something,
plastic bags used for top rack covering,
and rain forecast for the start of the month,
very heavy intensity late in the week...

Not a lot to look forward to,
just crashing into a hammock
even stepping around broken glass,
they moved a mirror and  broke it,
and old one with maybe loose,
but didn't mean they could break it,
and it's got glass left out,
i'm normally bare feet at home,
and can't and where are my shoes?
my jacket?
safety vest,
much less the backpack i normally have?

everything blocked
something in front of everything i would
need to do, including showering,
using the toilet, getting food,

just walking around and getting in,
with bike, returning and glad i got the FOB
back,
oh and tehy wanted payment each day,
and an early start before the storage
even opens, and some problems there,
someone broke stuff, like walls,
and elevator down,
so going to move to a different unit,
maybe need another unit too
will have to see how much space
there is, and what's left,
working space,


sitting at my stuff,
a wing back chair left in the
elevator area,
so i just sit down and watch my stuff,
i guess i have to trust my neighbors,
there are security cameras
but doesn't stop people from taking things,
like one guy said,
i guess about packing
you'll find it eventually,
and maybe on eBay, later i'll add...


 

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