Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Movin' out

Progress or lack thereof at TOH has actually been less on our minds for the last two weeks while we've been moving out of Chateau Danneel and trying to get it ready for our new tenants. Moving sucks. Moving in August really sucks. Moving in August in New Orleans is a punishment fit for the guy who wrote Jar Jar Binks into Star Wars episode 1.

We've filled about 50,000 boxes. Some of them moved into the POD parked in our driveway, some of them went into the basement, and some to the apartment we're renting. What makes moving EXTRA fun is knowing we'll get to do it again in a couple of months.

In addition to the POD, we rented a U-Haul to move our junk out to the apartment. We also used it to move some furniture into storage at TOH, since the POD's full. The apartment is actually quite nice, in a bland corporate sort of way, and it has BIG closets. I could seriously get used to the closet space. We requested a one bedroom, but they only had a two bedroom unit available so we're getting it at the one bedroom rate. Luckily the nice lady in the office left the door to the second bedroom unlocked so we can stash boxes in there, as well as a computer desk. Stella's crib fits nicely in the closet of the master bedroom, so it's like her own little alcove.

In the week before our tenants moved in, we had the floors in two rooms refinished, painted one of the bedrooms, touched up paint everywhere, built a "message center" in the hallway, and finished up a lot of trim that we'd not bothered with for ourselves. There are pictures, but I have to find the cable to get them off my camera. I have to say, it looks damned good. With all of our junk out and the little details finished, it's a really nice place. It was in sorry shape when we bought it, and I'm proud of what we've done there.

The day the tenants arrived felt like sending my eldest child off to college. The unruly one, who defied all attempts at reformation and gave us many sleepless nights, but somehow turned into a really neat person nonetheless. We'd been there until 11:00 pm the night before, Stella sleeping on a mat on the floor, but the tenants were pleased with our work.

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