Got a lot of moving issues/ideas in my head. No idea how to really organize them and I can't seem to calm down easily so I'm just going to pile them all here:
1. I'm nervous about moving somewhere relatively new. I know I grew up there for the first 17 years of my life but every time I have visited over the past decade-ish since, it has been different. Also I grew up in the south bay neighborhood and now I am looking to move to the more populated, busy, downtown area. Excited and nervous about that. I am mainly going for the family interaction, good weather, and relatively less drama/hostility environment found while walking down the street. With this move I am hoping glorious safety and peace of mind will be mine once again. Also lovely tanned skin instead of this weird pale shit that's happened to me since living in the bay area.
2. I'm excited about really embracing the time I will have to spend around my grandmother. She is pretty much the only non-insane or fucked family member I have and spending time with her and grandpa (he's also awesome) will be well spent. I am looking forward to learning much about how to be awesome even into my older age from them.
3. Of course finding an apartment is stressing me out. I really don't like where I live now, but I've felt this way for MONTHS now and I'm almost, sadly, used to the discomfort I feel living here. The thought of finding a better place in a better city...idk I guess I am anticipating a culture shock of sorts.
4. Leaving my current job. I will miss the people I work with a lot. But more than that, I am super hyper aware of other people's feelings and when I see them changing their interaction and behavior with me out of their own sadness, it makes me super fucking sad as well. It's painful to draw out the goodbye over the next couple weeks. This is a reason why in the past, I've just bounced from jobs without explanation. It's so difficult to deal with separation.
5. A new job. Thanks to my guardian angel watching over me, and a friend made through an awesome social network, I don't have to worry so much about work right away. I will have money coming in. I have to call and confirm and talk to the manager still so that's all I'm going to say about that at the moment.
6. Moving with my dude! This is a big one. I've moved all over the place over the past several years, but always alone. I would move in with friends or away from my ex, but always alone. This is the first time moving with another person and I have to say, it's really tough! He does not stress out nearly as much as I do, so while I am packing boxes 2 weeks before the move, he's snoring away, or playing computer games, or doing other non-moving things. He did look up apartments one day though.
Also he's pretty much in charge with HOW we will transport our stuff down south, since it will clearly not all fit in one car. So far he's told me he's looking into those "pod" moving services. I guess you put your shit in a crate on the sidewalk and some company transports it to your new address. The only problem with that is, we cannot leave our stuff on the sidewalk here at all. It will get broken into. So he has to figure out how to time everything so we basically load the "pod" and the company takes it immediately after.
7. We need to clean this apartment up for final inspection/return of security deposit. Notice my use of the word "we." I am not expecting to get the full security deposit back because of the bathroom sink leak turning the cupboard underneath into a fucking swamp, but miracles can happen. As a result I am not going to go overboard cleaning up. I will vacumn and wipe dust off the wall moldings but that's pretty much as far as I'm going with that.
8. I am going to have to open a new bank account with a national bank. Currently my money is with a local credit union but that will not be a feasible way to manage my cash once I move 500 miles away. I have a friend that was recently hired with Wells Fargo so I'm thinking of opening an account there. Only problem is, that friend is annoying the shit out of me at the moment so I may not do that with him. I just wanted to help him out at his new job anyway! But fuckit I can stroll down the block and open one. Of course with opening this new account, I'm going to have to shift over all my direct deposit accounts and it's going to be a major pain in the ass.
I have to stop here. There is probably more but I have to continue getting on with it!
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