Load 1: Done
Jan. 29th, 2022 01:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unicorndukeThe call was that we would get 1-2 inches from the nor'easter and we got maybe an inch but it was blown all over the place by the wind. Oh well, such as life.
Around 9, I stopped playing Timberborn and actually got moving because at 9ish, it would be slightly warmer, the roads were going to be more clear and I wouldn't disturb the neighbors by thundering up and down the stairs. It worked pretty darn well actually. I got everything loaded by 10, and I loaded slightly less than I wanted to since the tv took up pretty much the whole back section of the cab and I had wanted to squeeze a few things in.
Hit the road at 10 and the smaller roads were either mostly fine due to traffic or coated but still driveable. Once I got onto the main highways, it wasn't super clear but there were clear sections where people had driven and I just had to be careful on merges or lane changes popping over the snow bits.
By the time I was 20 mins west of the city, I was up to the speed limit with no issues. When I got off the highway, I don't think they even got anything because the roads were dry or drying. They had salted out that way, so my guess is they got maybe a dusting.
I made it up the hill! The whole way up and I was able to carefully back my truck as close to the door as I could. Now, I was on the other side of the building from the door, but that's because there was a tractor in the way and I didn't want to risk getting stuck going around it since the snow does blow into a surprisingly deep section there. I shoveled myself a little path and got carrying.
Since I didn't need to carrying things up the hill of doom (tm) I was able to get it all unloaded in 45 mins or so with only one small drink break.
I drove back and the roads were clear the whole way and I was home by 1:30. Only interesting thing about that was the highway signs said "no trucks NJ/MA/CT, find alternate route" which was o.O. good luck to the truckers.
So yeah, I organized my stuff for tomorrow (mostly) so I will be able to seal up a box or two, pack up my bedding, put my fridge and freezer contents into their bags and hit the road.
There is more to do in the apartment though. I have a small load of things to take over to the storage unit and I will need to do some cleaning. I have a dentist appointment tuesday afternoon and my plan is to leave a little early, take the load to storage and do some basic cleaning if I have time. I have extra boxes and bins (Jade unearthed the bins from her room well after I had packed 3/4 of my stuff so I haven't used the bins yet) and I'm debating on what I will do with them. I do have a tentative lead on alpaca fleeces of unknown quantity that I may use the boxes and bins for. Ap
Apparently my boss's friend has a few alpacas that they've been shearing but it's too few to send out to a mill and no one else wants them. So I may get a quantity of fleeces that will probably surprise and alarm me but I'm excited. Now that I'm at the new place, I will be able to wash fleeces and dump the waste water outside because it's a farm with a ton of hayfields around the barn. Yay!
I ordered an enormous quantity of indian food delivery last night so I will be eating that for a couple of days while I unpack. I will need to make a small grocery run on monday because I'm running low on yogurt and granola.
Around 9, I stopped playing Timberborn and actually got moving because at 9ish, it would be slightly warmer, the roads were going to be more clear and I wouldn't disturb the neighbors by thundering up and down the stairs. It worked pretty darn well actually. I got everything loaded by 10, and I loaded slightly less than I wanted to since the tv took up pretty much the whole back section of the cab and I had wanted to squeeze a few things in.
Hit the road at 10 and the smaller roads were either mostly fine due to traffic or coated but still driveable. Once I got onto the main highways, it wasn't super clear but there were clear sections where people had driven and I just had to be careful on merges or lane changes popping over the snow bits.
By the time I was 20 mins west of the city, I was up to the speed limit with no issues. When I got off the highway, I don't think they even got anything because the roads were dry or drying. They had salted out that way, so my guess is they got maybe a dusting.
I made it up the hill! The whole way up and I was able to carefully back my truck as close to the door as I could. Now, I was on the other side of the building from the door, but that's because there was a tractor in the way and I didn't want to risk getting stuck going around it since the snow does blow into a surprisingly deep section there. I shoveled myself a little path and got carrying.
Since I didn't need to carrying things up the hill of doom (tm) I was able to get it all unloaded in 45 mins or so with only one small drink break.
I drove back and the roads were clear the whole way and I was home by 1:30. Only interesting thing about that was the highway signs said "no trucks NJ/MA/CT, find alternate route" which was o.O. good luck to the truckers.
So yeah, I organized my stuff for tomorrow (mostly) so I will be able to seal up a box or two, pack up my bedding, put my fridge and freezer contents into their bags and hit the road.
There is more to do in the apartment though. I have a small load of things to take over to the storage unit and I will need to do some cleaning. I have a dentist appointment tuesday afternoon and my plan is to leave a little early, take the load to storage and do some basic cleaning if I have time. I have extra boxes and bins (Jade unearthed the bins from her room well after I had packed 3/4 of my stuff so I haven't used the bins yet) and I'm debating on what I will do with them. I do have a tentative lead on alpaca fleeces of unknown quantity that I may use the boxes and bins for. Ap
Apparently my boss's friend has a few alpacas that they've been shearing but it's too few to send out to a mill and no one else wants them. So I may get a quantity of fleeces that will probably surprise and alarm me but I'm excited. Now that I'm at the new place, I will be able to wash fleeces and dump the waste water outside because it's a farm with a ton of hayfields around the barn. Yay!
I ordered an enormous quantity of indian food delivery last night so I will be eating that for a couple of days while I unpack. I will need to make a small grocery run on monday because I'm running low on yogurt and granola.
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Date: 2022-01-29 09:43 pm (UTC)Well hurrah for not getting heaps of snow!
(And for the planning working! and extra bins and the prospect of free alpca fleeces! Likely a tonne of work but still better than being hit with a fish.)
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Date: 2022-01-29 10:40 pm (UTC)And fleeces!
and at some point, I need to talk to F about house hunting haha
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Date: 2022-01-29 10:47 pm (UTC)Front-loading a move is absolutely the way to go if circumstances permit.
Glad it's working!
True, but you can get it all over with, give yourself thereabouts of a week to create a belief that it is really over with and then talk to F about house hunting.
Houses don't move quick, it's not like they'll all migrate out of the area.
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Date: 2022-01-30 08:33 am (UTC)I'm so glad you avoided most of the snow, and good luck completing the move!