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Packing is the ABSOLUTE WORST
May. 22nd, 2026 09:37 amActually, packing isn't that bad. You know what's bad? Trying to source boxes. I can efficiently fill a box in about 45 seconds flat, but it takes hours to track down boxes. One of the liquor stores gave me seven yesterday and then I filled them with books and was like, okay, now what? (I should go upstairs and look at the box room ... I'm sure there are boxes in it that I semi-unpacked and could now take more things.)
It also doesn't help that the lawyers won't give me a closing date so I don't know if I can fully pack everything I own and schedule the movers for Wednesday or if I need to wait until June 5 or something.
Been doing a great job of getting rid of stuff I don't want to bring with me. I've taken probably four boxes' worth of books and three coffeemakers the students left here to a charity shop (benefits the local Arc), sold the dining table and chairs the students also left to someone who picked it up two days ago, sold a lot of clothes on Vinted, and have put out an unfathomable amount of stuff on the curb that is usually picked up within 24 hours if not sooner. (Some of it could have also gone to the Arc shop but either way I'm not getting paid so I'm kind of ambivalent about that.) I also just got a notification that I sold a gigantic printer cartridge. Just marked down most of the other student-left furniture because I want it GONE and people aren't biting, possibly because my pictures are so bad. If they don't sell, I'm taking them to the Arc.
I did buy a couple of Unique Vintage dresses on Vinted and one on deep discount from the retailer ... but I need to freshen up my wardrobe for my new job. Once I move and settle in I'm going to go back to my plan of sewing from my stash, but I simply can't do that right now and I do need some new clothes.
I also reached out to the Barony of Thescorre last night to get on their mailing list. I've been waiting to join the SCA for 20-25 years now (I'm sure I found out about it in my teens) and I'm finally going to be living somewhere with a really active group, so I am Going To Do It. They don't seem to have people super into historical fashion specifically, based on their website/meeting minutes, but there is an active A&S scene, which is basically what I've been waiting for - it's not just a fighting group.
(This is shallow, but I've always thought Aethelmarc was such a cool name for a kingdom, so much better than "East", so I'm pretty jazzed to join up here, lol.)
It also doesn't help that the lawyers won't give me a closing date so I don't know if I can fully pack everything I own and schedule the movers for Wednesday or if I need to wait until June 5 or something.
Been doing a great job of getting rid of stuff I don't want to bring with me. I've taken probably four boxes' worth of books and three coffeemakers the students left here to a charity shop (benefits the local Arc), sold the dining table and chairs the students also left to someone who picked it up two days ago, sold a lot of clothes on Vinted, and have put out an unfathomable amount of stuff on the curb that is usually picked up within 24 hours if not sooner. (Some of it could have also gone to the Arc shop but either way I'm not getting paid so I'm kind of ambivalent about that.) I also just got a notification that I sold a gigantic printer cartridge. Just marked down most of the other student-left furniture because I want it GONE and people aren't biting, possibly because my pictures are so bad. If they don't sell, I'm taking them to the Arc.
I did buy a couple of Unique Vintage dresses on Vinted and one on deep discount from the retailer ... but I need to freshen up my wardrobe for my new job. Once I move and settle in I'm going to go back to my plan of sewing from my stash, but I simply can't do that right now and I do need some new clothes.
I also reached out to the Barony of Thescorre last night to get on their mailing list. I've been waiting to join the SCA for 20-25 years now (I'm sure I found out about it in my teens) and I'm finally going to be living somewhere with a really active group, so I am Going To Do It. They don't seem to have people super into historical fashion specifically, based on their website/meeting minutes, but there is an active A&S scene, which is basically what I've been waiting for - it's not just a fighting group.
(This is shallow, but I've always thought Aethelmarc was such a cool name for a kingdom, so much better than "East", so I'm pretty jazzed to join up here, lol.)
