Up early after Zooks woke me up by sitting on my shoulder, so I decided I’d tackle some more clearing and sorting.
Last day of work before the move. Kinda wish I’d taken this week off as well, but I suspect I would have faffed around more if I had. Plus I wouldn’t have scored free cat food from one of my clients after her cat sadly died.
No work for me today - colon went boom about an hour before I was due to start and my clients were a 97 yo and another household where both the client and the carer have autoimmune issues, so I phoned in and said ‘it could be moving stress or it could be something, what do?’ I was told very firmly regardless to Stay Home.
Back to the packing!
In the continuing saga of trying to get the business verifed on google, we finally got the video call working, but the banner signage I had was deemed inadequate and ‘you need a permanent sign’.
I explained we never had one for privacy reasons (it was Mum’s house after all) and I’d be moving mid this month anyway.
So more or less back to square one. At least I got some clearing and sorting done.
You’re not going to believe this - after one person at the auction place called on Friday to say that the furniture I want to sell can’t be picked up, someone else called to talk about pickup.
We agreed it would be easier for me to bring the stuff up anyway but they now don’t have a slot for me to drop it off until 2:45.
Anyway the neighbour came around to help me load the car so that’s all done, and he helped me disassemble Mum’s old bed in the bargain and waved off any suggestion of payment. What a guy.
So I got a phonecall at 11:20 from the original guy at the auction place wanting to know if I was still bringing the furniture 🤦🏻♀️.
Thank God the car was loaded so I just had to drive there. Auction is this afternoon so 🤞🏻.
In other news, went back in my room and was hit with a blast of Eau de dead rat - checked and realised I’d managed to sprinkle bicarb soda everywhere except where it’d carked it. Google suggested bleach and I had some lemon White King on hand so I poured a good glug on it, opened the window and closed the door. Went in for something and all I could smell was bleach, so here’s hoping that’s sorted it. 😖
😖 Zooks decided because I woke up early yesterday that 3:30 is now wake up time and head-butted me awake.
Admittedly she woke me out of one of those annoying dreams, but still.
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST I STARTED SMELLING THAT SMELL AND CHECKED AND THERE WAS A DEAD RAT UNDER MY BED UGGGHHH
God knows when it got there but a) I only just started smelling That Smell an hour back (and I crashed for a couple of hours this afternoon) and b) I’m pretty sure it wasn’t there yesterday because I hauled the old suitcase out from under the other side of the bed to take to the op shop and I didn’t spot anything.
But ugggghhhhhh.
Just stopped shaking… I had to deal with one just before Christmas, though, so maybe that took the edge off?
What worries me is when it got in and how long it’d been there - as I said, I’m pretty sure it wasn’t there yesterday and I only just started smelling That Smell, on the other hand it was stuck to the carpet and matted underneath, so… uggh.
Problem is, the foundations have sagged so there’s a lot of places it could have got in (part of the reason I’ve sold the house). I just hope that’s the last one I have to deal with before settlement day. >.<
I’m obviously at the “wake up at odd hours buzzing with energy” state of Operation Sort Shit. Hmm.
Anyway woke up at 2:50 >.< and gave up at about 3 and got up to sort things out and fiddle around on Sims 2 which is all my ancient laptop will run. Am starting to feel sleepy so will keep on until I start seriously sagging.
Well getting up when the energy was buzzing was the right strategy - I’ve burned through the sorting and clearing so the old bed which was used as a general sorting spot is cleaned off, the bedside table which I’ll be using as a TV stand temporarily is cleaned out, and I have a stack of stuff ready to go to the op shop.
I’m at the zombie stage so I’ve just crawled back into bed and hopefully I’ll get some more sleep.
Good news: the auction place will take most of the furniture that can’t fit into the new place that I don’t want.
Bad news: I have to take it myself.
Good news: it should fit into the new car, and my lawn guy and occasional helper will drop by and help me load up the car.
Bad news: trying to get my Google profile for the business verified and none of the methods work. This is frustrating as I’m using the practice room as a sorting hub after I cleared it yesterday.
Good news: I stress cleared the pile of crap I scooped off the floor and slung into a very large bag and most of it is now in the bin.
Bad news: I have a headache bordering on a migrane and I really can’t stop to indulge it.
Good news: the old cooking chocolate seems to be helping. ;)
Been using the back room as a (metaphorical) crap catcher while Operation Sort Shit has been going on; it’s taken me the better part of two hours to clear and clean the floor. Oops.
Now having a breather before I clear and clean the rest.
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