a garden of nna mmoy: Twenty-Two Days: Progress?

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July 26, 2007

Twenty-Two Days: Progress?

With 22 days to go (breathe, Andrea, breathe) here's how the to-do list looks:

1. Address changes for license and health card.
~~2. Mail forwarding~~ $65! Highway robbery.
3. New email address
4. Painting! (At least I have done a lot of this. It's just not finished.)
5. Packing.
6. Moving
7. Unpacking
8. Address change for subscriptions
9. Pay library fines and close current account.
10. Get a new library card
11. Refinish furniture--two nighttables, a desk and a bookcase
~~12. Purchase Frances's bed and dresser~~ To be delivered tonight!
13. Purchase sofa or loveseat or something to sit on in the living room.
~~14. Buy a camera (Erik is keeping our current one)~~
15. Transfer over files from desktop, which Erik is keeping
16. Destroy the desktop versions
~~17. Put desktop software on laptop~~ Except for the software for Frances's music player. That I need the serial number for.
18. Move iTunes to laptop, hopefully without destroying iPod
19. Purchase mattress and bedding for Frances.
20. Paint flowers on wall in Frances's room.
21. Sign separation agreement.
22. Arrange for transfer of pension funds.
23. Close on house.*
24. Split up money.*
25. Buy ~~plates,~~ pots and cutlery (Erik is keeping those too). I keep telling myself I should wait until I figure out what I"m doing with the kitchen, since whatever it is will be easier with empty cupboards.
26. Furniture assembly
27. Buy new tires for bike, so I can ride it to work (the current tires haven't held air for over a year).
28. Make/find curtains or blinds
29. Move prescriptions, change address with insulin pump company
30. I suppose if I'm going to pack, I should probably scavenge some boxes or something.
31. Kim's birthday party. And present. And card.
~~32. Rent a truck.~~ (Booked movers instead. Figured no one I know is goign to want to haul the solid wood dressers out of my bedroom, so I'd better pay someone. Bother. It changed the countdown though as the movers were booked for the Friday, not the Saturday. One less day to get everything done.)
33. Arrange for address change at work.
34. Sleep, work, eat, play with Frances, buy groceries, do laundry, etc.
35. Tell Revenue Canada I'm separated.

So in a week, I've done five and a half things out of thirty-five.

I'm in great shape.

Posted by Andrea at July 26, 2007 6:15 AM under Decision 2007

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It may seem hopeless, but it will all come together quickly at the end!

Posted by: Tanya at July 26, 2007 8:12 AM

I can't believe you have to pay $65 to have your mail forwarded. That is indeed highway robbery!

You really have accomplished a lot. The next 22 days should go by quickly.

Posted by: ccw at July 26, 2007 10:01 AM

You must be glad to see the list slowly but surely getting scratched off

Posted by: Dawn at July 26, 2007 10:47 AM

I know it seems like you haven't gotten a lot finished yet, but it actually isn't that way -- look at the painting -- that was a LOT of work! It will all come together.

I'm praying that the next 22 days go by quickly for you, and that you and Frances fly free when those 22 days come to a close.

Posted by: KLee at July 26, 2007 12:16 PM

They CHARGE you to change your address and have your mail forwarded? Good grief.

Hiring movers is the best, even if it does cost you more than you wanted to pay. Let someone else do the shifting - it's not like you don't have anything else to do. Good luck with the rest of the stuff. It's a bit overwhelming, but it must feel good as you cross things off your list.

Posted by: julia at July 26, 2007 1:40 PM

I think I get less junk mail because I didn't have my mail forwarded. Why do you have to pay?

Does your bicycle have a Franceseat?

Do you have to do everything by move-in day? You can cover the windows w/ empty boxes until you find curtains.

Posted by: ~Macarena~ at July 26, 2007 6:50 PM

Go Berserk