Open thread: Moving day version
Submitted by scharrison on Sat, 02/18/2012 - 5:09pm
We'll start this out with one of the most important questions of our time: Why is it that people who move frequently are also people who seem to be drawn to 2nd or (even better) 3rd story apartments? I'm sure there's some deep psycho-social explanation for this, but I think I'll just start numbering my friends and family with an ibuprofen rating (ie, "Jennifer=800mg") and leave it at that.
It's nice to have a room with a view
But seriously, why do people who rent move so often? It's a real hit to the pocket every time, not to mention friend's backs.
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A new apartment is always cool
The one I moved my little nieces into today has a closed-in sun porch next to the living room, which I thought was neat as hell. And the girls have a huge room with their own bathroom (with tub). But the cool usually wears off after a month or two, and you start noticing the negatives more. Like noisy neighbors, leaky pipes, an air conditioner that sounds like it's about to explode.
I don't miss apartment living at all. Except on Halloween, maybe. I used to get a steady stream of kids when I lived in an apartment, but now that I live in a spooky house in a densely-wooded lot on a dead-end street, I get nothin'. You'd think I would stop buying candy, but... :)
We did the 3rd floor deal once...
and I swore I'd shoot the first person that suggested such a thing again. When we moved out, my wife had just given birth to our son and my father-in-law had a bad back, I had to do it all by myself. NEVER again. You have my deepest sympathies.
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"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority." ~ Elwyn Brooks White
I thought I was going to be okay
Been sitting on the couch for the last few hours, thinking Well, this ain't so bad! I'm hardly sore at all! And then I stood up. In stages. Each one with a different type of groan (ehh, ahh, arr). And I know from experience, tomorrow morning is going to be worse by a factor of 10.
I'm getting way too old for this $#!%