In which he whines. Again.

[judecorp]

Moving sucks. Like, a lot. That's my brilliant statement of the day. Thank you, drive through.

Moving sucks because there is too much to do in the amount of time it takes to do it. And then you're still working while you're doing it, because, well, you need the money. For moving. And you're leaving your job, so your workdays are stressful with the wrapping up. And there are people to see, and things to arrange, and supplies to acquire, and then packing and hauling and all of that good stuff. Whee.

I had to schedule my licensing exam. I found out that the only testing center in Columbus (Columbus State CC) is open on Saturdays and Sundays, which means I don't need to take time off of work. I'm taking the test this Saturday, at 9am. Of course, goddamnelf will be visiting here at this time, so I do hope he doesn't hate me for ditching him for a couple of hours. Hopefully I will pass and we will have something to celebrate! (Now I guess I should probably read some notes or something.) I wanted to take it this week but I couldn't take it on a weekday, so I didn't have much choice.

A while back, I reserved a rental truck and tow thinger for the car, to the tune of $980. This weekend I started getting quotes for those you-pack-it places. ABF sent me a quote of $1150. Now, gas is currently $2/gallon, and a rental truck gets about 9 mpg. So at 770 miles or so, we're looking at nearly $200 in gas. $200 IN GAS!!! That makes ABF cheaper, /and/ we don't have to drive the freaking truck. Jen made a fancy-schmancy 3D model and it looks like the ABF truck is only 5 cubic feet smaller than the rental truck. Score. If we use less space, we save money.

The only problem is that our street is permit parking only, so we now have to find a way to park this beast of a truck. I guess we'll have to call the city. More crap to do. And I need to cancel the rental truck. Somewhere in there we'll get around to, you know, packing. And did I mention the licensing exam? Yikes.

I sent resumes to about 15 jobs today. The actual COST of living in Boston is starting to weigh heavily on my mind. We'll be paying $550 more per month in rent alone, even though we got a deal on this apartment. So I guess we, like, need jobs and stuff. Blarg. Being a grownup is hard work.

Comments

[whirledpeas.livejournal.com]

Good news is that you can write off all of your moving expenses - including towing and crap. Just keep your receipts.

I have gas.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

You can write it off if you itemize deductions (which we don't), and if you moved for a job (which technically we aren't).

Bleh.

I don't have gas. But I need sleep.

[whirledpeas.livejournal.com]

Well then itemize
I've never "itemized" my deductions - I just did taxact.com and they filed everything for me.

I wasn't technically moving for a job either, then. I mean...I moved...and I had a job....just like you.

Itemize you puss.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I will definitely save the receipts, if that's what you mean. :) I am a receipt-saving fool!

[whirledpeas.livejournal.com]

If you can't itemize
then I can't be your friend.

(I almost shot out of bed, giggling, lastnight when I realized I wanted to leave that in your journal...but of course...I had to wait until this morning.)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

This is because we're moving, isn't it?

[whirledpeas.livejournal.com]

no.
it's because you won't itemize

we're OVER

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

*sulk*

*causes drama*

p.s. Jen and I are thinking good healing thoughts for you!

[wlscbone.livejournal.com]

I personally think growing up is highly overrated.

I have made the decision to stay a kid until i'm at least 40 or so. :-)

Good luck on your test, and all those grownup moving thnigs you have to do,

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Thanks - I'm not a big fan of growing up myself!

[happy2beso.livejournal.com]

Got your message....sorry I'm out at an interview but I'll try to call soon.

I used about 5.5 feet in the truck, but could have probably fit into 4 if I had stacked to the ceiling. It was totally cheaper than renting a truck. I would use them again. I think the minimum you can use is 6 feet...and I really didn't have that much furniture. You guys could probably do it in 10 feet like you said.

I love you! Meeep!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Lara - you're the best! You're also the only person we knew who used ABF, so sorry for the random phone call.

We booked them. Wheeee!

[folkyboy.livejournal.com]

being a grownup is hard work! but i can't believe you actually have it all this well mapped out! i mean, i'm not even that good of an adult! i just randomly have some quasi moving plan i my head for Northampton but nowhere NEAR what you have! not to mention all that money you're laying down... ouch! good thing you and your girl are good with the budgeting 'cause this shit would tear me in two and i'm not even in a relationship!

sorry, i didn't meant to make that sound so discouraging. it was meant to sound more: "you rock!" :)

and you do

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I can't help it - I'm a neurotic planner. Wait until the moving day gets closer and I become a total organizing freak! :)

[folkyboy.livejournal.com]

oh boy!

[iansha.livejournal.com]

I'll be thinking good thoughts for you...
in between my studying, packing, saying goodbye, working, moving, etc. :D

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, somehow I figured you would know exactly what I meant. :)

[iansha.livejournal.com]

Yep, I do!

[dyketit.livejournal.com]

dont know if you read my journal but my girlfriend and i recently (feb) moved from texas to ohio and we used abf, we totally loved them and would use them again. we did the terminal to terminal thing because we didnt need 6 ft. and they only do the door to door thing if you use sivx feet or pay for the difference. we should have paid for the difference in hindsight though... make sure you have strong tall people to help pack the truck the tighter and higher you pack it the better bewarre of where the wheels are, when we packed it in texas we had no idea about this and had a well wrapped fish tank on the wheel axle break due to the bumps..(girlfriends father in ohio is a truckdriver so her let us in on the why and hows of it when we unloaded) estimates are just that so be prepared to spend more if you cant squeeze things as much as you thought and also be careful about when you arrive versus them because they got to town before us... (although they were great and didnt charge us a storage fee) if you need help with the divider wall just ask because it is beg and bulky and they did ours for us. email me (tittany610@aol.com) if you have any other questions...

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Thanks for all of your advice. I appreciate it!

We actually had to cancel our reservation with ABF because ABF has this weird rule about how they won't leave a truck unattended in the Boston area, so the driver has to be there while you unload it. That's all well and good, but you only get an hour to unload it or else they start charging you $27 for each additional 15 minutes. There is no way we would be able to unload the truck in an hour.

That, and we live on a permit-parking street so it seemed like too much of a hassle to go with ABF. It was just so stressful and didn't seem worth it.

I'm glad you had a good experience, though. Thanks for sharing that information with me. :)

[dyketit.livejournal.com]

could you have done the terminal to terminal? it means you'd have to rent a uhaul (well that is what we did) but just for the day and it still made ours far cheaper than any other mover.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we could have, and we thought about it. But if we were going to rent 2 U-Hauls, we might as well just rent one and drive it out there, you know?