Planning for the Move

Planning for the Move

Well, today I don't have much planned.  I'm waiting to hear from the apartment manager about the family who will be taking over our lease.  Kevin and I are quite hopeful as it's been unnecessarily difficult living with his sister.  Since she decided to move out and leave the problems on us, we have decided that we would find someone to take over the lease and just move someplace cheaper.  That will allow us to pay off our debt (wedding and prewedding debt) faster.  Ideally, we want to pay off the debt and save for our future.  It's not going to be easy, but we have decided to rent the studio from my mom in Garden Grove.  That will allow us a safe place to live while meeting our goals.  I'm hopeful that Kevin will get to telecommute after the move because he's never really had a commute before and I know it's not going to be enjoyable for either of us if he does have to commute.

The plan is to get all the paperwork and details worked out for the move this week.  Then Sunday I get to have a much-needed Spa Day Bachelorette Party with a few ladies in the family and close-friend circle.  I'm sure I will need it by then.  Next week we have errands and chores to do for the wedding preparations.  The, the wedding and honeymoon (I will write much more another time about these events for sure!).

After we return from the honeymoon in mid-January I need to work on getting boxes, packing, getting rid of what we won't be keeping (sell, donate or trash) and starting to move things over to my mom's townhouse.  I really would like to get a large plastic storage for mom's backyard.  I want to put some things in there versus paying for a storage unit every single month.  I hope mom will let us get one of those.

In addition to the wedding, honeymoon and then a move...I start school February 3rd, have new insurance with Kaiser which I hope will keep me moving in this nice direction of health and then mid February I have to go to LA for a reevaluation from the psych dr for the lawsuit.  I'm not looking forward to it.  I really don't mind meeting with the doctor, but the drive is hideous, it takes all day and his office smelled really strongly of dog urine last time I was there.  I don't want to be rude, but I need to find a way to tell him it's too much to sit in his office with that smell.

I still have one box I never completely unpacked.  I can't believe we are already moving.  It finally feels like home and now we are gone again.  Mom will be okay with the juicing, but she won't like the cooking.  I know she says it;s okay, but she always complains about the stuff that you need to cook (all the tools and food and spices, etc!)  Come on, you can't open a box and toss it in the microwave and pretend that you've cooked a wonderful meal.  She knows and she loves my food.  So I'm going to try my best to think ahead and plan and really be mindful of the shared space.

I also need to be very sure to leave all our stuff in our space.  I'm hoping mom will let us put the couch set in the living room area and the buffet too.  But I don't want to sell my dining room table.  That's a bit disappointing.  I will need to sell the table, the tv stand/baking stand and probably a few other things.  I don't know where we will put our bikes.  Maybe we should get a storage unit and pay monthly rent.  We can put our furnishings, bikes, extra clothing, etc.  It shouldn't be more than 6 months anyway before we move out on our own.  Mostly we just need to figure out how Kevin's work is going to go before we figure out where we will live and what we will do.  Who knows, maybe he can work at home and I can manage a small property...that will save us rent and get me back into the workforce and test those waters.  I'm kind of excited about all of this.

No chance to sit back and relax.  I truly hope I get to enjoy the wedding and not get caught up in any drama, the details or trying too hard to be a good host that I miss just enjoying our wedding.  8 days...so excited, I can't wait!!