Moving evokes such contradictory feelings: on the one hand, I feel overwhelmed by all the stuff I’ve accumulated and the prospect of packing it. On the other hand I feel lighter already, because I know I’m going to get rid of a lot of crap I hardly even see anymore because I’m so used to it. I can have a piece of furniture in an awkward space because there’s nowhere else for it to go, but after tripping over it 500 times, I almost don’t even notice that it’s aggravating me. Stuff hangs unworn in the closet year after year, somehow surviving my regular purges for the Sally Ann, but it’s not until now that I’m ready to let it go. I’m really looking at my stuff with a critical eye right now.
Today I sold the aquarium and all the accumulated aquarium paraphenalia. A sweet young couple bought about $500 worth of fish, tanks, plants and equipment for $75, and saved me the trouble of moving it. I was sad to see my fishies go (that surprised me) but happy that they’re going to a good home. And happier yet that I’ve been relieved of my oppressive dread of moving the tank. Goodbye twenty-two fishies named Elizabeth, goodbye fish named Katherine!
If any of you in Ottawa can recommend good, reasonably priced movers, I’d appreciate it.
Back in 2003 we used Mark (Express Delivery and Moving). I can’t guarantee he’s still in business, but he was good and inexpensive. Email me if you want his contact info.
We’ve used Kineto Van Lines over the last couple of years and have never been disappointed.
Suzette and Alison, thanks very much – I’ll check into both those suggestions tomorrow.
Wow! Your new place looks great!
[…] I feel in some ways my life is going round in circles or cycles, but in other ways it’s branching out into interesting new territory. I’ve been pretty busy lately with packing (I’m up to 81 packed boxes now, and still going strong), so I haven’t been blogging as much as I would like. Nevertheless, I could point you towards previous blog entries that seem to be echoing current themes in my life. For example, I’m packing and moving just like I packed and moved, last February. Homeless Dave X will be living in my vacant apartment for the last 8 days of the month, just like last February, in return for cleaning it. I have another mouse in the house (remember the capture and domestication and liberation of Frankie?). […]