Serial Starters

Hi all!

It took some time over a couple days to get caught up. I moved last weekend - all my stuff - by myself - across town. I wanted to keep the movers at 2 hours and they often have a skill of pushing it and drawing it out. But 9 min to the confirmed arrival time they sent a message that they weren’t coming ever and thanked me for my understanding. They are the ones who wanted to push to Sunday because they overbooked Saturday and pushed me out of my previously agreed time. It’s not easy to find a mover on Sunday. So I rented a cargo van because the ones I found had trucks that would be too big. Oh the stress of having my straight shot from point A to point B go right by the fair and the movers made me take a whole different route adding several extra dollars to my mileage and turning one trip into two. I was beyond exhausted because of all my health problems each day. Not sure how I did it.

During this, I had to have my car towed twice in two days due to white smoke coming out the engine. I grabbed an Uber the first day and went to clean my old apartment and grab my last load to turn in my keys on time. An apartment they are going to demolish literally, but the manager said if I didn’t clean, I wouldn’t get my deposit back. I almost crashed 5 times in three days due to severe pain and exhaustion causing my body to stop functioning enough to even drive, but had to push through. There was no one to help or call for help. Financial help and prayers were great, I am just saying it would have been so appreciated to have another hand helping literally.

The new place has so much wrong no one can figure out why it passed. I have only 8 outlets that work out of 30 inside... so that is a huge inconvenience. I’m not able to cook anything in oven or on stove yet and have to go to the Y to bathe. But the Y that is closer to me now has a therapy pool with warmer water and with strong jets at one end. They also have a sauna and better privacy options with the small sitting area just outside the showers and dressing rooms which the other Y did not have. So that is a plus!

I’ve been running around to get paperwork done for various government entities so as to keep all my assistance going. I worked in the welfare office back home so I’m always on top of getting my paperwork done and turning in my documentation. The folks here at the welfare office, housing, and Social Security are a bit shocked by me sometimes. Some have even said I should work for them and I tell them I pretty much did and that’s why I’m on top of it. I got yelled at and cussed out and threatened by those who did not for too many years!

I bailed out of a two day conference and had others take my place just to rest. I’m still struggling with pain, exhaustion and even mental fatigue from the week. I wanted to at least post something to update y’all and say that I’m here still. My step count has been high - that’s for sure 😁

Hope y’all have a great weekend. I’m not sure about my own goals. Guess cleaning this new place and unpacking in less than a year. Does that count?

Runa