skyblue17
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Nov 4, 2017
I am moving in two weeks, for the first time in years, and I can't get over how many seemingly simple tasks are harder because I'm in a city with no car.
Things like, I have a bunch of extra bedding that isn't good enough to move but would make a great donation to a pet rescue or homeless shelter, but there is no way to get these items to these places even if they take them without either lugging bags of heavy items on the subway or spending money on cabs or ride shares (most are not close by).
I found a can of paint in my bedroom from when I painted a piece of furniture. I can't simply throw it away, but there are only a handful of "special waste" disposal areas in the city and they are not near anything.
I've hired a mover but I am not moving all of my furniture (I live in a shared apartment and have very little furniture of my own). I spent a week figuring out how to dispose of an old free-standing closet that is falling apart (do i take it apart? call a junk disposal company and pay out the nose? put it on Craiglist for free and hope someone comes to collect it?) before realizing I could just ask my movers to dispose of it (for an additional fee, of course).
Trying to figure out how I'm going to vacuum/clean this room after I move (the day before Thanksgiving) since coming back to it after I move all my stuff is going to be a real pain in the neck, but it will be too full of stuff beforehand to do it and once the movers leave, I need to leave with them!
Eyeing this spot in my recently painted ceiling that I didn't notice until last night. It looks like a line but I can't tell if the depth is into the ceiling or coming out of it. Did the painters patch something and paint over it and I never noticed? Or is it a new crack that will get worse before I move and need to be repaired?
Anyway, mostly just sharing/ranting. Moving is not easy or fun anywhere, but there are some pretty random challenges here. I'm still looking forward to it.
Things like, I have a bunch of extra bedding that isn't good enough to move but would make a great donation to a pet rescue or homeless shelter, but there is no way to get these items to these places even if they take them without either lugging bags of heavy items on the subway or spending money on cabs or ride shares (most are not close by).
I found a can of paint in my bedroom from when I painted a piece of furniture. I can't simply throw it away, but there are only a handful of "special waste" disposal areas in the city and they are not near anything.
I've hired a mover but I am not moving all of my furniture (I live in a shared apartment and have very little furniture of my own). I spent a week figuring out how to dispose of an old free-standing closet that is falling apart (do i take it apart? call a junk disposal company and pay out the nose? put it on Craiglist for free and hope someone comes to collect it?) before realizing I could just ask my movers to dispose of it (for an additional fee, of course).
Trying to figure out how I'm going to vacuum/clean this room after I move (the day before Thanksgiving) since coming back to it after I move all my stuff is going to be a real pain in the neck, but it will be too full of stuff beforehand to do it and once the movers leave, I need to leave with them!
Eyeing this spot in my recently painted ceiling that I didn't notice until last night. It looks like a line but I can't tell if the depth is into the ceiling or coming out of it. Did the painters patch something and paint over it and I never noticed? Or is it a new crack that will get worse before I move and need to be repaired?
Anyway, mostly just sharing/ranting. Moving is not easy or fun anywhere, but there are some pretty random challenges here. I'm still looking forward to it.