Eseme's Den

Current move schedule:

Last week:

Pack up books (I got most of them, but not a few hardcovers, my craft books, mystical stuff, and school related books)
Pack up clothes (got about half done)

Monday (today):
Pack remaining books (failed, there is or was stuff in front of the shelves)
Pack remaining clothing (all done)
Start packing crafts (I have started, probably two thirds done)
Start moving furniture (I took over a chair and some small folding things)

Tuesday
2-5 work for Library Student Journal
Finish packing crafts
Pack remaining books
Move more furniture (possibly bookshelves)
Pack up linens

Wednesday:
Pack up most of the kitchen
Pack up candles and knick-knacks
Take over camping gear
Move some small tables
Move papasan chair (lash it to roof of car with 50 feet of rope)

Thursday:
2-5 work on Library Student Journal
Pack up the bathroom
Clean and pack up Hamster stuff
Pack up shoes
Pack up box with summer reading books, writing stuff
Pack up important documents

Friday:
Everything must go!
Take apart and move bed
Pack up computer and move desk
Take over remaining furniture - card tables, chairs, foot locker
Pack up any remaining stuff- boxes of con things, Legos, assorted stuff

Saturday:
Load up Ruby with stuff in the AM
Vacuum in the AM
Clean kitchen and bath
Pack up cleaning supplies and things for hanging pictures, also tools
Landlord arrives for walkthrough around 4:00 PM
Gas meter is read sometime before 5:00 PM
Electric should go off around 8:00 PM
After Landlord is does walkthrough, leave for Rochester

Sunday:
Drive from Rochester to Amherst
Pick up box from btoblake if there is room

Monday:
Drive to Maine

Tuesday:
8:00 AM interview

Stuff to fit in Ruby:
My computer (and printer if possible)
Summer clothes and work clothes
Kitchen perishables (take to Panther if possible)
Box of books for summer reading
Library science books
Boxes of childhood
Bears
Some office decoration stuff
Writing folders and notebooks
Important documents in hanging files (esp Soc. Sec. Card)
Sleeping bag and mat (maybe)
Toiletries bag
Raincoat
Summer shoes
Gaming bag

It is so depressing driving anywhere. Nothing but branches, everywhere.

The power company has my admiration. Yesterday I called in the branches on the power line going to my house, and a crew was there at 8:00 AM today. This made me happy.

Then I looked around a bit more, and noticed that there is a line down in my backyard. It is one of the smaller lines, not all that noticable. I'm not sure if it was down earlier, or if the guy with a chainsaw in the tree cut down a branch which knocked the line loose from my house. Either way, I called the company again.

They can't turn on power with a line down. Sparks = fire. A frat house up the road caught fire last night from an unattended candle. I love my books. Fire is bad.

So still no idea on when power will be back. Sunday is the current "all fixed" date for the city. Cleanup of branches and damaged trees is done in some places, not others. My area has, no HAD, lots of lovely old trees. The college paper interviewed a town worked who said that they would obviously love to have the area cleaned up in a week, although this worker had heard that outside estimates on cleanup were more like three weeks.

On the plus side, it has warmed up some, and the thermostat said 55 this morning.

Attention Weather Gods:

As we all know, it is not supposed to snow before my birthday.

There appears to have been some sort of clerical error in Buffalo.

Please have one of your minions take care of this unscheduled weather.

Snow may resume next Friday.

Thank you.