A Lot Happens in (Now) Two Weeks

I should update more regularly because there are so many things happening -

We went to Nevada on Monday - two loads for storage (two cars - we're adding lots of miles and spending money on gas but we're determined to get as much there ourselves as we can).  We unloaded and J. handed me a piece of packing tape.  I said 'what do you want me to do with this?' and he said 'I just wanted to give you something before I give you the update'.  My immediate reaction was H. .  Something up with him.  But no - it was our builder (who had promised to call us on Monday) who said he had entered all the tasks into the project management software (which I guess he's never actually done before - maybe you don't do that step as a builder until you have an actual foundation to work with) - and we're looking at March.  Maybe February but most likely March.

J. asked S. (builder) 'do you know of any rentals we can look at because as we said in our email, we've sold our home and are homeless at the end of October'.  He said his company is also building some town homes in Carson City and there might be unit(s) there we could rent.  Took a day but we were able to reach the property manager and she confirmed they had two units available on October 1.  She knew with certainty that one was off the table for us because of the pets but she said she would talk to the owner about allowing all three.

We met her at the sales model and she confirmed the owner said yes to all three pets with a $500 deposit for each - fully refundable assuming no issues.  We said 'yes'.

On the casino front, I placed high enough in my two rounds of play that I placed 6th overall and won $200 cash.  I had a feeling I had placed in a 'cash win' category when the freeplay hadn't posted to my account by 2PM.  I know it's not a huge amount but it is super cool to win cash - though it was immediately converted into freeplay since I used it to play slots!  Of course I did!

Update - it's now Monday, 9/23.  We just confirmed with the property management company that our application was approved.  Our credit score 'was the highest we've ever seen'.  Nice!!  I'm about to make the online payment for first, last, $1500 in pet deposits and a few other fees.  We'll get the keys on 10/4 and can start taking stuff we need to live to our interim home beginning that trip up.

Movers come tomorrow to talk through options and estimates.  I'm ready to plan for them to finish packing and moving everything else - though we continue to pack and organize and are making (continued) good progress.  We've got a massive amount of stuff for a charity give away, a box of hazardous waste to take to our city disposal, some metal items (old shelf, old trash cans) to take to the metal recycler and some old paints to drop off at the paint store for recycling.  J. is going to work on those 'stacks' this week -

We're scheduled to head up again on Thursday and while we're both tired of the drive and exhausted with all of it, we will likely be going.  We want to get a post office box and it's always fun to check on the house.  It feels like it will be one of the last 'fun' weekends we'll have for a while since we'll be making multiple trips up pretty frequently as we tackle finalizing the move.

While the new owners have offered to let us rent back even into January, 2020, we've decided to make getting settled there in early November our goal.  We'd rather get there and end the 'tug' of the back and forth - it is a lot of moving parts to deal with and it would all be easier to deal with when we eliminate the 3.5 hour drive each way multiple times a month.  The project manager for the house wants us to start talking about outside look - and we still have to choose lighting.  Our electrical walk through is (so far) scheduled for 10/31 - we won't be moved in by that date but we'll be close, we hope.  (And we might be moved in by that date - we'll figure that out in the next week or so).

H. will be on a plane to Houston on Sunday, 10/20 - he is excited.  He's winding down the things he needs to do to finish his DUI classes - so we'll be spending time helping him get packed up as well.

In other news, I trekked to the movie theater last night to see Downton Abbey - it was so wonderful!  I think the last time I cared enough about a movie to go to the theater to see was Twilight - so it's been awhile.  It was perfect in every way.  I'm so glad I got to see it and can't wait to see it again a thousand times - via DVD (purchased) and/or on cable at some point.

Time to head back to the garage where I'm making an effort to match storage containers/bins to lids.  From the onset of us realizing we were moving, we've tossed all containers and lid into one area/box and we're slowly making progress matching them - if they don't match, they are being recycled.  I'm keeping many more than I will need but I will have a beautiful walk in pantry to organize and want to have plenty of options for how to do that - same with the laundry room.

Also time to fill up another 32 oz. of water for consumption.  I'm doing at least 2-3 a day - super hot plus somewhat active requires hydration.