March 30, 2006

  • Ouch.

    I unloaded the truck. Not all of it, mind you, probably about 75 or 85%.

    I am very ouchy because of that. It is like the old days back when I
    used to work at Stride-Rite - only this time, when unloading the truck,
    there was no conveyor belt and I just had a little handcart and a long
    walk across the parking lot.

    The cats were all kinds of freaked because they were locked up for about 7 hours while I was unpacking.

    But I have a bed! Sleep was WONDERFUL last night - er, if you discount
    the multiple aches, pains and muscle strains that were causing me
    ouchiness.

    Today begins the upacking/sorting process - as we are in a fairly small
    apartment (at least, as compared to a house with a full basement and
    attic and garage to put shit in) we aren't going to be to have
    everything out. We will have all our clothes, but will not have all the
    books for example - clothes take up fairly little space but 24 boxes of
    books (not counting the two boxes of books that we have specifically
    left out to be read while in the apartment or the random ones that we
    found at the end of packing back in Indiana) take up lots and lots of
    room. Biggest problem though - figuring out what of the mutual "stuff"
    needs to be put in the cat bedroom for longterm storage and what
    doesn't. Heh...also need to determine exactly how much of our shit is
    broken/damaged after about 2000 miles in a semi-truck trailer. I'm just
    glad the majority of our stuff was in plastic tubs - the boxes are
    seriously beat to shit like I didn't believe was possible.

    I have identified some of the birds that populate our apartment complex
    - we have the ubiquitous rock dove (pigeon to those who just see them
    as evil rats with wings like I do), the generic mourning dove (I
    loooove that call), the common ground dove (these I've never seen
    before, they look like tiny mourning doves, except that the underside
    of their wings is a very startling rusty red color) and Brewer's
    blackbird (holy fuck is this a loud, obnoxious, raucous bastard of a
    bird - I'm actually becoming rather fond of them, they're just so
    delightfully pissy). There are lots of the little sparrow-y birds but
    who am I kidding, who can really tell the difference between sparrows?
    I mean, there are so damn many of those little spotty vaguely cheery
    looking birds. I've spotted at least one chickadee and one slightly
    bigger bird with a lot of RED on it that I do not know what it was.
    It's terribly strange to be trying to identify all these common birds -
    I will need to check out some books from the library I think. The
    vegetation around here has me entirely stumped - I have NO clue on
    these deserty plants. I can ID saguaro and not much else. I'll be
    looking for a book on that too. I also definitely want to find one on
    creepy-crawlies too - I've not yet seen any of them, but I'm sure that
    I will encounter me some big spiders and scorpions and I would like to
    know which ones are cat hazards and which ones I should scream at and
    then squash frantically with a shoe.

    Ah well...now I am searching for motivation...or perhaps I can just head back to my comfy bed.

Comments (3)

  • sounds like you're really adjusting well

  • At our old apartment I swear there were pigeons mating constantly right above our bedroom window. Horrible sound to wake up to every morning. I feel your pain and unfortunately cannot offer any remedies.

    I love how giddy you are about IDing the new birds and plants in your new environment. Your inner geek must be bouncing off the walls. =O)

  • Sleep is always the best after doing heavy work that's extremely productive, ain't it?  Hope things are going well in your new home.

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