New Home

You know you're getting old when you are tired after just 15 minutes into a move when you used to be able to move a sofa, mattress, bed with just your husband before. The big "30" is right around the corner and I'm trying to avoid it if at all possible. The weird thing is, I don't "feel" 30 mentally, maybe because I'm the youngest in the family and have always been immature (haha) but oh man, my body feels 30 for sure. Not to mention new wrinkles here and there.

This past weekend was our move that I have been looking forward to for what seems like years! I have been convincing ap for us to downsize and after several months of propositioning, he gave in. 1) I wanted a fresh new start in a new place. Our old apt was too dark w/out much natural lighting and I wanted to let go of everything bad that happened while we were there. Our 2 years there brought us so much joy but also heartache I wanted to leave behind in the dark apt. People always say your home should be bright w/lots of natural light. I never believed in feng shui and stuff like that but I'll see if this holds true since our new apt gets lots of sunlight. 2) We really do not need a 2nd bedroom. Ap is a hoarder! Do you know anyone that still has his college Ikea desk lamp, alarm clock from high school that has ddae all over it, 4 game systems, and 3 racks full of 90's CDs - who still listens to cd's!!? Yea...he doesn't like to throw things away. The only way to have him get rid of what I call junk he calls treasure was to get rid of an unnecessary bedroom that was purely a storage in my eyes. I went through everything and convinced him to sell, donate, throw things away. I throw everything away while ap holds onto every little possession. I wear the same things every week while ap takes up 3/4 of our walk in closet. We ended up selling 2 TVs, game system, camera, and still have boxes full of stuff to sell. My rule was if you haven't used it or even touched it in the last 6 months, you don't need it! We decided we'll buy something useful and nice for our new apt with the money from selling all the junk/treasure...he was happy with that idea and I haven't looked back since! And while ap was at work, I did all the packing and threw out the trash in the dumpster instead of waiting for him to do it because I got rid of things he won't even notice are gone but would have protested in throwing away if he was home. I had to take advantage of the time he wasn't home! 3) Cut down expenses big time. We knew there would be sacrifices we'd make while ap is going to school. He only has another year or so left so I have to cut our expenses any way we can. I could not pass up cutting $400/month. Basically, we were paying $400 a month for ap's storage. LOL. 4) I hate a balcony facing a courtyard!! I used to sleep through wars but as I get older, I am a lighter sleeper and am sensitive to every little sound so when obnoxious, rude neighbors sit out in their balcony talking at 2am, I wanted to cry! Now our balcony faces the opposite side with our garage right below us and the balcony gets so much sun light that I can work in the balcony now, which is so nice!

Everytime I moved since ap and I have been together, we did it ourselves without really any help needed. OMG, not no more! I am useless now! Thank God ap's friends came over to help because I passed out after an hour I think. Now, the thought of having to move again next year or so is frightening, but next time, we will have one less room/storage to move and throw out. :)