This month, Jeff and I moved to a new apartment. The last couple weeks of July were spent finalizing the boxes and cleaning up the domicile we had been occupying for the past year. It was no small feat! In between all of that, my brother and his girlfriend moved to their new apartment and my mom got the notice that she has to move, too.
So, yeah. July was an absolute BLUR!
When it was mine and Jeff’s turn to move, we had to hire movers because our friends and family were all either at work or out of the country (drat!) We hired “Right Choice” movers and it seemed like the best idea at the time. Two guys came out with their truck and we set to work hauling all of the big stuff. We had to prioritize the heavy stuff so that we had help with it, but all in all it took seventeen hours from the first box to the last box.
Other things that happened in July:
Jeff bought me a Super Nintendo Entertainment System and a few games to go with them… I’m THISCLOSE to beating Act Raiser 🙂 Happy Birthday to me…
My phone took a dive while helping mom get ready to move and the screen shattered. I’m such a social media addict, though, that I still used it for the 4 days it took to get a replacement… what’s a little glass dust? I still managed to stay pretty steady on my photo tracker…
My brother had his first gig with his band!! He plays in a ZZ Top cover band called CC Top (they also do Credence Clearwater Revival) and they played at a local bar for a good sized bar audience. The pic (upper right corner) is of our mom and Steph starting the dance floor 🙂
Also of note, I found a great place to host my sister’s wedding shower (2 weeks!), I walked a 5k with a good friend (1st one of the year), and we got our library set up. Life is certainly good and we’re counting our blessings.
Next up for us in this crazy year is helping mom move, going back to school for Fall Semester, Christmas in Canada, etc. We’re looking at all the requirements to do our immigration paperwork, and it’s staggering. I wanted to get it submitted within the next week, but last night I was sitting on our patio reading the fine print and realized that if he leaves the country while the application is pending (even for just a short time), they’ll consider the application abandoned and he could be banned from coming back 😦 Why does everything have to be so complicated? As if that wasn’t bad enough, there’s this hilarious joke at the end of the paperwork… It’s called the “paperwork reduction act” where they estimate the amount of time to be about 6 hours per application and if it takes longer than that, you’re supposed to report it. But the thing is, the instructions were around 8 pages long just telling you how to do one form, but in the instructions it says you have to do every other form too! I haven’t looked up the instructions for those yet, but I added 4 forms to the list that I didn’t have before… I’m just hoping the fees don’t add up as fast as the form numbers…
Worth it.
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