Moving
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I've been kind of busy, so I haven't been able to update in awhile. There's a lot to tell, but I'll start with when I moved to my new apartment.
I moved on June 30th. Arden and Kevin are in Taiwan and at home, respectively, so it was up to me and Jon to do all the work...Luckily, John offered to help out, and even took the day off work to do it (thanks John)! Also, my family came down and helped out as well, which was good, because without them, I don't think we would have finished anytime soon.
The day started off bright and early at 8:30am, when Jon and I went to go pick up the rental truck. We ended up getting the 15' truck to save us some trips. After that, I had a lab class that I couldn't miss, so I went to that until 1pm. I also had a job interview at the UCSD Bookstore at 1, so I didn't actually get back to the apartment until 2pm. I did some last minute packing when I got back home, and then loaded my computer and clothes into my car. John and my family came at around 2:30pm, and we started to move things into the truck. Well, actually, we didn't actually start moving things into the truck until later. First we moved everything out of the apartment to in front of the gate. When everything was in our apartment, it didn't look like we had much stuff, but when everything was piled up out in the street, it looked like we had two times the amount of stuff I thought we had. Finally, around 3pm, we started to move the stuff into the truck while my mom did some last minute vacuuming.
Tangent/Rant: Something that would have been very useful (and would have saved us much time) to have known beforehand, I will share with you all now (and if you already knew this...you could have brought it to my attention earlier!!): Pack everything in nice, big boxes! Do not leave everything in little, open boxes! Even if you have to pack the smaller boxes into bigger boxes, do it! Moving all the little boxes took so many extra trips because you couldn't carry that many of them at once.
Okay, anyway, we started by moving the mattresses in first, and then piling all our little boxes on top of them. My dad was doing this, and I swear there was no empty space in the back of the truck. If Tetris was a game in real life, my dad would be the supreme champion. Because of his amazing packing abilities, we were able to fit all the rest of the stuff into this one truckload. We finished at exactly 4:17pm, and it was then that I realized the leasing office for La Regencia (my new apartment complex) might close soon, and we had yet to pick up the keys to the new apartment. We hadn't picked it up earlier because I had to wait for my dad to come with me and get a money order, because for some reason they require one for the first month. I tried to call them, but no one picked up. So we drove over there to see what time they closed. Luckily, they didn't close till 5pm that day. We left to go get the money order, all the while I was trying to call them to let them know we were on our way. Still no one picked up. Since the bank is slow, we didn't actually get the money order until 4:47pm. Now I was worried because when I would call them, the answering machine would say that they were closed. We got there at 4:53pm, only to find their door locked. They were still inside, and being the asses that they were, did not open the door for us, and even went as far as to shrug their shoulders. My dad and I were like, "WTF man?" Then we saw someone leave through the other door, so we ran around the building, and caught the door as it was closing. They tried to tell us they were closed, but my dad and I and this other couple that just showed up just walked in, saying that it wasn't 5pm yet, and that they could not close yet.
We got the keys, although the guy was still being an ass. And of course, being the ass that he is, he did not tell us our assigned parking spots, and he only gave us two sets of keys...Ass. Anyway, to not drag this out any longer, in order to move everything up to the third floor, George and my dad moved everything off the truck while Peter and I moved everything into the elevator, brought it up, and unloaded it, while Jon and John moved everything from the elevator into the apartment. We finally finished at around 8:30pm, went to eat at Tofu House, and then slept. Oh yes, but not before I realized my dad had driven off with the keys to the truck, which was definitely not a good thing because I had to return it by 7:00am the next day. Luckily he realized before he was too far on the road, and turned around.
Randomness: I just got a call today from the bookstore, and I did get the job and will start on July 28th, if I don't find a better job by then.
I've been kind of busy, so I haven't been able to update in awhile. There's a lot to tell, but I'll start with when I moved to my new apartment.
I moved on June 30th. Arden and Kevin are in Taiwan and at home, respectively, so it was up to me and Jon to do all the work...Luckily, John offered to help out, and even took the day off work to do it (thanks John)! Also, my family came down and helped out as well, which was good, because without them, I don't think we would have finished anytime soon.
The day started off bright and early at 8:30am, when Jon and I went to go pick up the rental truck. We ended up getting the 15' truck to save us some trips. After that, I had a lab class that I couldn't miss, so I went to that until 1pm. I also had a job interview at the UCSD Bookstore at 1, so I didn't actually get back to the apartment until 2pm. I did some last minute packing when I got back home, and then loaded my computer and clothes into my car. John and my family came at around 2:30pm, and we started to move things into the truck. Well, actually, we didn't actually start moving things into the truck until later. First we moved everything out of the apartment to in front of the gate. When everything was in our apartment, it didn't look like we had much stuff, but when everything was piled up out in the street, it looked like we had two times the amount of stuff I thought we had. Finally, around 3pm, we started to move the stuff into the truck while my mom did some last minute vacuuming.
Tangent/Rant: Something that would have been very useful (and would have saved us much time) to have known beforehand, I will share with you all now (and if you already knew this...you could have brought it to my attention earlier!!): Pack everything in nice, big boxes! Do not leave everything in little, open boxes! Even if you have to pack the smaller boxes into bigger boxes, do it! Moving all the little boxes took so many extra trips because you couldn't carry that many of them at once.
Okay, anyway, we started by moving the mattresses in first, and then piling all our little boxes on top of them. My dad was doing this, and I swear there was no empty space in the back of the truck. If Tetris was a game in real life, my dad would be the supreme champion. Because of his amazing packing abilities, we were able to fit all the rest of the stuff into this one truckload. We finished at exactly 4:17pm, and it was then that I realized the leasing office for La Regencia (my new apartment complex) might close soon, and we had yet to pick up the keys to the new apartment. We hadn't picked it up earlier because I had to wait for my dad to come with me and get a money order, because for some reason they require one for the first month. I tried to call them, but no one picked up. So we drove over there to see what time they closed. Luckily, they didn't close till 5pm that day. We left to go get the money order, all the while I was trying to call them to let them know we were on our way. Still no one picked up. Since the bank is slow, we didn't actually get the money order until 4:47pm. Now I was worried because when I would call them, the answering machine would say that they were closed. We got there at 4:53pm, only to find their door locked. They were still inside, and being the asses that they were, did not open the door for us, and even went as far as to shrug their shoulders. My dad and I were like, "WTF man?" Then we saw someone leave through the other door, so we ran around the building, and caught the door as it was closing. They tried to tell us they were closed, but my dad and I and this other couple that just showed up just walked in, saying that it wasn't 5pm yet, and that they could not close yet.
We got the keys, although the guy was still being an ass. And of course, being the ass that he is, he did not tell us our assigned parking spots, and he only gave us two sets of keys...Ass. Anyway, to not drag this out any longer, in order to move everything up to the third floor, George and my dad moved everything off the truck while Peter and I moved everything into the elevator, brought it up, and unloaded it, while Jon and John moved everything from the elevator into the apartment. We finally finished at around 8:30pm, went to eat at Tofu House, and then slept. Oh yes, but not before I realized my dad had driven off with the keys to the truck, which was definitely not a good thing because I had to return it by 7:00am the next day. Luckily he realized before he was too far on the road, and turned around.
Randomness: I just got a call today from the bookstore, and I did get the job and will start on July 28th, if I don't find a better job by then.
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