19 february 2024
Moving
In the process of moving again for like the 5th time in 10 years. I'm so drained, broke, and stressed from the ongoing process. No car, no money left, so I've resorted to moving things in the middle of the night by wheeling things along on a little movers dolly. Every move I've had to shed things I love because it either won't fit in my smaller new space or I can't afford to get anyone to help me move it. So I'm down to clothes, books, computer tower, laptop, futon, kitchen stuff, and a few odds and ends.
If I want to keep my bookshelf it'll be a several hour ordeal rolling it along the sidewalk on the dolly for 1.5 miles. I've mapped out the streets I can easily roll things on, but that still leaves plenty of rough roads and intersections without an accessibility ramp where I'll have to carry the damn thing across. How the hell do they expect people in wheel chairs navigate this city?
I've already done things several times with the things I absolutely need so giving up my bookshelf is starting to seem like a fair trade for not having to spend what little energy I have on another midnight moving run.
gratitude: narrowly avoided becoming homeless. It's starting to warm up, and my new place isn't an unheated cement slab, so no more bugs or wearing my jacket indoors.