Escape from Retardo Land: Cassini moves out

[Cassini90125]

As many of you may know, I've been living in an apartment building run by an uncaring management team, tended to by a lazy maintenance man, and populated by some of the most brainless, inconsiderate people I've ever had the misfortune of dealing with. A long time ago this was a pretty nice place to live but it's deteriorated. Well, enough is enough, and as I've mentioned elsewhere, last month I found a better place to live, so effective on the 30th of this month I'm out of here.

I've been packing sporatically for awhile but no serious moving took place until yesterday. My brother showed up late in the morning with his truck and a handcart and we got to work. The weather was fairly good, sunny and cool, bordering on cold. It was also very windy, and it still is, so there was quite a wind chill outside. I'll live with it; it's far better than the 90+ degree heat I usually endure when moving stuff. There's still a great deal to pack up and move but we put a good dent into it. Most of my books are in boxes at the new place, waiting for the bookcases to arrive. I've accumulated a lot of books over the past several years and they weigh a hell of a lot but the heaviest has to be the Dungeons and Dragons collection. Best non-video game ever invented but it's not especially portable. The technical manuals and cookbooks weren't much lighter. Anyway, they've all been moved, as have the bulk of my CD's and DVD's plus a bunch of other items. The last things to go will be my computers, bedding, and the microwave; everything else will go at various times throughout the week. The heaviest items will be reserved for professional movers this Monday; I'll throw my back out if I even think about trying to move that couch by myself.

I can't tell you too much about the new neighborhood at the moment because other than a few stores and such I don't know a great deal about it. It's a very nice area along a major road, it has a few convenience stores nearby including a Walgreens and a 24-hour Sunoco station, more stores further away, and it's greener than my present location. I'll post more details as I learn more, and I'll undoubtably have a photo album of the area on my profile page in the future. What I do know right now is that the moving process is finally underway and I'm going somewhere that is NOT HERE, and that makes me happy, very happy indeed.