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It's really late on Sunday night, but I don't have to work tomorrow (Yay Tweede Pinkster Dag!) I figured that I had best get to posting. It's been a busy weekend, but quite productive so far. I've been packing like crazy in anticipation of my move to my new house. The movers are coming Tuesday morning at 11 and I have to have everything boxed & ready to go. For those of you who have never been to Holland, you have no idea of the complexities of moving here. I am just moving across town, probably around half a mile from where I am living now, but it involves some of the most tricky logistics you can think of. First off, I live on a busy street, so the movers have to get a permit from the city to block part of the street. The new street I am moving to runs along a one way canal, so I think that we will block the whole street there. On top of that, I live on the 3rd and 4th floors, with some of the most treacherous stairs you can imagine. To call them carpeted ladders wouldn't be far from the truth. So everything must go out windows. At least the movers have a lift to get up & down and we don't have to do everythings with the pulleys & hooks that they traditionally used.
Another thing I find fun about moving is that I get excited by the stupid chores that I end up doing. For example, I have a chandelier in the entry of my house that looked as if had been there forever. It was covered in dust that probably has been sitting there since they remodeled the facade of the building sometime between 1815 and 1820. Since I had to change the bulb, I figured that I would clean all the glass bits, which involved taking each one off, cleaning it in a bucket in the sink, drying it, and hanging them all back on the brass rings. It took forever, but when it was all finished I was gobsmacked by the difference.
I'll post more pics on flickr.
I suppose that I have to hit the sack. I need to get up tomorrow and get crack-a-lackin on the packin!
