I paid double rent for 60 days.
Time to sort things, get organized. I have family coming to town and the new place is a dream for them all to enjoy. Lots of time to get the moving done, what could go wrong.
Two months shrinks quickly when you are sick in bed, can't breathe, and your shoulder is out of whack. You can't hurry the recovery. But I was free to join the family in the hot tub. I also had some fun playing "who can stay longest in a 185 degree wood box." - For health reasons of course.
Yes, 185 is the max setting, so of course everyone uses the sauna at that temperature.
But October 1st kept getting closer.
there is a day I have to be out of the old apartment.
So this problem popped up, as everyone wanted to be in the gym, the hot tub and the sauna. Contracts and moving were up to me by default. I don't like to ask for help even when it had been offered months before. I tried to move what I could, reinjured my shoulder a couple of times, then I asked...
The smallest doesn't live with me. He pulled a cart 4 blocks to the new place.
I eeked a day or two out of my middle boy. There we were one morning. He thought he would give me 20 minutes of help before school then off he went... -NOT so fast. I wrecked his perfect attendance record at school that day. We ordered a pizza, then got to work. We got a lot done. Everything that was going to the new apartment was in one place, ready to be moved.
My eldest was sick like me - still he helped toss every bit of furniture I had out by the dumpster. Heavy work at a time when my shoulder was at its worst. (did I tell you that the new place is half the size?) I had all new stuff custom built to fit the apartment.
The street looked like a dibs-contest with people holding their reserve on this table and that TV stand.
It was 60 days ago. This...
The link if you want to have a look.
The first post had a video of them hauling this too big couch in over the balcony rail from the scary side.
Here it is looking upward. - Nice couch - has to be moved like a piano though.
Here are a few other shots of my new place.
We have endless
city skyline that lights up in the evening. And across the river, we have a shoreline view of Uruguay.
There is access to all sides of the building on the roof for perfect sunrises and sunsets, which are my favorites.
The rest of the roof is filled with saunas, steam rooms, showers, a gym and a huge hot tub.
The water jets spout out and can reach just about any spot that his bothering you!
The clowniest of the three, my littlest just had to try out the big (summer time pool) the first weekend he came to visit. You'll see that I caught him mid air if you can see the little arrow I drew to show it. The day was 65 degrees, the water not so warm. He got taste of what "on the rocks" means. He stayed in for about 2 minutes.
The kicker to this story is that this place costs the same to rent as my old place which had radiators for heat. I bet they didn't think of that when they had the idea to raise my rent. But I got my own idea. Trash my stuff and get all new stuff at at high rise.
The biggest kicker....
I could never afford this move without the money I made on Steemit!
