Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Final Lewisville Days

Today is September 8. Do you know what this means? Before you say, "Well, Scott, it generally means that it's not quite September 9 but no longer September 7," I will throw another date into the discussion. September 26. That is the date that I am scheduled to move from Lewisville to Euless. Sheesh, there's a lot to do between now and then. I have moved many times over the years, and one thing is consistent: it's never, ever fun. I need to lay my hands on some boxes to start the packing process. I found a place online where I can get about a good set of boxes for about $80. Fortunately, I'm not moving an entire apartment. I do have the movers set up. I've never used them before, but they had some good Google ratings, so I'm crossing my fingers and hoping for the best. For the first time, I'm paying hourly rates for movers. Usually I do one of those 'move by the piece' jobs. My move is costing me about $277, before gratuities. That's really not bad at all for a three-hour move. And it shouldn't take them three hours to move me from a ground floor apartment in Lewisville to one in Euless that is less than thirty minutes away.

It is odd to think that in just a few weeks, I will no longer be driving to and from Lewisville. This will cut my work commute in half. I am happy that Karen and I found a place that is still centrally located so we can get just about anywhere fairly quickly. It's close to the airport, but after growing up in White Settlement, plane noise doesn't bother me anymore. I've been driving back and forth from Lewisville for just over five years now, so getting home in 30 minutes (or less, usually) will be a real treat.

Maybe I'll have an extra 30-60 minutes for blog entries! :)