A journey with big changes lays behind me. I’ve reached my destination, which I hope will be my last one. Or at least one for a long time to come… The journey isn’t over yet, but part of the traveling is. Now, I’m in place and I need to make things better as I stay a while…
Of course I’m talking about the move that happened last year. In December 2023, I got about 22 hours to decide if I wanted to accept a (rental) house, that I never thought to have a chance with. On July 1st I got the keys. The weekend of 13/14 July, sweet friends helped me a shitload! 😉 As they helped me move most of my things from Cuijk to Herpen. And… That’s where I am now. But…
Was it worth it? 🤔
Everybody that has moved houses before knows how stressful such a situation may be. It can be even more challenging when it’s “just you” that needs to make all the arrangements. When there’s no partner that can support and take over. I wasn’t really planning on moving, as I figured I never would be offered one. I just wanted to see “how far I would get”. Well, all the way, apparently. 😂
Moving to another town, in another municipality, to a place I didn’t really know… It scared the bajeezus out of me…
Those that have been following the blog since then, they may remember the stress, anxiety, and all that, that I was dealing with. Making lists, trying to arrange everything, trying to remember all the important things…
The move itself went rather well. It wasn’t the best weather, but my friends did an awesome job, and I tried to help as much as my overwhelmed brain was allowing me.
Things in the house didn’t all go as planned. Some may remember how hopeless I felt during the whole skirting boards saga? 😉 Triggered…
Slowly, I tried to adjust. I tried to make my house a home. To sort through the boxes and mess. To build a new routine. To give things places in the house and hope that it would work out…
The house is a long way from ready, as there is a lot to do, and there’s mostly just me… And my energy and financial means. But I plan to stay there for quite some time to come, so hopefully I can slowly make the house better and better as time passes by… 😊
It’s been about 9½ months now. I’ve gotten a routine, sort of… I know more things in the neighborhood. I have some very good contact with some of the neighbors. And now, my brain was just wondering…
All that stress of the move, of the preparations, of the arrangements, of the changes in the daily life… Was it worth it? Did it improve my well-being? Did it change things in a positive way?
And, at the moment, my brain is leaning to the answer of “Yes!”.
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Especially knowing now that I need another hip surgery. Knowing that I don’t need to hobble up the stairs every time I wanna take Arwen out. Knowing there is some decent space for my mum, should she want to stay over for a while. I wanted to move out of the apartment due to several reasons, one being the stairs for Arwen. But now, it also seems that having no stairs (except for the upper floor, but everything is downstairs, like the bedroom and bathroom) is beneficial to me as well. 😊
I will love having the gardens, but at the moment I’m just annoyed by them… The area were in used to be a big field full of weeds. The building coop didn’t really do anything with the gardens, so after I’ve worked so many hours to get the weeds out… It just took some days and some rain for them to be back in no time! I know… I need the special cloths that prevent the weeds from growing again, and they’re bookmarked on my “things I still need” shopping list. So for now, my gardens are messy and full of weeds, and I really hate that… 😔
The first few months in the house, the humidity was awful! It was way too high, and it didn’t help that it was rather high outside as well. Some things got very molded or rusted… Which was a big bummer… And it was hard to deal with during bed time. My parents lend me a small dehumidifier, and that finally helped me to sleep better, as the bed was just so humid and icky…
Slowly the house started to dry, even to the extreme at times, as my humidity sensor sometimes goes as low as 28%, while it was around 75-85% when I moved in… But that also means some cracks are forming, that will need to be fixed once the house is done with the “setting in”.
There is still loads to do. But, many things need either money or help, or a good day where my motivation is present… And with my leg being annoying as it is now, it’s even harder to find that motivation.
Some days I wish I would be gifted a shitload of money, excuse the language, and then I’d be able to hire some handy folks to do all the chores for me…
As mentioned, the gardens need some work, and I want to make some changes in the back one. The upstairs rooms, hallway, and stairway all need to be painted. But the house is incredibly high! And I tried working with a telescope paint roller, but my hands and shoulders were not really capable of it… When the stairway is done (some day), I’d like to have the staircase sanded and painted properly… And, should I really win a big jackpot, then I would not mind if someone would re-paint everything downstairs. As I did my best, but it’s not really that great, unfortunately…
But I don’t think anyone will hand me over some wads of cash anytime soon, so I’ll just have to make due with what I have, and then slowly work through the list of chores. Maybe some friends will be kind enough to help me then… 😇
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Still… Even thought there is loads that still needs to be done… It’s OK enough for now. We have a little house, we’re warm and dry, we have comforts and safety. There is food, drink, and means to relaxation. There are nice places to walk with Arwen, and even treat her to some swimming. 💦 The gym is further than I was used to, most stores need a little drive as well. But, I’m blessed to have Skoosh, and she’s been taking me to all these places. 😊
I do hope that it won’t take me too long to make the house even more of a home. I hope that some friends will be so sweet to lend me their help, and spend their time with me, to make the house even better. I know it’s a rental place so it will never be “my own”. But with the way the Dutch laws are, I should be able to grow even older than I am now, in the new place. 😇
It was a challenge! It was super hard on me, and I dealt with some depression and autistic burnout, which caused my eating disorder to roar again, so now I need to focus on my weight again (which isn’t really making much progress… 😔). But… I have time. I need to have patience. I have to find the end of a rainbow so I can find a bucket full of gold so that I have more funds… 😉 But it was all definitely worth it…
To be continued… 💜
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Triggered…
…by the messy stuffs…
The story of the skirting boards saga!
I’ve been living between boxes for many months. But, while in the apartment, they were organized in a way, and I still had access to stuffs that I used. When everything got moved, I lost all sense of organisation… I tried to sort through them afterwards, but it was hard to deal with the mess I was in.
I had expected the floors and skirting boards to be done before the move. So then I could start arranging my house in the way I wanted it to be. But, as some of you who’ve followed the of know, the skirting boards became aong lasting saga, which I dubbed the SB-saga on Mastodon. They should have been done on the 12th of July. But the one who was gonna fix it all, and finish it all, wasn’t set to come on… The 30th…. Ugh…
Warning: long text, cause I was really annoyed with the whole situation… And it shows in the text… Sorry… Had to vent it…
So… That meant I was in a mess for over two weeks! Some boards that had been done were on top tight, something I warned the asshat worker for (don’t worry Missy, I know what I’m doing). So instead of just needing it to be finished, several boards needed repairs as well. Meaning I could do even less, as those boards needed to be accessible…
I had to put some things in front of those boards to be able to live a bit during those 2½ weeks. So that meant, having to try and make space for the worker when he finally came….
Those two long weeks, I had not been able to do a lot of unpacking and arranging. I was able to do some in the PC/gym room, for which I was very grateful. As it felt good to unpack and to arrange things in their new way. Cleaning out boxes, getting a little less messy, getting a bit more space… I loved it!
And that made me hate the situation I was in even more! I had warned the asshat for the high humidity. I told him it was a new house, that it was very humid due to the ventilation being off, and due to the weather being wet and awful. But be patronized me. He was more occupied with his phone than with doing the work properly. With taking breaks. With starting a bit in every room but not finishing any room completely…. 😔
I learned that they wanted to send the same asshat to finish later on. I definitely wasn’t having that! Which was a reason I had to wait longer, because it was a holiday season and the decent workers (according to the guy on the phone) were either booked or in vacation. But I’d rather wait than have to allow that patronizing asshat back into my house! I did not feel comfortable around him at all!
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So I had to wait for two weeks. During those weeks, more of the big skirting boards came loose due to the humidity. After a while, they finally fixed the ventilation unit. And, my parents remembered they had a small dehumidifier, so I used that whenever I could to get the house into a better climate. But in the end many boards had some loose. Some were just slightly bent, but still attached to the walls, so I hoped that by getting the humidity out more, they would be OK. But the ones that really bent all the way and came loose… They definitely needed to be fixed.
I was hoping that the man would be very friendly (and hopefully also understanding), and that he could start with the boards behind Arwen’s bench and the TV cabinet. Also, the ones next to the kitchen, which was the same wall as the others. If he could start with those, then I could fix the living room again while he was working in the test of the it’s that still needed to be done and fixed.
I had tried to sort as many boxes as I could. So that I could start unpacking them as soon as possible. The mess triggered me. Not being able to have my stuff in cabinets triggered me. Not knowing where stuff was triggered me… I had known that it would take time to get order in the house. To find new spots for the old things. To get new things to adjust the old things to the new situation. I knew it would take time, as well as money, to make the house a home. But…
I had hoped to have more cabinets in their place now. And, with them in place, I could check where I’d like my shelves to come. So dad and I could hang those as well, and then I could proceed with putting my stuff on them… Of course the ventilation not working, with the bad weather and high humidity outside, didn’t help the situation get any better. So I was very grateful for the small dehumidifier, as it really did it’s best to suck out loads of humidity… 😊 But, it was too late for the skirting boards.
All these came loose and they’re all bent… 😔
And then, the 30th came. I prepared everything in the living room, kitchen and bedroom. I made sure they would have as much space as I could offer. And then, 20 minutes before the arrival estimate, my phone rang… Yup… 😭 The van has broken down and needed a tow and they could not come to me! 😵 I got soooooo frustrated and angry that I started to cry! I was so done with it all… This was supposed to be the day where they would finally finish this and be done with it. And now… It was not! I had gone through all the trouble, I had waited so long and now this…
I was so upset. And I knew that car trouble could happen, heck it happened to Skoosh twice this last month… But I had worked so hard to create the space. I had waited so long for them to come and fix (and hopefully finish) it. I was ready to make the house a home, and I could do more of that once the boards were done. I could place more cupboards, I could unpack stuff into those cupboards, I could finally set up the new TV and all… But… Nope…
I had a long talk, I exchanged some emails and then they promised me that it would all be fixed and finished this Friday. So, three weeks after it should have been finished…. I really wanted to believe it. I really was eager to get to work that weekend and get stuff done! But, I was weary… I didn’t replace everything, just the things that were in the way. Life had been messy for so long, what’s a little more mess added to that for a few days???
So, more impatient waiting and on Thursday, they let me know the times for the Friday…
They let me know the worker would come in the afternoon. So I was just hoping there would be enough time for him to finish it all. But then, Friday morning, I got an unexpected call. Anxious (I hate calls!) I decided to pick up and… It was good news! 😁 The worker was done earlier at the other location and he was on his way to mine! So I quickly had to get everything in order!
Out with the bent ones… New ones in place!
The gentleman was kind, professional, very good at what he did and… He was fast! He really enjoyed his work and that showed. Within a few hours, he was finishing up and it looked great! I felt such joy and relief. Now… It was finally done…
I thanked him loads, even threw in a bar of chocolate, as I was so happy! After I cleaned everything up and started to get the stuff back in their places… I got a big itch! I really wanted to unpack that biiig box with that beautiful shiny object in it.
I had about an hour before bed so… I got to work! I was hoping I could manage alone, as this one was just a wee bit bigger and heavier than the old one. I was scared a few times that I could not do it, that I’d drop it… But, my hands worked properly and I was definitely strong enough. So… Yay! I installed the TV, added my apps and the next day… I’d hook it up to all my other multimedia stuffs. Finally I could start to unpack more!
It’s sooooo awesome! 🤩
Upstairs was done too. So, if I have more time and energy, I’ll definitely start the work there too! So eager to finally make the house more of a home. To unpack things and get rid of the mess… 😊 So very grateful for Joop, the guy who saved and ended the SB-saga. 🌸
Sooooo, after a loooong three weeks… This part of the journey has come to an end. And, I for one, am very happy about that!
Hopefully, this won’t be continued… 😉
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But I know they sometimes have watches as well. My current tablet is about 5½ years now, with just a wee bit of storage and memory (although I did get a decent SD card for it). My watch is the youngest of the three, as I got that in October 2022. The phone is just over 3 years old. So, for all I do with it, it's getting a tad "old". But, all that my mum does with phones, this one will be great for her. And, when I got the phone, there was a sale happening on the kind of covers that my mum likes best. So, there is a barely used cover waiting for her as well... I am prepared...
She does her best, but she's not fully equipped to handle the current apps these days... Fingers crossed that the provider that I want to sign up with will have a special deal when I can go there... (of course I will keep an eye out on their website, as it's also my current internet provider).
Have a nice day! #TZAG 
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Unknown parent • • •Fankoos 🫶🏻 it's still a little wait, as it's not even May yet, and I can't go to them till halfway July I recon, as it needs some time for them to request the number transfer with my current provider, for when the sub ends with them.
But my brain always starts on these things way in advance... 😂 Especially when my tablet is behaving like a tired Arwen... Loyal but slow... 💜
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Unknown parent • • •Plan within the same provider, yes, it will stay. But I'm switching to another provider... My current one was good in my old town, but in this area, the coverage is less. So I want to switch to a more stable one that provides better coverage in my new area. And that means I need to transfer my number to another provider. 😊
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Unknown parent • • •Ow you get to keep it. But it needs to be requested here, it's not standard. And it takes some time to prepare, so you can't "just" take it immediately. At least, last time I changed numbers, it had to be done this way. So I just figured it would still be this way now. 😇 Been with this provider for quite some time... And I do like to be prepared in advance as well. Especially when it's something as important as having a mobile phone with coverage. 😊