2007/03/17
Moving Estimates, Laptop and Anniversary
I've been busy sorting, packing and having lunches with friends. I had three moving companies here for estimates. Honestly, I don't know how to compare the three estimates. They all had different assessments of the weight of what I'm taking to Vancouver. They all mentioned different services they provide (for a price). The highest estimate was almost twice as much as the lowest estimate. It's hard to know if the person who did the highest one was mistaken or inexperienced, or whether the lowest one was lowballed and will turn out to be much higher after the load is actually weighed. Only one estimator suggested that if the apartment block I move into can't handle a large semi, they will have to hire someone to shuttle the load in a smaller truck at an additional cost of $500. Apparently that is quite common in downtown Vancouver. Neither of the other two mentioned that. What is a person to do? It's all very confusing. I think I should talk it over with Margot when she gets here.
Margot is arriving on Monday for one last visit to the house in which she grew up. We have plans for pedicures. It's a mother/daughter bonding time. We will take Nana out for dinner and there just might be a Jeanne's cake in there somewhere. There is still lots of packing to do. I've been getting boxes at liquor stores. It seems to be the only place where they still allow customers to take away the empty boxes.
I am also in the process of transferring all my pictures and files from the desktop computer to the laptop. I will only be taking the laptop to Vancouver. Most of my other stuff is going to auction. The people who bought the house also bought the dining room suite.
Yesterday was the anniversary date. 15 months. I get sad every month on the 16th. It usually starts a few days before. I think I will always miss him. I miss his great smile, his humour, his intelligence, his gentleness. I like to look at Jack's blog where there is a memorial and picture. And the poem that accompanies it is so apt. I saw a book at McNally Robinson called "The Cruciverbalist's World" and I thought of him. He loved doing the Sunday New York Times crossword. We did it together.
Tata, and take care, and PEACE.
Gone - flitted away,
Taken the stars from the night and the sun
From the day!
Gone, and a cloud in my heart.~Alfred Tennyson
Moving Estimates, Laptop and Anniversary
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Margot is arriving on Monday for one last visit to the house in which she grew up. We have plans for pedicures. It's a mother/daughter bonding time. We will take Nana out for dinner and there just might be a Jeanne's cake in there somewhere. There is still lots of packing to do. I've been getting boxes at liquor stores. It seems to be the only place where they still allow customers to take away the empty boxes.
I am also in the process of transferring all my pictures and files from the desktop computer to the laptop. I will only be taking the laptop to Vancouver. Most of my other stuff is going to auction. The people who bought the house also bought the dining room suite.
Yesterday was the anniversary date. 15 months. I get sad every month on the 16th. It usually starts a few days before. I think I will always miss him. I miss his great smile, his humour, his intelligence, his gentleness. I like to look at Jack's blog where there is a memorial and picture. And the poem that accompanies it is so apt. I saw a book at McNally Robinson called "The Cruciverbalist's World" and I thought of him. He loved doing the Sunday New York Times crossword. We did it together.
Tata, and take care, and PEACE.
Gone - flitted away,
Taken the stars from the night and the sun
From the day!
Gone, and a cloud in my heart.~Alfred Tennyson
Moving Estimates, Laptop and Anniversary
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