Didn't I Just Do This?

Would you like the good news or the bad news first? Good news: David and I are moving into a tiny house. Bad news: David and I are moving into a tiny house in less than a week. I'm excited and nervous to move and a little bit scared.

October is a very busy month so we wanted to move sooner rather than later. David's oldest brother is suppose to come stay for a weekend and it isn't nice to ask your house guests to help you move. Plus, I get very limited human contact so if someone wants to come visit I'm not going to stop them for a little across town move. We are suppose to go to a Cleveland Browns game (even though everyone is telling us it's dangerous) the weekend after that and then the weekend after that is Halloween. We have very limited weekends to move so we decided to go into hyperactive hyperdrive and just do it, like, now. Hopefully David is going to remember to bring some boxes home from work, and reserve a truck and tell the boys he works with to be sober this weekend to help us move. I love the boys David works with I trust them with my life. I just don't know if I trust them with my stuff.

So why are we moving when David and I get such a great deal on this dark and damp basement level apartment with a broken oven and moldy walls and floor? Exactly. Yet, I am a bit sad to leave our first hobbit hole. Never thought I'd ever say that but it's true. This apartment is great during tornado warnings and it's cheaper than renting a house. I am settled and comfortable here (for the most part) and absolutely terrified to move to a new neighborhood and have to go through the process all over again. Meeting the neighbors and growing accustomed to the new sounds that are going to keep me up at night. I mean didn't I just do all that a couple of months ago?

This is also the first time David and I will be moving together. Our two very different personalities are responsible for safely moving an entire fledgling household. David likes to boast everything he owns could fit in a car. Not even a quarter of the stuff I own could fit in a mini-van. We don't have a lot of furniture everything we own folds, collapses or comes apart and packing isn't going to be an issue because I am unemployed and can spend all day boxing things up. Our biggest problem is the house is smaller than the apartment and has less storage space. The house does have a detached garage but going from having everything in one of the four closets to out in a garage is a major bummer. I've already started going through my stuff and shifting the stuff I want to put in the garage in plastic bins so it won't get water damaged. I also have a big pile of stuff to donate to the Goodwill. Less storage means the less stuff one gets to keep. It isn't liberating getting rid of the clothes and things I shipped from California. I really want everything I currently have or I wouldn't have shipped it in the first place.

There are some definite perks with moving into this tiny house even if the rent is higher, we have to pay more utilities and there is yard to maintain. We will have a washer and dryer and a working oven and a microwave in a kitchen big enough for two people to stand in at the same time! The mailbox is big enough for our Netflix rentals. There are windows that let in light and yard to sit in so we can enjoy the last of the good weather. The owners lived there prior to renting and kept it nice and clean. The library, grocery store and post office are all within comfortable walking distance. All things considered a pretty good deal, we think. David is confident we can manage the extra cost and keep saving for our own home one day. I hope we can. I really wanted the next move we made to be into a home we bought but this seems like good practice for us. I'm sure I will have some excellent commentary in about a week after this move.