Moving Day

TinkerDaughter needed to get out of her apartment. She accomplished that painfully. Why she didn't connect the dots that if you are moving on a certain weekend, you actually need to pack your stuff up, I'm not sure. Nevertheless, all furniture and non-essential items were safely placed in storage and DD and crew moved home for a few weeks.

Last friday she got the keys to her new apartment. The one she had never seen before. She called in a panic because it was too small for all her stuff. Half the size of her old apartment. Not a problem I replied, you will de-clutter and just sell what won't fit. And donate some of your clothes. The ones that as you were packing kept saying "oh, I didn't know I had this".

This exercise is about saving money and revovering from some unwise decisions. And it is only for 365 days. The biggest problem was her bed. King size. And she dug her heels in and said no, she wasn't giving it up. So we agreed that the living room could become the bedroom, and the bedroom could become the large storage room/closet. She would treat her one bedroom as an efficiency. She is busy working full time, going to school and put the social life for the most part on hold. But she forgot to tell her brother who was moving the furniture. He set the bed up in the bedroom. I'm glad he forced the issue, it actually fit and there is about 3 feet on two walls leftover. So she got her dresser in there too.

We got risers for the bed so she could use the underneath space for more storage. She is a happy camper again, now she just needs to figure out where to put things. Oh and the bathroom is full size and pretty big for such a small apartment. THAT was a bonus. I had shown her some videos of people in NYC who live in 90 sq feet and one girl's bathroom was so small there wasn't room for her in it.

The kitchen is a galley kitchen, with an apartment size stove, regular size refrigerator, sink and about 18" of counter space. With her noew positive attitude (since the bed fit) she has some plans for shelves, and a drop down added "counter" her dad will put up for her. She will become very "continental" and shop for food a few times a week, seeing as how there aren't very many cabinets either. But there is room for her microwave and coffee maker (on top of the refrigerator) so all is not lost.

And there are only 362 days left.