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I'm tired. Exhausted. I'm not really sure why. I went to bed just before midnight, and woke up just after 5am, and I didn't really do much yesterday. I'm sure it's lack of exercise that is causing my lack of energy. It's odd how that works. If you don't use any energy, you don't have any. But, if you USE lots of energy, then, after time, you have plenty to spare. Regardless, I'll be much happier in the new apartment with an exercise room that doesn't include wrap-around floor-to-ceiling windows so every passer by can watch how slow I have to set the treadmill just to keep up.

With the apartment move and the stuff going on at work, we have a pretty busy schedule.

• Wednesday
  • Happy Birthday Mom
  • 8:00am - Go to work at strike call center.
  • 11:00am - Go to my office for meeting with my ex-boss for a semi-annual evaluation.
  • 11:30am - Go home for a quick lunch.
  • 12:00pm - Deposit money in the bank and get a Change of Address form from the Post Office.
  • 12:30pm - Go back to the strike call center.
  • 5:00pm - Help the computer delievery people unload the computers.
  • 6:30pm - Go home for dinner.
  • 8:30pm - Go back to the call center to provision all the computers.
  • 11:00pm - Come home and go to bed.
  • Meanwhile, Jess will have finished packing almost EVERYTHING and will have ordered Washer/Dryer rentals for the new place.
• Thursday
  • Happy Birthday Jaclyn
  • 8:00am - Go to work at my office.
  • 9:00am - Meeting regarding up comming system changes and the requrements that will impose on my systems and proceedures.
  • 12:00pm - Go home for lunch… don't come back.
  • By this time, everything will be packed and we will have no belongings left unpacked except one small box worth of items needed for living (tooth brush, deodorant, that sort of thing), two sleeping bags, two pillows, a backpack full of clothes, my coffee maker and our electronics.
  • Have a quick lunch.
  • I'll tear down the electronics (except for the TVs, which I'll let the movers bring) and load them into our car.
  • I'll load our lamps and our overnight things into the car as well.
  • 4:00pm - head out to Plano to sign the lease and unpack the car.
  • Plan out locations for furniture and where everything should go.
  • Get cash out to pay movers.
  • Buy drinks and ice for moving day.
  • Sleep.
• Friday
  • 5:30am - wake up
  • 7:00am - Leave for Irving in order to test traffic.
  • 8:00am-ish - Arrive in Irving and start getting stuff ready for when the movers come (sometime between 8am and 10am).
  • 2.5 hours of loading in Irving.
  • .5 hours of driving to Plano.
  • 1 hour of unloading in Plano.
  • Another hour just to be safe.
  • Unpack the important stuff (bed, a few dishes, etc).
  • Drive to Irving and get the cats. (maybe we should do this when we leave Irving the first time so they don't have to stay in an empty apartment all day? Then again, I'd rather have them at the old place rather than the new one while the moving is taking place. Hmmmm?
  • Sleep
• Saturday
  • Unpack the remaining stuff that's useful. No need to worry about pictures or decorations or anything like that. Just make the place livable. Computers on desks, TV setup, Couch in place, dishes in cupboards, etc.
  • Go to old apartment to clean up some.
  • Get my mom a birthday gift. Possibly drive to Keller to drop it off and say "Happy Birthday".
  • Go home to Plano and relax a bit.
• Sunday
  • More unpacking.
  • More cleaning.
  • Go see John Mayer and Counting Crows.
  • Go home and go to bed.
• Monday
  • Happy Birthday Zoe
  • Go to work.
  • Jess stays home all day to let cable man install Cable TV and Cable Modem.
  • Come home and hook up Internet access, TV, and telephone.
• Tuesday
  • Have Jess clean in Irving while I am at work, if more cleaning is needed.
  • Schedule apartment walk-through.
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
  • Lease is up.
  • Bring back keys.
  • Check mail.
  • Say goodbye to the cockroaches.

It's not as bad as I thought, I guess. That's a good thing.