Record Breaking Heat + Moving = Unfortunate Chafing

[sparkfrost]

Sorry for the TMI, but Palmer and I totally bought diaper cream on Saturday due to the wicked chafing we had from moving all our furniture to the new apartment on the hottest day of the year. Seriously, it hurt to wear underwear. Not fun. But diaper cream? Wonder drug! Put it on and instantly felt better! We were able to go back to the old apartment and move even more stuff! So yes, in case of godawful chafing, use diaper cream. You're welcome.

Anyhow! Friday was our official move-in day. We managed to move everything from our storage unit, plus the 55" inch tv we had left at his mom's place, plus all the furniture (except the bookcase) from the old apartment to the new. Saturday we went to Target for much needed supplies, then moved a whole bunch more boxes. Today we completely packed up the kitchen, then cleaned the hell out of it. How did I accumulate so much crap?! Whatever. We have through next Sunday to finish moving, and we're going to use all of that time so that we don't burn out. Tomorrow I'll be cleaning out the bathroom and disassembling the bookshelf (and doing laundry), and we'll tackle the bedroom and the living room after that. It'll be all good. Meanwhile, we definitely have the new place set up to be livable, though our clean clothes supply is running perilously low, hence the laundry. Basically, super busy for the next week. But by the end of this coming week, we should be both fully moved, and fully unpacked. Rock on!

Things we still need to buy:
-A second dresser. We decided on the long, low 6-drawer model, but we want to measure my car and make sure it'll fit in it before we actually spend money on it. It should fit, we just want to make sure.
-Another utensil holder. The drawer space in the kitchen is not optimal, and silverware takes up most of the one available drawer. Another countertop utensil holder is necessary.
-A kitchen workstation. There is also minimal counter space in the kitchen, and Ikea sells an awesome workstation for about $200. We just need to measure and double-check that it'll fit, but I am optimistic.

So yes. We've gotten the place livable, and over the next week we'll move everything else over and clean the shit out of the old place. Once everything is done I'll post pictures, but trust me, the new place is awesome.

Til next time!

Comments

[greyweirdo.livejournal.com]

Diaper cream... good to know.

Rock on with your bad self!

[sparkfrost.livejournal.com]

I thought it was helpful info. :) Thank you, I will!

[lillbet.livejournal.com]

YAY! And the housewarming is when?

[sparkfrost.livejournal.com]

In a few weeks, we'll start having a series of housewarmings. Basically, we can fit 10 people before it'll get uncomfortable. So yes, staggering gatherings in order to have everyone come. That, or we'll just have an "open house" for a few hours and people can come and go. But I'll let you know once we decide!

[chrryblssmninja.livejournal.com]

yeah, moving from one place to another is hard on the hands. My parents were using gloves, but the powder inside the disposable ones gave me a terrible reaction that took a month or two to recover from. I ended up using gardening gloves instead.

[sparkfrost.livejournal.com]

Your poor hands! Just today I totally dropped part of a bookshelf on my pointer finger, and definitely have a lurid red bruise there now. Less than ideal. :(

[sparkfrost.livejournal.com]

But ooh, just noticed your icon, and I'm in love. So awesome!

[chrryblssmninja.livejournal.com]

got this from the iconomicon.

[lostrack621.livejournal.com]

hooray!!!!

side note: I noticed that you posted recently that you were cross-posting to DreamWidth. How did you set up cross-posting? I have an account there but don't do anything with it because I haven't had the time to figure out everything...

[sparkfrost.livejournal.com]

You have to go into your settings and link your Dreamwidth account to your LJ account. It was fairly simple, but it was also 2 years ago, so I don't quite remember the exact steps. But basically, once you link the journals, you can click "crosspost" at the bottom of a new entry, and have it post to both sites.