Movers and Shakers
The moving continued this weekend and it led me to a couple of revelations. The first revelation is that Megan and I have a lot of shit. And by that I mostly mean me. So my advice to you my friends is this, never live in a big ass house for an extended period of time, because it allows you to fill it up with junk. I have a feeling a big purge is coming soon.
My second revelation is that I am almost surely in hell. What makes me say that? Well, I'm beginning to think that I pissed off the Greek gods somehow and they decided to do me like Sisyphus. It seriously feels like we're never going to finish moving. I just keep moving boxes from one house to the other, day in and day out, and there really appears to be no end in sight. If that's not definition of sisyphean, I don't know what is. The real clincher is that the floor in our bedroom is finally done being refinished today, but we still can't put in furniture on it for 2-3 more days. Which means that nothing that goes in our bedroom can go in there yet, which in turn means it's all over the rest of the house. Which is fine, until you have to go to three different rooms to get dressed.
And then there's the office. We finally have a place to put the computer and not have to worry about it being in the way, or using the room as a spare bedroom, or whatever. The room is just an office and it's great. There's just one teeny tiny little problem... all of the outlets are from 1950 and are therefore made for plugs with only 2 prongs. So, naturally, we can't plug anything in. It's not a huge deal, but it's just one more thing added to the list. That and I'm probably not going to be able to post again until we have the new outlets. So, if you want to continue reading someone bitching about how much work getting a new house is, you'll probably have to find another blog.
My second revelation is that I am almost surely in hell. What makes me say that? Well, I'm beginning to think that I pissed off the Greek gods somehow and they decided to do me like Sisyphus. It seriously feels like we're never going to finish moving. I just keep moving boxes from one house to the other, day in and day out, and there really appears to be no end in sight. If that's not definition of sisyphean, I don't know what is. The real clincher is that the floor in our bedroom is finally done being refinished today, but we still can't put in furniture on it for 2-3 more days. Which means that nothing that goes in our bedroom can go in there yet, which in turn means it's all over the rest of the house. Which is fine, until you have to go to three different rooms to get dressed.
And then there's the office. We finally have a place to put the computer and not have to worry about it being in the way, or using the room as a spare bedroom, or whatever. The room is just an office and it's great. There's just one teeny tiny little problem... all of the outlets are from 1950 and are therefore made for plugs with only 2 prongs. So, naturally, we can't plug anything in. It's not a huge deal, but it's just one more thing added to the list. That and I'm probably not going to be able to post again until we have the new outlets. So, if you want to continue reading someone bitching about how much work getting a new house is, you'll probably have to find another blog.
posted by Christian at 8:59 AM
4 Comments:
I am so glad that you have come to terms with being full of shit. It is a big step.lol.
C,
I have/had the two-prong wiring, too. It was supposed to be a condition of sale that it was going to be rewired, but instead I got ungrounded 3-prong outlets. Can you say fire hazard? But I digress...
You can go the expensive route & have your house re-wired, which you may want to do in the long run. Or you can get off cheap with a couple of GFI outlets from your local hardware store. They cost $10-15 and you replace them yourself. The wiring's not hard & perfectly safe once you figure out your circuit breakers.
Let me know if you need help,
B
Can I come over and help organize? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeaase?
Bronson, you are supposed to come help me first. Fickle man.
I did the same thing Ben did, except I had a few outlets grounded by an electrician, such as the ones where my computer and television hooked up to. Other than that, GFIs are good for everything else (I could have just used GFIs for those specific outlets also, I just didn't feel comfortable with them stopping a big surge).
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