Day 3: moving in

[feuervogel]

I wrote a query letter for the Mars novel I started before grad school and "finished" in November during NaNo, then revised and added things to get it up to an 85k final draft on 8. September. I need to add in the thing I thought of expositionally that will address a crit I got, but then it's Done, except for the final proofreading pass. Then it's time to make a list of agents to query and start doing that.

I also went through the stuff I have in my friends' garage to sort out what's going to join the rest of my non-essentials in my sister's storage unit (tomorrow, we hope). Mostly books, but there's some tchotchkes and postcards and that sort of thing, too. I'm keeping a tote of books here, and some other totes with kitchen stuff and decor, and the rest is in my car. My hosts found an IKEA closet/shelf thing that's set up where a desk used to be, and I can hang my jackets and stuff on it and use the shelves for desk stuff (note cards, etc) and dresser stuff (meds & jewelry).

I'm waiting on an order from IKEA for a storage thing with baskets where my shirts will go, as well as other stuff like a laundry basket and a little trash bin to put used masks in to be washed. Theoretically it's supposed to get here Monday, but since the order tracker is still on "processing" and hasn't made it to "picking," I'm skeptical. I suppose I could call them or something, ugh.

I'm going to be here at least another 6 months, depending on how long it takes for the plague to abate and European countries to let us in as tourists. Or, depending on what happens next month, go and beg political asylum.

Comments

[ironed_orchid]

That's awesome about finishing your book. Good luck with the next steps.

Good luck with the settling in stuff and the ::waves hand:: general situation.

[kirin]

My current experience is that, were it not for all the *rest* of 2020, IKEA shipping would be putting in a good running as the Worst Thing Ever.

[feuervogel]

I *tried* to get it by curbside pickup, but 80% of my order was either completely out of stock locally or in too-low quantity to be ordered for curbside. So I have no idea. I'm going to call them tomorrow and ask if any of it is available in driving distance and if it's possible to manipulate the order so I can pick up what I can and wait for whatever still has to come. (College Park is about 20 minutes; Baltimore is further, and god help me if I have to go to Northern Virginia.)