I have recently just moved away from my childhood home of 20+ years. I'm no longer downtown next to Riverdale any more. I've tentatively moved to Midland/Steeles before my Stouffville house is finished in March. Midland/Steeles is my uncle's place so it's pleasant.
Moving was super stressful and busy. I don't want to do it ever again but I have to. I think it's especially hard when we're moving 20+ years worth of things.
I never realized my parents are hoarders until now. When we're packing, I would tell them to throw this and that out. Especially items that haven't been worn or used in years and was just placed somewhere where you can't find. If you haven't used or worn for years, then that means you can live without it. But nooooo they have argued with me so many times and gotten mad at me when I told them I'll just chuck it out myself.
Fine, if it's sentimental, then that's a different story. But not EVERYTHING's sentimental!! I wanted to move lightly and not heavily with all these things! They tell me "Everything's money. If we keep it, we won't need to buy it for the new place". Ahhhh. My mom was a lost battle already. She claimed she threw a lot already so I let her go. My dad usually is the logical one. But moving day proved me wrong. House is empty and we're just transporting the last bit of things into the truck. He goes and removes the portable window AC and decides to take it with us. WTF I was saying. I tell him, "There's no use for that any more. Uncle's place will have AC and our new house will def have AC as well." He was pissed off at me for telling him to chuck it and he said "you don't understand. When you're my age, you will." I was like WTF does that have to do with anything? I will understand how a hoarder functions when I'm his age??
So I have no way but to help him lift it down the stairs and into the truck. It was a monstrous thing mind you.
So now here I am in Midland/Steeles. Feels kind of weird not in the old house as I've been there almost my whole life. How should I cope with it? =S
3 comments:
Welcome to Scarborough!
I don't recommend staying here for so long. LOL
It's a little hard at first. I use to take the bus back down to Toronto EVERYDAY that's how much I hate it here. I would say it took me a year to get use to it. But hey! there's parking everywhere and you don't have pedestrians walking everywhere. it's a car friendly place.
Now there's no excuse not to see me =)
Thi
haha I've been in scarborough quite some time, especially when mike was here so i really like the idea about free parking everywhere lol. But yes, I'm still working at Sickkids so that'll be a pleasant commute =P I will def see you more since you work in scarb and just live east from here =D
Shirley
Haha. Actually I work in toronto now. Not down town toronto. Off the dvp on wynford. It's a crazy commute but that's okay. I'm just scared for the winter months. -thi wn toronto. Off the dvp on wynford. It's a crazy commute but that's okay. I'm just scared for the winter months. -thi
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