Packing! and Camping!

I'm nearly prepared for the movers, which is good because they're arriving very soon.  My goal is to have everything packed and ready for them.  My fallback goal is to have everything I can't move myself (due to weight, size, shape ...) ready for them.  I'm very close on the fallback goal, and I'm not too far off the whole megillah.

My contractor has done a fabulous job, but there is more gypsum dust in my future.  And my floor contractor seems to be waiting on supplies, so there is wood dust in my future.  My plan is to leave everything in boxes until the dust settles ... and is cleaned up.  I have two rooms with doors that are not impacted:  the front bedroom (originally the master bedroom) and the bathroom.  The cats will live in the front bedroom, and I will sleep on the guest bed and live out of a suitcase.  I'm thinking of it as "camping" in the house.

I was really hoping the dust making activities would be done by now, but my timeline was unrealistic.  We'll see how long it takes for me to hit the breaking point of too much chaos in my environment.  At least I'll have the internet available.

This house buying / remodeling / moving has been all about letting go.  I would have liked to have the tubular skylights installed, but picking out what I want has been more involved than I expected, so I'm letting that go for now.  I would have liked to have a screen door for the front door, but picking out what I want has been more involved than I expected, so I'm letting that go for now.  I would have liked to have the floors done before I moved in, but I'm letting that go for now.  You get the idea.

There are lots of choices I'll be making, and I intend to enjoy learning about the options and making the selections.

Meanwhile, I think purchasing some large drop cloths is indicated.