Been slowly packing over the past few days. Most everything is packed up, gotta get all the essentials versus not-so-but-kinda essentials sorted and packed now. とまと put in his notice yesterday so we have some 1.5 weeks until we perma-quit this place
I spent most of yesterday writing out my 年賀所 (nengajo) for peoples. I think I got everyone covered. Gotta write out a couple more today. Should be going out the end of this week? Trying to figure out whether I want to wait until it’s closer to the first or not…:pencil: The bulk of the stack is stamped & ready to go. I think I’ll wait.

WHOA. I have only recently found out that etsy sells FOOD? Funky. Speaking of food, just a big ol’ bowl of poutine again for lunch This time with swiss instead of mozzarella. Prefer the taste of swiss. My arteries are gonna get back at me someday
The above was from the 18th and I am starting to suck at blogging again.

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Anyway, everything is almost packed! We’re moving the 28th so we’ll be offline before and a little after that. Hum, that’s about it. We hit Murasaki one last time. OH MY GAWD. I am soooooo gonna miss that place and all(most) all the people. The food was fantastic. I don’t even know where to start looking for a similar “replacement/stand-in” in Philly. It was the only good thing about living in CT, finding the best damn Japanese restaurant my gut has ever had the pleasure of busting for. I have a few emails and I’ll be sending some 年賀所 to them. I also find out Evan (my old boss) had quit a month earlier and moved to NYC? Hrnn? Ah well, hope he’s doing well and what he loves.

The dishes and glassware have to be packed before the week ends…but I need some padding. Gonna go rob the Employment Guide stands around the city with とまと when he gets home. :bomb:  An Apple has been pretty stressed out about all the boxes that suddenly appeared. We managed to obtain a urine sample and rush it to とまと’s cousin who is our vet and she told us that the crystals in his urine have decreased significantly – almost none at all which is FABULOUS news. BUT, he is still peeing on the floor! Though this time it’s behavioral and extremely annoying. It’s pretty crazy but we can hear him peeing on the floor at 3:30AM (usually the scratching of the floor to try and bury it). FRIKKIN A. Can’t get a solid night’s sleep anymore. And we’ll have to deal with the floor-peeing until they get used to my house. Thinking about investing in the gallon-sized jug of Nature’s Miracle (a pet odor/stain remover)…
And our 3 inches of snow is already MELTING. Lame but good at the same time since it won’t interfere with moving as much. Gonna go have lunch and then fold laundry. Woot, go me and my exciting life!