Thanks to a friend who has forbidden me to thank hir and whom therefore I will not name, the outage has a definite end. I should be back online on the 6th, almost certainly no later than the 7th. I may sneak on before then if some kind neighbor has an unsecured wireless connection, but I can’t count on that, and that’s when my own connection gets put in.

I am currently doing the last bits of laundry and finishing off the packing; I’m around—but not really paying attention—for the next few hours, until my brother and father show up and the Fun begins. Have I mentioned that I hate moving? Because I do. I really, really do.

I know this because I just realised that I’m moving in less than two days and nary a word of that has made it here. Long story made very short: laid-off woman without a car needs to be in a place that has something resembling public transit, if she is at all interested in being re-employed. Walkability would also be good. Cary, as lovely as my current, lakeside home is, does not fit either of those requirements, so I am moving back into Raleigh, just a mile or so away from the apartment David and I shared. This time, I live alone—the house I’m moving into has been divided into four discrete apartments. Two bedrooms all to myself, not to mention an east-facing screened patio, and the ability to lock my door and know I have no-one to worry about or answer to but myself. It makes up for the funny-shaped bathroom, the tiny kitchen sink, and the lack of washer and dryer connections, it really does.

Speaking of said patio: my plan is to use it for gardening. I don’t have a good handle on how much light it will actually get yet: the road runs north-south, and the house is on the eastern side of the road. The front of the house, where my bedroom will be, faces west. The back of the house, where the patio is, then, faces east—but the patio is entirely covered, it is screened, and there is a wall on the north side of the patio that divides my side of the top floor from my neighbor’s. There is a half-wall all the rest of the way around; I plan on circumventing this by using my kitchen table out there to lift the plant containers above the height of the half-wall. Suggestions for somewhat-shade-tolerant vegetables that are suitable for container gardening (aside from tomatoes and peppers, which are the staples, I know) would be most appreciated.

Side-effects of the move: I’m going to be offline for an unforeseeable length of time. My cellphone is unaffected, but I don’t have Internet service over there and won’t have a landline either until my tax refund arrives or I get a first paycheque from a new job, whichever comes first. I will list my new address in my contact info post; anyone listed as a friend on LiveJournal has access to that. My cellphone number is already listed there as well. I won’t be able to check email, so comments may go unanswered for awhile; I’m sorry about that. I’m here until Thursday morning, and after that all bets are off.

This is moondancerdrake’s fault.

Clearly, I need to look around and see what fansites exist for these things, since if this runs true to form I will be playing with them for the next six months. In the meantime, if you folks could please spare a click, I promise not to post them all the time.