Pardon me while I flail.: seanan

Pardon me while I flail.

I have a move date now. Actually, I have a stacked succession of move dates, all of them coming one right after the other, like evil demon ducklings on their way to nibble me to death. And to make things SO MUCH MORE FUN, literally all but one of them happen while I am traveling for work. Seriously. Truck arrives in the Bay Area to get all my stuff loaded into it? New York. Cats are transferred to Kate's so they don't escape during the packing process? New York. Truck leaves for the Pacific Northwest? New York.

I get home, I go to where my cats are, I surrender my keys to the California house (my housemate, who is staying in the area, will be handling the sale with the help of a realtor we both trust), and then Kate drives me to my new home.

The day the truck arrives to be unloaded, I am, in order, heading for the airport, on a plane, and flying to San Diego to launch my combo book tour with Sarah Kuhn and Amber Benson. BECAUSE THIS ISN'T STRESSFUL AT ALL. (I am lying. I am lying through my teeth. This whole process feels like a huge psych test to see how much pressure I, as a person with OCD, can take before I snap and hide under my bed for the duration of, oh, forever.) All the unloading, all the checking that things aren't broken, is going to happen before I get home.

Vixy is organizing the helpers on the Seattle end of things, and if you're someone I know well enough to be all "hi, want to come and empty a truck that contains all my earthly belongings while I'm, you know, not there, also there will be pizza," you'll probably be receiving an email from me soonish.

I do have a short-term Patreon set up to help with moving costs, located here: https://www.patreon.com/seananmcguire?ty=h

I'll be honest: I would feel guilty about reminding people that the Patreon exists, given how high pledges already are (thank you, thank you, thank you), but moving turns out to be really, really, really, horrifyingly expensive, and all figures are actually 1/3rd lower, due to taxes. So every little bit helps (and our June story, "Stage of Fools," will be a return to the Londinium-era Tybalt--one of my favorite subjects!).

Please expect me to be scattered and a little twitchy for the next few months, while I survive this process. Thank you all so much for being here.

lilisonna

May 17 2016, 02:01:27 UTC 1 year ago

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That sounds utterly terrifying, and I would not blame you at all for hiding under your bed. I don't encourage it because, well, it will just make the mover's life harder. But I wouldn't blame you at all.

Good luck; may it all turn out well in the end.

hawkwolf

May 17 2016, 14:33:19 UTC 1 year ago

Best of luck! When my parents moved last year, my mom was told (by her doctor in fact) that apparently the emotional impact of moving is on par with the death of a close family member! And yet there's no where near as much social support. I can't imagine trying to go through all of it when not actually physically present!

Best of luck to you!

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dornbeast

May 19 2016, 05:12:54 UTC 1 year ago

Good luck with the move!

herefox

May 19 2016, 15:48:14 UTC 1 year ago

Wishing you much strength, as little stress as possible in the move and a lovely place in Seattle though I'm sad that the bay area is losing you :-)

dragondances

May 29 2016, 06:08:50 UTC 1 year ago

I have so much empathy, having survived a move from LA to Seattle just last year. It was stressful and awful, but totally worth it in the end, especially since I've now gotten to see Vixy & Tony in concert TWICE and met you at ECCC!

Good luck with everything, and thank you for opening the Patreon to give us a chance to give back to such a deserving person. :)

madtom_o_bedlam

May 31 2016, 21:21:17 UTC 1 year ago

I watched you grow up at conventions. I don't know why that matters, but the fact that you're the you that you've become, makes me very happy. I wish I could do more to help other than donate to your patron acct and boost it's signal. There are a lot of us who thought you were nifty before you got all published and prolific and I'm so happy that there are even more now! I'm sorry that you're stressed out, but the move, and the unpacking, and reorganizing, and reshuffling, will all be behind you one day in the not too distant future. You'll stop and realize that you are sitting there and just being happy. I like that thought.

cflute

June 11 2016, 23:43:14 UTC 1 year ago

Am Seattle-local, somewhat OCD myself, and all too familiar with the stresses of moving. Did an interstate move ten years ago (and due to work issues had to let someone else handle the off-load from the truck; I was not able to be there myself for that step, either). Since relocating to this area, I have moved 5 more times (2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015). Can truly, profoundly sympathize on all counts. If an extra pair of hands (or eyes) on this end, one with far too much recent experience of moving, is useful, please let me know.

thedragonweaver

September 12 2016, 17:00:37 UTC 10 months ago

If you end up in Snohomish, and meet a crazy rocket scientist with three kids and an epic garden, that's my brother. There may be a portal in his backyard. Not sure if it would be in the pirate ship planter or the mock hobbit house.

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