Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: stressed
  • Music: Vigilantes of Love, "You Know That."

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.
Tags: amber benson, cleaning my house, from mars, moving, sarah kuhn, schedule, state of the blonde, stay safe, utterly exhausted, vixy
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notalwaysweak

May 15 2016, 10:44:10 UTC 1 year ago

My last move was in May 2013, after I spent most of February 2013 in hospital being depressed as fuck. We are not the same person, we do not have the same mental health issues, and my cats don't get nearly as disgruntled as yours by suitcases (although Toby is learning to), but I wanted to throw that out there as hopefully a bit of encouragement that moves can successfully happen even when major brainweasels are involved.

Also, I have been in my new home for three years now (which I guess makes it not so new), and it is so much better for me. I'm back in my hometown, which was a move I really needed to make, and while my mental health issues are not gone, they are a fair bit more manageable. I truly hope that your relocation does you just as much, if not more, good.

Love you lots, and regardless of whether you read this comment the day I post it or a month down the track, I'm thinking of you and wishing you the very best for this move.