I'm down to my last week in my apartment. I loved the location - a five minute walk to Old Town Temecula. I'll miss the nights of wandering over to Viva Vino for salsa dancing, or going over to the Crush and Brew to sample the excellent local Temecula wines or the beer from local SoCal microbreweries.
I got rid of a lot of stuff after I moved out of my house a couple of years ago, so I don't have a lot to put into storage. I tried to have some kind of organization to storing my belongings, so I bought some plastic storage containers and a vacuum-storage bag set for my clothes from Costco. The vacuum bags work great - I placed 6 sportscoats/jackets into the Large sized bag, and it compressed to a 3-inch thick package. I figure this will also protect my clothing from water/dirt damage while it's in the storage facility.
I have a two-bedroom apartment, and have managed to fit everything into a 10x13 storage unit. One of my daughters will be taking some of my belongings off my hands, so it just means less to pack away for me. I'll eventually settle down again somewhere and will need everything back, but for right now it seems as though that day is far away. After my hike, I intend to keep traveling.
I had to plan a lot of details before I leave. Setting up autopay for life/auto/health insurance, safe deposit box for valuables (free with Chase if you're a vet), mail forwarding to an address where I can pickup periodically, updating all of my accounts/subscriptions with the new address, autopay for my storage place... I'm probably missing a couple of things too, that I won't discover until it's on me.
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