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So, my rent will be going up at some point in the future due to the increase in mortgage rates. Even with that increase I will be able to afford the rent here, so long as I don't get too behind in my utility payments. Especially with the pay increase that will go with my new position.

But my landlord wants to do an inspection of my apartment next weekend. This has me scared shitless because my apartment is a mess. Shitty mental health and hoarding have a tendency to go hand in hand, sadly. So...take a wild guess what I have until next Saturday to get cleared out?

Thankfully, I got a huge chunk of the living room mess taken care of. A bunch of stuff was donated to Value Village, and even more went straight into the garbage. I've had a bunch of stuff that was ready to donate since I worked at Dominion three years ago, and a bunch of my daughter's pre-transition clothing as well.

Most of what is left will be going into various bins, boxes, and bags for me to put away neatly so I can go through them later at my leisure. Pretty much all of that's left in the living room is various crafty things, decor items that need a home, makeup and nail products, and collectibles that need to be put away somewhere.

I'm hoping to get that all finished before my two days off so that I can use one of the days to clear all the crap out of my kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom, and the use the other day to put stuff away or get it ready to donate later that same day. That way I'll be ready to deal with the inspection on the Saturday. I'm going to aim for them to come by after I get off work, or during my next set of days off because I really don't want to take much more time off if I can manage it. As it is, my next pay will be short a shift due to the horrid weather we had last week.

I have managed to get my coffee table out from under the pile of stuff I had on it for the past couple of years. It had been tucked away in a corner of my living room, piled in boxes, bags, and bins, and I'd been using an old chest as a coffee table instead. But that didn't really work very well for a bunch of reasons, although I just didn't have the spoons to deal with clearing things off and getting rid of crap in order to switch things around. Until tonight. Now to hope that I can keep from piling junk up on the coffee table - something I have always been really bad for.

I just have to get through the next week, at the very least, and then go from there. I already know that I'm going to have a lot of garbage to go out on the next garbage day. Probably more than I plan at this moment, but I do have a lot of stuff I haven't touched in well over two years so it's time for it all to just get out of my home.

As for right now, I'm probably going to crawl into bed after a drink of water and making sure that my cat's food bowls are filled.

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