My back is killing me from picking up boxes and I think my feet are tired from all the standing!

Yesterday, I decided I would turn on the self-clean option in my oven. I'd never used it before and was a little apprehensive because I've heard of fires starting. I wasn't really worried since I didn't have a lot of grease in my oven. Anyway, things did get burned off, which set off my smoke detectors. The smoke detectors in our building are very sensitive. I hear my neighbours' going off frequently. Anyway, I figured mine would go off eventually, but I did open all my windows and patio door and turn on all the fans. Then I put in earplugs because man, those detectors are LOUD!

When they didn't stop, I kept thinking, I hope nobody calls the fire department. I also didn't want to open my apartment door because I didn't want to set off the building's fire alarm. Anyway, I kept packing away...and heard some sirens. I didn't think too much of it, but this thought  crossed my mind "I hope they're not coming for me!"

Anyway, probably about 10 minutes later, there's a knock on my door. I'm thinking, "oh no...it's some annoyed neighbour." I look through the peephole and it's a firefighter....BWAHAHA

I open the door. There are three firefighters,  and of course, they're worried. They ask if everything is okay. I told them yes and that I was using the self-clean option on my oven. They took a look to make sure everything was okay. Apparently, they could smell something upstairs. They tried to see if they could turn off the oven, but it wasn't possible. Anyway, as soon as I opened the door and some air came in, the alarms stopped. The firefighters were very friendly and told me not to be embarrassed.

I wasn't embarrassed, but I felt bad that they come out for something that wasn't an emergency. After they left, the alarms didn't go off again. They advised me to open the door for a few seconds if the detectors went off again.

I was mildly annoyed about my neighbour that lived upstairs from me though. When the firefighters came, she was with them. She apologized and said she was worried, and that she had gone down to the ground floor to talk to this other guy who lived in the building (I'm on the third). But WHY IN THE WORLD would she just not come knock on my door in the first place?! (Well, maybe she did and I didn't hear it, but I sure heard the firefighters knock. And if she didn't mention that she tried knocking on my door.)

And yesterday was my only opportunity for a full day of packing since I got back from Boston. I had hoped Mr. Nick could have helped me do more packing overall, but he's come for several hours on 2 occasions. He is mad that I'm not satisfied with the amount of help he has given. I am thankful for the help that he has given, but I thought that being my boyfriend would mean that he'd do almost as much packing as I did.

My mom reminded me that this isn't his home. It's true, but he is still able to come and go here as if it was his own, and he does spend time here. It was already hard enough for me to ask for him to help. At least I think I asked...and if not, I guess it was my mistake that he would help as much as possible.) And he is not going to be around to help me get settled into my new place.

Yet he expects a key.

Right now, I don't really want to give him a key to my new place. I don't feel he's entitled. And what would be the point? He's not going to come over when I'm not around. And he's not going to think of it as his place anyway. Well, maybe I will give him a key to get inside the apartment since the enter phone is linked to my cell phone. I can let people into my building no matter where I am! YEAH!

I had already journalled my feelings about all this, but blogging has helped me even more. I'm not angry anymore, and I have come to a decision about what to do about keys for Mr. Nick in my new place! (He had pretty much demanded a key fob to get into my current building, and I had to lie to my building manager to get one.)

And the movers are coming tomorrow!!! I am getting excited. I won't be sleeping in my new place until Thursday though. How much am I supposed to tip movers? $20 each if it is a fairly easy move?! $25?? Help!!