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Well, after months and months of J and I going on about this house that we were allegedly getting, we actually finally moved into it this weekend.
First and foremost I want to say a huge, huge, huge Thank You to all the wonderful people who generously donated their time and muscles to helping us haul our stuff out of our apartment and into our house. Thanks and gratitude go out to Moms and Dads F and W, Eric, Paul, Mike, Rachel, Anne, Willow, Fran, Marie and Dan. You are all officially rock stars in our book. We are so fortunate to have such a heroic group of family and friends willing to help us with these difficult tasks.
Needless to say it was a non-stop, full, busy, chaotic blur of a weekend. I would elaborate but, while the idea of moving feels momentous and significantly noteworthy, the actual logistical details of transferring crap from one place to another really isn't terribly interesting.
Interestingness aside, however, it was a learning experience so I feel compelled to makes some observational notes.
-Avid cooking hobby + avid brewing hobby + hosting inclinations + having two families in the area + geek electronics infrastructure + home gym + handyman tools + outdoor activity equipment + green thumb + valuing of books + living in the same place for five years without ever moving = way more stuff than it seems like two people should need.
-Its better to have more medium sized boxes than fewer large sized boxes.
-The night before moving, eat something starchy and gentle for dinner that you know your tummy will digest happily, just in case you are subconsciously more anxious about moving than you think you are. Because being kept awake through the wee hours by nausea does not do wonders for ones organizational skills the next day.
-Half way through moving day you will feel really clever if you remembered to set aside your ibuprofen of choice for easy access when you packed up your medicine cabinet.
-Make sure you have way more ropes and straps than you think you will need to secure your belongings.
-Don't think you can get away with using 3/4" masking tape to secure the doors and drawers of furniture. It will not hold.
-Loading the truck will take longer than you think, but unloading the truck will be surprisingly quick.
-Be sure to note before hand if the truck you've rented has a hydraulically lowering bed because that's a nice feature to know about before you finish loading it up.
-When starting from a stop in a diesel manual transmission you should do so in 2nd gear, as starting them in 1st gear makes for a very, very sluggish crawl up to speed.
-Remember to bring your alarm clock in-hand if you have to return your truck early the next morning after you've moved. Cell phone alarms are not trustworthy.
-After transplanting your alarm clock into its new home, remember to check the volume and signal of the alarm output before turning it on and going to bed or you will be very late for work on Monday.
-The items that you leave out until the very end so that you don't loose track of them are, in fact, the easiest items to loose track of.
-Days full of solid, hard work reward you with a great night's sleep.
First and foremost I want to say a huge, huge, huge Thank You to all the wonderful people who generously donated their time and muscles to helping us haul our stuff out of our apartment and into our house. Thanks and gratitude go out to Moms and Dads F and W, Eric, Paul, Mike, Rachel, Anne, Willow, Fran, Marie and Dan. You are all officially rock stars in our book. We are so fortunate to have such a heroic group of family and friends willing to help us with these difficult tasks.
Needless to say it was a non-stop, full, busy, chaotic blur of a weekend. I would elaborate but, while the idea of moving feels momentous and significantly noteworthy, the actual logistical details of transferring crap from one place to another really isn't terribly interesting.
Interestingness aside, however, it was a learning experience so I feel compelled to makes some observational notes.
-Avid cooking hobby + avid brewing hobby + hosting inclinations + having two families in the area + geek electronics infrastructure + home gym + handyman tools + outdoor activity equipment + green thumb + valuing of books + living in the same place for five years without ever moving = way more stuff than it seems like two people should need.
-Its better to have more medium sized boxes than fewer large sized boxes.
-The night before moving, eat something starchy and gentle for dinner that you know your tummy will digest happily, just in case you are subconsciously more anxious about moving than you think you are. Because being kept awake through the wee hours by nausea does not do wonders for ones organizational skills the next day.
-Half way through moving day you will feel really clever if you remembered to set aside your ibuprofen of choice for easy access when you packed up your medicine cabinet.
-Make sure you have way more ropes and straps than you think you will need to secure your belongings.
-Don't think you can get away with using 3/4" masking tape to secure the doors and drawers of furniture. It will not hold.
-Loading the truck will take longer than you think, but unloading the truck will be surprisingly quick.
-Be sure to note before hand if the truck you've rented has a hydraulically lowering bed because that's a nice feature to know about before you finish loading it up.
-When starting from a stop in a diesel manual transmission you should do so in 2nd gear, as starting them in 1st gear makes for a very, very sluggish crawl up to speed.
-Remember to bring your alarm clock in-hand if you have to return your truck early the next morning after you've moved. Cell phone alarms are not trustworthy.
-After transplanting your alarm clock into its new home, remember to check the volume and signal of the alarm output before turning it on and going to bed or you will be very late for work on Monday.
-The items that you leave out until the very end so that you don't loose track of them are, in fact, the easiest items to loose track of.
-Days full of solid, hard work reward you with a great night's sleep.