Moving on the 4th of July!
This past weekend was awesome indeed... Liz is back home (YAYE!!!!!!), Izzard was great!!!!, and the move went AMAZINGLY well! We were able to get to Ikea even, to pick up a bunch of the stuff we needed! Thank you guys, SO MUCH, for helping us out -- Jerry, Juliet, Sean, AJ, John, Cube! More of you came out to help than I really expected, which was kind of surprising, and really, really great! It certainly cut a few hours' worth of time off of my expectations!
As for this Friday -- I have a cargo van rented. This is the dilemma: we need to pick up a few more things from Ikea, but it will close at 6pm that day. I think it would be wise to do one trip from my house to the new place with all Maryann's furniture (we know it will all fit because we did this when she moved in) and whatever other big stuff we can fit in at the same time. We drop it off at the new place, then 2 people go with me to Ikea. Hopefully at least one of those 2 people will be a guy with strong upper-body strength (I'll be buying a new bed, and it's going to be unwieldy, I think). ^_~
Meanwhile, a few people can be at the new place helping Judy move stuff from that room we put all the stuff in, into her room.
At Ikea, we already know exactly what we need to get, so we can go directly to the self-service area and get the boxes, pay for them, and then go back to my place to fill up the van with whatever else will fit.
As long as we have help with the furniture and heavy stuff in that first trip, and the Ikea boxes in the 2nd trip, we'll be fine. Whatever boxes are left over after that will be able to be moved pretty easily -- and maybe we could even take them with my car and not use the rental van mileage, depending on how much stuff it is.
Please keep in mind that the van will fit 2 additional people -- one in the passenger seat, and one on the floor between the driver and passenger seats (or maybe someone in the back if they're willing, but that will only work to/from Ikea).
In addition, I may or may not have access to my car to drive between my place and the new place. If not, though, I can pay for a cab. ^^
So.... Sean, AJ -- any preferences as to what you want to be doing? If you go directly to the new place to help Judy, I'll ask some combination of Jerry/Ben/Juliet to meet at my house to help load the van. If you come to my house first, I'll ask them to go over to help Judy instead.
Have I mentioned how much I appreciate you guys helping us move all our shit? I really, really do, you know!!! (Ahhh-- this makes me feel even worse I couldn't help you guys move recently!)
As for this Friday -- I have a cargo van rented. This is the dilemma: we need to pick up a few more things from Ikea, but it will close at 6pm that day. I think it would be wise to do one trip from my house to the new place with all Maryann's furniture (we know it will all fit because we did this when she moved in) and whatever other big stuff we can fit in at the same time. We drop it off at the new place, then 2 people go with me to Ikea. Hopefully at least one of those 2 people will be a guy with strong upper-body strength (I'll be buying a new bed, and it's going to be unwieldy, I think). ^_~
Meanwhile, a few people can be at the new place helping Judy move stuff from that room we put all the stuff in, into her room.
At Ikea, we already know exactly what we need to get, so we can go directly to the self-service area and get the boxes, pay for them, and then go back to my place to fill up the van with whatever else will fit.
As long as we have help with the furniture and heavy stuff in that first trip, and the Ikea boxes in the 2nd trip, we'll be fine. Whatever boxes are left over after that will be able to be moved pretty easily -- and maybe we could even take them with my car and not use the rental van mileage, depending on how much stuff it is.
Please keep in mind that the van will fit 2 additional people -- one in the passenger seat, and one on the floor between the driver and passenger seats (or maybe someone in the back if they're willing, but that will only work to/from Ikea).
In addition, I may or may not have access to my car to drive between my place and the new place. If not, though, I can pay for a cab. ^^
So.... Sean, AJ -- any preferences as to what you want to be doing? If you go directly to the new place to help Judy, I'll ask some combination of Jerry/Ben/Juliet to meet at my house to help load the van. If you come to my house first, I'll ask them to go over to help Judy instead.
Have I mentioned how much I appreciate you guys helping us move all our shit? I really, really do, you know!!! (Ahhh-- this makes me feel even worse I couldn't help you guys move recently!)