The Move - Part 1

We were fortunate that our relocation package included packing. Our house is small, but the garage, eaves, my wrapping room, and every closet were jammed pack with "stuff" due to my borderline hoarder tendencies.  Mike made me get rid of several bags of bags and boxes of boxes, and overall I felt like I did a good job purging... but we still had a ton of stuff.  That, coupled with my Type A personality, made me very nervous for the packing part of our move.  I mean, the idea that someone else would be going through my underwear drawer, and potentially not labelling the boxes appropriately (ie cotton, fancy, fancy cotton) was almost too much for me to bear.  I was forced to let go of my compulsiveness and the packers came on Wednesday around 9:30 and had the entire house packed by 3:30.  Mike and I were there to answer questions about what stays and what goes, but overall didn't do much... if we had known this part of the move would have been so easy, we would've had mimosas that morning to celebrate!  That night, Mike, Andrew and I said goodbye to our home and moved into temporary housing at Aunt Amanda's (aka Gram and Grandpa's House).

 

The next day the movers showed up at 8:00 and stayed until 5:00, putting the boxes and furniture into the moving truck, like pieces in a puzzle. 

The trucker shared that our possessions would be travelling up to Connecticut prior to their cross country trip to California, and they would meet us at our new house next Friday 2/10.   We met at the house to do last minute cleaning, but got a little distracted by our most prized possession.

 

 

Mike's truck also left on Thursday for it's journey across the country.... sans Mike. Our relo package paid for one car to be shipped out, but not both.  So, on Friday, Mike and Linda left for their mother/son road trip - driving my car (jam packed with stuff) to CA.  At last word they were stuck in a snowstorm in Iowa. Stay tuned for a blog from Mike about their cross country trip!!