A Very Moving Experience
We made it ... barely.I have discovered muscles I never knew about before ... and they are all sore as heck. My legs and feet will never be the same, my delicate back, however, made it through without any further injury ... thank the Good Lord. I am covered in scratches and bruises, and I doubt I will get caught up on my sleep anytime in the near future. Aside from the packing done for a week or so beforehand, the move was a 54 hour, nearly non-stop marathon of tough, hot, sweaty labor. The kids and I started after I got off work Wednesday night doing some cleaning and sweeping up at the new house.
Thursday, we got my parents' van and hauled a couple loads of boxes and such over, then did some more packing. My buddy arrived from Nashville that evening and we went over to the house and painted my bedroom. Insane? Yes indeed ... but the walls were the most hideous shade of bilious green-blue I have ever seen. Trimmed in dark brown. Blech! So we painted until 3 in the morning.
Up again at 8 on Friday, we got the big truck and started loading it up. I had to have it back by 7:00 the next morning to avoid another day's rental ... we made it with 40 minutes to spare. There was still had tons of stuff left at the apartment. And I had to be at work at 10:00.
At the house, I slept for about an hour, and then went in to work. I made it through with short cat naps at my desk, then that night, we hauled two more loads over in the car. Sunday night, the same and still had a few things left that wouldn't fit in the car. I sent my parents after those the next day. I did a bit of clean up there ... sweeping up garbage and vaccuuming. I would have done more but the landlord had taken the air conditioning unit away. Asshole.
Monday was a trip to Wally World to get a few items needed ... and we're done.
Except for the unpacking ... which I estimate will be done sometime next year. Meanwhile, the house looks a bit like downtown Beirut.
Pictures coming soon.
Posted by LissaKay on 08/15/06 at 06:43 PM in
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