I spent the long weekend moving furniture. We moved to a new apartment which is located three buildings away from the old one. On the surface that sounds like it should have made for an easy move, but it actually made things worse. Because we were going somewhere so close we never bothered to pack anything, or prepare for the move at all. We didn't start taking it seriously until it was too late.
Which brings me to the next problem with moving somewhere so close... it was too close to use a car or truck, but too far to be able to comfortably carry things by hand. Think back to the last time you moved... Imagine that instead of having the moving truck parked conviniently in front of your residence, picture it parked two blocks away. Two blocks is a long way to walk with a couch on your back.
After carrying a couple of heavy pieces of furniture I found myself trying to make arguments to my wife like, "do we really need to have a dresser in the bedroom?"
To make matters worse, the good people at Comcast won't be able to show up at the new place until Friday afternoon... so I've got no cable and no internet. If it wasn't for my iPhone I think I'd be suicidal right now.
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I have to agree, moving SUCKS!!!! And then to only move 3 buildings down......I still would have packed the truck, drove it 2 blocks and unpacked the truck!!!
Did not make Sangria this weekend..but had some that Ruby Tuesdays made..and it was ok. I still prefer Olive Gardens Sangria over anyone elses...that is until I make my own!
I hear you. We moved six blocks from our apartment AND we had a whole month of overlap so we were lulled into a false sense of security. We didn't pack ANYthing until the week of. This led to a miserable weekend of making multiple trips to pick up lamps, plates, rugs, etc that should have been neatly packed but instead got thrown haphazardly into my back seat. Thankfully we were able to park the (borrowed) pick-up truck right outside our building or I would have been homicidal.
I agree that this was the result of bad planning - I just disagree on the type of planning you were referring to.
Every time I have had to move, if I cant convince my friends to do most of the heavy lifting, I usually just go to my local immigration spot (usually the parking lot of a Home Depot or other hardware store) and hire some on the spot workers. It's a win-win situation: you are spared most of the hard work at a reasonable price, they get much needed work, and you are left to do what you should be doing - supervising, and making sure none of your most cherished stuff gets moved in one piece.
And as an added bonus, its a great way to stick your middle finger at the inefficient unions - you are doing exactly what they despise, hiring the most affordable worker you can.
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