Ever moved three people in
Ever moved three people in one day? When it is 100 degrees out? Let me tell you, it isn’t a smart thing to do. But Matt and I did it yesterday.
At about 11am, we went to the storage unit and sorted through and loaded all my stuff onto a U-haul truck. While taking a break to get some Gatorade, somehow the idea came up that we had the truck all day and there was no sense renting another Saturday when we could just move everything that day. We finished at the storage unit about 2:30, and hot, sweaty, and exhausted, we grabbed some lunch from Subway.
We called Julie at work and asked her how much she had packed. The answer: about a third. We told her about the plan and headed back to Matt’s place.
We had intended to spend the remaining hot afternoon hours inside packing up Matt’s stuff, but that turned into laying around and watching Days of Our Lives. At about 5:00, we got off our butts and started packing up stuff. We put a few more boxes into the U-haul and drove down to the new place.
Dave met us there, bearing more Gatorade and turkey sandwiches (my hero!). With his help, we were unloaded in an hour.
Back at Matt’s, we got some Olive Garden take-out and packed more. At about 9:00, Julie called. She was packed and going to grab some food with Jason. An hour later, I was at her place with the truck loading it up. Another hour after that, we were all back at Matt’s loading up his big pieces. At midnight, we were on our way to the house once again. We finished unloading at about 2am and tiredly made our way home.
Matt and I jumped in the pool and floated for a bit. That was the best feeling after a hard day of hot work. By 3am, I was asleep.
Since all the furniture is at the new place, I had to sleep on the floor. This meant pain this morning. My knees ache when bent, I think I have a pinched nerve in my shoulder, I can hardly move my left ankle and I have blisters the size of Rhode Island. But! The hard part is done! And, in a few days, my bed and I will be one again.
